Willard Robertson
Acting · Writing
Народився 31 грудня 1885, Runnels, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Willard Robertson (January 1, 1886 – April 5, 1948) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in 147 films between 1924 and 1948. He was born in Runnels, Texas and died in Hollywood, California. Willard Robertson first worked as a lawyer in Texas, but he left his profession for a sudden interest in acting. He appeared on Broadway in 16 plays between 1907 and 1930. Robertson played supporting roles in many Hollywood films from 1930 until the year he died, typically portraying men of authority such as doctors, elected officials, military officers, and also lawyers. He played Jackie Cooper's stern but loving father in the oscar-winning drama Skippy (1931) and its sequel Sooky (1931). Robertson also portrayed a flamboyant lawyer in Remember the Night (1940) and the straight sheriff in The Ox-Bow Incident (1943). Willard Robertson was also a notable writer of numerous plays, two of them were adapted into films. He also wrote the novel Moon Tide (1940) which was turned into Archie Mayo's drama thriller Moontide (1942) starring Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino.
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- 1948Fury at Furnace Creek — Gen. Leads
- 1948Sitting Pretty — Mr. Ashcroft
- 1947Deep Valley — Sheriff Akers
- 1947My Favorite Brunette — Prison Warden
- 1946Gallant Journey — Zachary Montgomery
- 1946Perilous Holiday — Graeme
- 1946Renegades — Nathan Brockway
- 1946The Virginian
- 1946To Each His Own — Dr. Hunt
- 1945Along Came Jones — Luke Packard
- 1944Nine Girls — Capt. Brooks
- 1943Air Force — Colonel at Hickam Field
- 1943Background to Danger — McNamara
- 1943No Time for Love — Construction Company President (uncredited)
- 1943The Ox-Bow Incident — Sheriff Risley
- 1942Juke Girl — Mister Just
- 1942Moontide — Novel
- 1942Wake Island
- 1941I Wanted Wings — Judge Advocate
- 1941Men of the Timberland — Tim MacGregor
- 1941Texas — Rancher Wilson
- 1941The Monster and the Girl — Lieutenant Strickland
- 1941The Night of January 16th — Inspector Donegan
- 1940Brigham Young — Heber Kimball
- 1940Castle on the Hudson — Ragan
- 1940Lucky Cisco Kid — Judge McQuade
- 1940My Little Chickadee — Uncle John
- 1940North West Mounted Police — Supt. Harrington
- 1940Remember the Night — Francis X. O'Leary
- 1939Each Dawn I Die — Lang
- 1939Heritage of the Desert — Henchman Nebraska
- 1939Jesse James — Clarke
- 1939Main Street Lawyer — John Ralston
- 1939My Son Is a Criminal — Tom Halloran Sr.
- 1939Range War — Buck Collins
- 1939Two Bright Boys — Clayton
- 1939Union Pacific — Oakes Ames
- 1938Gangs of New York — Inspector Sullivan
- 1938Island in the Sky — Walter Rhodes
- 1938Kentucky — Bob Slocum
- 1938Men with Wings — Col. Hadley
- 1938Torchy Gets Her Man — Charles Gilbert
- 1938You and Me — Dayton
- 1937Exclusive — Mr. Franklin
- 1937Hot Water — Dr. Enfield
- 1937John Meade's Woman — Man
- 1937Larceny on the Air — Inspector 'Mac' McDonald
- 1937Park Avenue Logger — Ben Morton
- 1937Roaring Timber — Harrigan
- 1937The Go-Getter — Matt Peasely
- 1937This Is My Affair — George Andrews
- 1936Dangerous Waters — Bill MacKeechie
- 1936I Married a Doctor — Guy Pollock
- 1936That Girl from Paris — Immigration Officer (uncredited)
- 1936The First Baby — Dr. Clarke
- 1936The Gorgeous Hussy — Secretary Ingham
- 1936The Last of the Mohicans — Captain Winthrop
- 1936The Man Who Lived Twice — Logan
- 1936Three Godfathers — Reverend McLane
- 1936Wanted: Jane Turner — Walter Davies
- 1936Winterset — Policeman in the Square
- 1935Biography of a Bachelor Girl — Grigsby, the Process Server
- 1935Dante's Inferno — Inspector Harris
- 1935Forced Landing — Martin Byrd
- 1935His Night Out — J.J. Trent
- 1935Laddie — Mr. John Stanton
- 1935O'Shaughnessy's Boy — Dan Hastings
- 1935Oil for the Lamps of China — Speaker
- 1935Straight from the Heart — District Attorney
- 1935The Old Homestead — Uncle Jed
- 1935Transient Lady — Ed Goring
- 1934Dark Hazard — Bill 'Billy' Fallen
- 1934Death on the Diamond — Cato
- 1934Elinor Norton — Ranch Foreman
- 1934Gambling Lady — District Attorney
- 1934Have a Heart — Mr. Schauber
- 1934He Was Her Man — Police Captain
- 1934Heat Lightning — Everett Marshall
- 1934Here Comes the Navy — Executive Officer
- 1934Housewife — Judge Edwin A. Matthews
- 1934I'll Tell the World — Hardwick
- 1934Let's Talk It Over — Dr. Preston
- 1934Million Dollar Baby
- 1934Mills of the Gods — Thomas
- 1934Murder in the Private Car — Hanks
- 1934One Is Guilty — Wells Deveroux
- 1934Operator 13 — Captain Channing
- 1934The Secret Bride — Representative Grosvenor
- 1934Two Alone — George Marshall
- 1934Upperworld — Police Captain Reynolds
- 1934Whirlpool — Morrison
- 1933Another Language — Harry Hallam
- 1933Central Airport — Havana Airport Manager
- 1933Destination Unknown — Joe Shano
- 1933East of Fifth Avenue — Dr. Morgan
- 1933Ever in My Heart — Kennel Caretaker
- 1933Female — Department Head (Uncredited)
- 1933Frisco Jenny — Police Capt. Tom
- 1933Lady Killer — Detective Conroy
- 1933Roman Scandals — Warren Finley Cooper
- 1933Supernatural — Prison Warden
- 1933Trick for Trick — Dr. Frank Fitzgerald
- 1933Tugboat Annie — Red Severn
- 1933Wild Boys of the Road — Captain of Detectives
- 1932Behind the Mask — Capt. E.J. Hawkes
- 1932Call Her Savage — Pete Springer
- 1932Doctor X — Detective O'Halloran
- 1932Guilty as Hell — Police Sgt. Alcock
- 1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang — Prison Board Chairman
- 1932If I Had a Million — Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
- 1932Okay, America! — Bit Role
- 1932Steady Company — Pop Henley
- 1932The Broken Wing — Sylvester Cross
- 1932The Famous Ferguson Case — Sheriff
- 1932The Gay Caballero — Major Lawrence Blount
- 1932The Rider of Death Valley — Bill Joyce
- 1932The Texas Bad Man — Millard Keefe
- 1932Tom Brown of Culver — Capt. White
- 1932Virtue — Detective MacKenzie
- 1932Wild Girl — Red Pete
- 1931Fair Warning — Tex Calder
- 1931Graft — E. T. Scudder
- 1931Shanghaied Love — Newman
- 1931Silence — Phil Powers
- 1931Skippy — Herbert Skinner
- 1931Sooky — Herbert Skinner
- 1931The Cisco Kid — Enos Hankins
- 1931The Lawyer's Secret — Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1930The Last of the Duanes — Texas Ranger Captain
- 1925Why Women Love — Theatre Play
- 1924Daughters of the Night — Prof. Woodbury, Screenplay, Story
- 1921Big Game — Screenplay