Robert Edward Homans (November 8, 1877 – July 28, 1947) was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.

Filmography

• 1946Badman's Territory — Judge (uncredited)
• 1946Girl on the Spot — Clancy (uncredited)
• 1945A Medal for Benny — Police Chief (uncredited)
• 1945Anchors Aweigh — Old Cop (uncredited)
• 1945Blonde Ransom — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1945Come Out Fighting — Police Sergeant Tom Riley
• 1945Frontier Days — Mail Clerk (uncredited)
• 1945Law of the Badlands
• 1945Man Alive — Uncle Barney McBride (uncredited)
• 1945River Gang — Police Captain
• 1945The Big Show-Off — Police Captain
• 1945The Phantom Speaks — Death Row Guard (Uncredited)
• 1945The Scarlet Clue — Capt. Flynn
• 1945They Were Expendable — Bartender at Manila Hotel (uncredited)
• 1944Christmas Holiday — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1944Cover Girl — Pop (uncredited)
• 1944Destiny — Grogan, Watchman (uncredited)
• 1944It Happened Tomorrow
• 1944Make Your Own Bed — Policeman
• 1944Music in Manhattan — Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
• 1944Rogues' Gallery — Police Lieutenant Daniel O'Day (as Bob Homans)
• 1944Say Uncle — Errol's Real Uncle
• 1944Sensations of 1945 — Cop (uncredited)
• 1944The Merry Monahans — Policeman
• 1944The Whistler — Dock Watchman (Uncredited)
• 1943A Stranger in Town — Sergeant
• 1943After Midnight with Boston Blackie — Police Lieutenant
• 1943G-men vs. the Black Dragon — Capt. Gorman [Ch. 12-13]
• 1943It Ain't Hay — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1943Murder in Times Square — Meehan
• 1943Nearly Eighteen — Judge
• 1943No Time for Love — Pop Murphy (uncredited)
• 1943Nobody's Darling — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1943Shantytown — Dugan
• 1943She Has What It Takes — Captain Pat O'Neal
• 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
• 1943You Can't Beat the Law — Mr. Duncan
• 1942Fingers at the Window — Officer O'Garrity
• 1942For Me and My Gal — New York Palace Doorman (uncredited)
• 1942I Married a Witch — Fire Chief (uncredited)
• 1942In Old California — Marshal Alvin Thompson
• 1942It Happened in Flatbush — Mr. Collins
• 1942Joe Smith, American — Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)
• 1942Lady in a Jam — Faro Bill
• 1942Nazi Agent — 1st Captain (uncredited)
• 1942Night Monster — Captain "Cap" Beggs
• 1942The Sombrero Kid — Marshal Thomas Holden
• 1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides — Joseph
• 1942X Marks the Spot — Timothy J. Delaney
• 1941A Man Betrayed — Traffic Policeman (uncredited)
• 1941Double Cross — Capt. Murray
• 1941Flight from Destiny — Jailer
• 1941Honky Tonk — Man at Tar Party (uncredited)
• 1941Main Street on the March! — Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
• 1941Out of the Fog — Officer Magruder
• 1941Pacific Blackout — Police Desk Sergeant
• 1941Red River Valley — Sheriff Sutherland
• 1941Sierra Sue — George Larrabee
• 1941The Gang's All Here — Pop Wallace
• 1941The Maltese Falcon — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1941Whistling in the Dark — Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)
• 1940'Til We Meet Again — Dock Policeman (uncredited)
• 1940A Dispatch from Reuters — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1940Beyond Tomorrow — Sergeant
• 1940Castle on the Hudson — Clyde Burton - the Detective Escort (uncredited)
• 1940Double Alibi — Policeman at Diner
• 1940East of the River — Patrolman Shanahan
• 1940High School — Policeman
• 1940I Take This Oath — Mike Hanagan
• 1940Johnny Apollo — Receptionist Guard (uncredited)
• 1940Lady with Red Hair — Policeman on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
• 1940Lillian Russell — Stage Doorman
• 1940Little Nellie Kelly — Dooley Pub Owner (uncredited)
• 1940Love Thy Neighbor — Turnkey
• 1940Pop Always Pays — Police Lieutenant
