Legally named Sean Morton Downey, Jr., he dropped " Sean " from his stage name, as his father, Morton Downey had.

Downey also had a stint on WMAQ-AM in Chicago where he unsuccessfully tried to get other on air radio personalities to submit to drug testing.

During the episode Downey stated he was afraid his audience would abandon him if they knew he had a gay brother, but then said he did not care.

Some inconsistencies in Downey's account ( e. g., the swastika was painted in reverse, suggesting that Downey had drawn it himself in a mirror ), and the failure of the police to find supportive evidence, led many to suspect that the incident was a hoax and a plea for attention.

In one episode, Downey claimed to have had a psychic communication with O. J.

It marked his return to the Cleveland market, where Downey had been a host for crosstown radio station WERE ( 1300 AM ) in the early 1980s prior to joining KFBK.

Downey had accused Stern of spreading rumors that he resumed his smoking habits, to which publicist Les Schecter retorted, " He hasn't picked up a cigarette.

Downey was married four times and had four children from three of those marriages.

In 1996, Downey was diagnosed with lung cancer and had one of his lungs removed.

In 2008, the film Tropic Thunder had Robert Downey Jr. in an Oscar nominated performance where he plays an Caucasian Australian actor who is so committed to method acting an African American character that he has his skin surgically darkened, much to the annoyed bemusement of his actual African American co-players in the cast.

By 1888, Downey had built an 18 ' X 27 ' log house one story high with shake roof.

If Hamilton and Smith had remained in parliament, the Downey said he might have recommended long periods of suspension for both.

After the tour, and with the contract with Decca coming to an end, a disillusioned Downey quit the band and had to be begged to return.

He had collaborated with Lynott and Downey on his 1978 album Back on the Streets and the hit single " Parisienne Walkways " before leaving Thin Lizzy, and in 1985 he and Lynott teamed up again on the UK no.

Before his death, Lynott was planning a third solo album, and had spoken to Downey about a possible reformation of Thin Lizzy around March 1986, with Gorham and Sykes, and had booked studio time for January of that year.

Another version of Thin Lizzy was formed later that year by John Sykes ( now also performing lead vocals ) with Downey, Gorham and Wharton, and with bass parts played by Marco Mendoza, who had played with Sykes in Blue Murder from 1991 – 93.

During his childhood Downey had minor roles in his father's projects.

In 1985, Downey had his breakthrough when he played James Spader's sidekick in Tuff Turf and then a bully in John Hughes ' Weird Science.

After spending nearly a year in California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California, Downey, on condition of posting $ 5, 000 bail, was unexpectedly freed when a judge ruled that his collective time in incarceration facilities ( spawned from the initial 1996 arrests ) had qualified him for early release.

After this last arrest, producer David E. Kelley and other Ally McBeal executives ordered last-minute rewrites and reshoots and dismissed Downey from the show, despite the fact that Downey's character had resuscitated Ally McBeals ratings.

And I had always wanted to work with Bob Downey and always thought he was a huge talent.

In a December 18, 2000 article for People Magazine entitled " Bad to Worse ", Downey's stepmother Rosemary told author Alex Tresnlowski that Downey had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder " a few years ago " and added that his bipolar disorder was " the reason he has a hard time staying sober.

When Downey denied he had ever said he was bipolar, the caller quoted the People article, to which Downey replied, "' No!

In the 2012 film, The Avengers, Iron Man ( played by Robert Downey, Jr .) drove an exotic sportscar by Acura, made specifically for the film, rather than the Audi R8 he previously drove.

In September 2011, during filming of The Avengers, Robert Downey, Jr. ( playing the role of Iron Man ) was spotted in an exotic sportscar by Acura, made specifically for the film, rather than the Audi R8 he previously drove in Iron Man and Iron Man 2.

Vance ultimately chose to leave SNL at the end of the season ( along with many other cast members from that season who were fired, including Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr., Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney -- another homosexual cast member who was hired for the 1985-1986 cast, and the show's only gay male to be hired as of 2012 — and Anthony Michael Hall ).

In 2001, she joined the cast of Touched by an Angel, opposite Roma Downey and Della Reese, for the show's last two seasons.

Team Downey, the production company started by Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan Downey, has also expressed an interest in developing Yucatan for the screen.

" In January 2001, Downey was scheduled to play the role of Hamlet in a Los Angeles stage production directed by Mel Gibson.

Gibson's gamble paved the way for Downey's comeback and Downey returned to mainstream films in the mid-2000s with Gothika, for which producer Joel Silver withheld 40 percent of his salary until after production wrapped as insurance against his addictive behavior.

On June 14, 2010, Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan, opened their own production company called Team Downey.

Downey and Susan quietly struck up a romance during production, though Susan turned down his romantic advances twice.

Despite Susan's worries that the romance would not last after the completion of shooting because " he's an actor ; I have a real job ", the couple's relationship continued after production wrapped on Gothika, and Downey proposed to Susan on the night before her thirtieth birthday.

Short-lived, this show featured a powerhouse writing staff including Thomas along with Buck Henry, George Meyer, Jack Handey, Tom Gammill and Max Pross, Al Franken and Tom Davis, Jim Downey, Valri Bromfield and Steve Martin.

Tension had been simmering between Graham's staff and Led Zeppelin's security team during the day, and as Grant and Bindon were walking down the ramp near the end of the concert, words were exchanged with stage crew chief Jim Downey, which resulted in Bindon knocking Downey out cold.

* Clifford J. Downey and the Diesel Era staff, Motor Cars, Diamonds and Doodlebugs, Diesel Era Vol. 13 # 2 ( March / April 2002 ).

When asked by Harry Smith on CBS's The Early Show who his model was for Lazarus, Downey laughed before responding, " Sadly, my sorry-ass self.

Downey asked Dornan about comments he had made calling Downey " a draft-dodging wimp.

When asked his reasons behind performing the DDoS attacks, Downey explained to U. S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds that " I was doing it because I could, more than anything ," and " It was a dumb thing to do.

Hamilton vowed that if the " Downey report " found against him, he would resign.

In discussing his failed attempts to control his own addictive behavior in the past, Downey told Oprah Winfrey in November 2004 that " when someone says, ' I really wonder if maybe I should go to rehab?

Downey was a wealthy man ; if he should pass away, his wealth would shift to Addis.

He manages to extract a promise from a film studio executive ( Robert Downey Jr .) that the executive will distribute the film if it includes currently-hot action star Kit Ramsey ( Eddie Murphy ).