- Robert Wilson Goelet, Jr. was descended from the founders of Chemical Bank in Manhattan; his mother was an Italian countess. He spent the majority of his life in Europe.
- Was a principal in two film-producing companies, Voyagers Inc. and Normandy Productions.
- The son of Robert Wilson Goelet of New York, a philanthropist and director of the Chemical Bank, and Donna Fernanda Rocchi), Princess Riabouchinsky later Duchess de Villarosa of Florence, Italy.
- After marrying actress Lynn Merrick in 1949, his mother disinherited him. The couple divorced seven years later.
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