• 1940Rhythm on the River — Detective
• 1940Son of Roaring Dan — Roaring Dan McPhail
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Spencer
• 1940Virginia City — Southerner (uncredited)
• 1940West of Carson City — Judge Harkins
• 1939Blackmail — Cooper (uncredited)
• 1939Blackwell's Island — Dock Guard (uncredited)
• 1939Blondie Brings Up Baby — Police Capt. James (uncredited)
• 1939Calling Dr. Kildare — Hickman - Policeman Bringing Jenny (uncredited)
• 1939Dodge City — Mail Clerk (uncredited)
• 1939Each Dawn I Die — Mac - a Guard (uncredited)
• 1939Ex-Champ — Policeman
• 1939Five Came Back — Police Captain (uncredited)
• 1939Full Confession — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1939Hell's Kitchen — Hardy
• 1939Here I Am a Stranger — Jonesy, Policeman
• 1939Heroes in Blue — Police Officer
• 1939Inside Information — Casey
• 1939King of Chinatown — Detective (uncredited)
• 1939King of the Turf — Sgt. Brannigan
• 1939Let Us Live — Unlucky Cop (uncredited)
• 1939Missing Evidence — Policeman
• 1939Radio Hams — Lighthouse Keeper
• 1939Rulers of the Sea — Constable Dunn (Uncredited)
• 1939Smuggled Cargo — Kincaid
• 1939Stagecoach — Ed the Editor (uncredited)
• 1939Swanee River — Sheriff
• 1939The Oklahoma Kid — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1939The Saint Strikes Back — Policer Officer Moriarity (Uncredited)
• 1939The Spellbinder — Court Policeman at Door (uncredited)
• 1939They Shall Have Music — Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)
• 1939Union Pacific — Man (uncredited)
• 1939When Tomorrow Comes — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1939Winter Carnival — Conductor
• 1939Yes, My Darling Daughter — Sergeant Murphy
• 1939You Can't Get Away with Murder — Keeper Burns (uncredited)
• 1939Young Mr. Lincoln — Mr. Clay (uncredited)
• 1938Crashing Through Danger — Pop Foster
• 1938Exposed — Policeman
• 1938Gambling Ship
• 1938Gold Is Where You Find It — Miner Grogan (uncredited)
• 1938Gold Mine in the Sky — Lucky Langham
• 1938Heart of the North — Boat Captain Ashman
• 1938Hollywood Stadium Mystery — Captain Joseph Filsom
• 1938Little Miss Thoroughbred — Pat O'Reilly
• 1938Maid's Night Out — Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1938Next Time I Marry — Bailiff (uncredited)
• 1938Over the Wall — John Davis
• 1938Penrod and His Twin Brother — Chief Flynn
• 1938Slander House — The Irish Policeman
• 1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse — Lt. Johnson
• 1938The Jury's Secret — Cop
• 1938The Night Hawk — Mulruney
• 1938Think It Over
• 1938Walking Down Broadway — Cop
• 1938You and Me — Security Guard in Store (uncredited)
• 1937Black Legion — Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
• 1937Dance Charlie Dance — Tim
• 1937Dead End — Policeman on Morning Beat (uncredited)
• 1937Easy Living — Private Guard (uncredited)
• 1937Ever Since Eve — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1937Hot Water — Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1937Jim Hanvey, Detective — Sheriff Garrett
• 1937Midnight Court — Policeman
• 1937Music for Madame — Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
• 1937Parnell — Irish Cop in New York
• 1937Penrod and Sam — Sheriff (uncredited)
• 1937Smart Blonde — Cop (uncredited)
• 1937The 13th Man — Police Lt. Tom O'Hara
• 1937The Go-Getter — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1937The Great Hospital Mystery — Bank Guard
• 1937The Great O'Malley — Policeman Jim Dugan (uncredited)
• 1937Time Out for Romance — Cop
• 1937Varsity Show — Police Sgt. Murphy (uncredited)
• 1936Below the Deadline — Police Captain Symonds
• 1936Come and Get It — Cookie (uncredited)
• 1936Easy Money — Det. Sam Belden
• 1936Florida Special — Police Captain (uncredited)
• 1936Fury — Incoming Watchman (uncredited)
• 1936Her Master's Voice — Stationmaster
• 1936Here Comes Trouble
