Robert Symonds was an American television and stage actor. He was also associate director of the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center from 1965 through 1972. Symonds performed at the Repertory Theatre for more than ten years in the 1960s and '70s.

Symonds made his Broadway debut in 1965 in Lincoln Center's revival of Danton's Death, according to Internet Broadway Database. A decade of roles at Lincoln Center would follow. He was the title character in Lincoln Center's Cyrano de Bergerac in 1968.

In 1984 he appeared in Manhattan Theatre Club's In Celebration by David Storey.

He also acted, directed or associate directed at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center.

Symonds' screen credits include work on TV's "Dynasty" and "MASH" and the films "Catch Me If You Can," "Primary Colors," "The Exorcist," "Micki and Maude," "Rumpelstiltskin," "And Justice for All" and "The Ice Pirates." Other TV appearances include "Quincy M.E.," "The Rockford Files" and "E.R." and playing Benjamin Franklin in "The Adams Chronicles." He was Robert E. Lee in "The Blue and The Grey."