article_title name birth_date
oliver robins
 oliver robins 22 july 1971
oliver robins

oliver robins -lrb- born 1971 -rrb- is an american writer , director and former child actor .
his first film roles were in the 1982 tv movie `` million dollar infield '' , and in the 1982 abc tv movie `` do n't go to sleep '' as kevin .
he is best known for his role as robbie freeling in the 1982 movie `` poltergeist '' and in its 1986 sequel ' .
oliver 's other feature film role was in the 1982 comedy ' .
he has made only one guest appearance on television , in the 1986 `` twilight zone '' episode `` monsters ! '' .
oliver left the acting business after 1986 .
as an adult , he returned to show business as a writer and director .
in 2000 , he wrote and directed his first film , `` dumped '' , which was released directly to video , and also wrote and directed roomies in 2004 .
he wrote the 1999 movie `` eating l.a. '' .
following the deaths of dominique dunne and heather o'rourke , robins is the only surviving `` poltergeist '' child actor .