• 1936Hollywood Boulevard — Gray (uncredited)
• 1936It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) — Police Lt. O'Neill
• 1936Laughing Irish Eyes — Announcer
• 1936Little Miss Nobody — Policeman
• 1936Ride, Ranger, Ride — Colonel Summeral
• 1936Sinner Take All — Sgt. Donovan (uncredited)
• 1936Strike Me Pink — Joe - the Cop (uncredited)
• 1936Sworn Enemy — 1st Policeman (uncredited)
• 1936The Bridge of Sighs — Homicide Capt. P.G. Otheron
• 1936The Plough and the Stars — Timmy, Barman
• 1936The President's Mystery — Sergeant
• 1936The Prisoner of Shark Island — Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1936The Public Pays — Officer Donovan (uncredited)
• 1936Women Are Trouble — Police Lieutenant Mayer
• 1935Confidential — Fat Pool Player
• 1935His Family Tree — Pub Sailor at Bar
• 1935Murder on a Honeymoon — Police Stenographer (uncredited)
• 1935Ship Cafe — Derrick Man (uncredited)
• 1935Steamboat Round the Bend — Race Official
• 1935Stormy — Train Conductor (uncredited)
• 1935Suicide Squad — Capt. Tim O'Connor
• 1935The Informer — Detractor (uncredited)
• 1935Vagabond Lady — Tony’s Old Crony (uncredited)
• 1934Jimmy the Gent — Paddy (uncredited)
• 1934The President Vanishes — Cop on the Beat (uncredited)
• 1934The Thin Man — Billy (uncredited)
• 1934Thirty Day Princess — Detective #1 (uncredited)
• 1933Hallelujah, I'm a Bum — Cop
• 1933Lady Killer — Jailer (uncredited)
• 1933Mr. Skitch — Norville - Flat River Sheriff
• 1933Mystery of the Wax Museum — Desk Sergeant, 12th Precinct
• 1933One Sunday Afternoon — Officer Charlie Brown (uncredited)
• 1933She Done Him Wrong — Doheney
• 1933The Nuisance — Streetcar Driver (uncredited)
• 1933Tugboat Annie — Old Salt on Schooner (uncredited)
• 1932Afraid to Talk — Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective
• 1932If I Had a Million — Detective (uncredited)
• 1932Madame Racketeer — Chief of Police
• 1932Son of Oklahoma — John Clayton - aka Silent Jack Clay
• 1932The Man from Hell's Edges — The Sheriff
• 1932Under-Cover Man — Flannagan
• 1932Union Depot — Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited)
• 1932Wild Girl — Sheriff / Gambling Kibitzer (uncredited)
• 1932Young America — Patrolman Weems
• 1931Alias: The Bad Man — Silas Warner
• 1931Branded Men — Chairman
• 1931City Streets — Police inspector
• 1931Clearing the Range — 'Dad' Moran
• 1931Consolation Marriage — Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
• 1931Silence — Tim - Detective
• 1931The Black Camel — Chief of Police (uncredited)
• 1931The Lawyer's Secret — Chief of Police (uncredited)
• 1931The Lightning Flyer — John Nelson
• 1931The One Way Trail — George Beck
• 1931The Public Enemy — Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)
• 1930Abraham Lincoln — A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
• 1930Alias French Gertie — Prison Warden
• 1930Born Reckless — Policeman
• 1930Extravagance — Process Server (uncredited)
• 1930Playing Around — Pirate's Den Waiter (uncredited)
• 1930Son of the Gods — Dugan (uncredited)
• 1930Spurs — Dad Merril (as Bob Homans)
• 1930The Concentratin' Kid — C.C. Stile
• 1930The Thoroughbred — Riley
• 1930The Widow from Chicago — Patrolman (uncredited)
• 1930Trigger Tricks — Thomas Kingston
• 1929Burning the Wind — Richard Gordon Sr
• 1929Coquette — Court Bailiff
• 1929Fury of the Wild — Matt Roark
• 1929Smiling Irish Eyes — Shamus O'Connor
• 1929The Isle of Lost Ships — Mr. Burke
• 1929The Valiant — Newspaper Printer (uncredited)
• 1928Blindfold — Captain Jenkins
• 1928Guardians of the Wild — John Warren
• 1928Obey Your Husband — Stephens
• 1928The Masked Angel — Detective Bives
• 1927Fast and Furious — Doctor
• 1927Mountains of Manhattan — 'Big Bill' Wright
• 1927The Prairie King — Jim Gardener (as Robert E. Homans)
• 1927The Princess from Hoboken — McCoy
• 1927The Silent Avenger — Steven Gilmore
• 1926Fighting with Buffalo Bill — Caleb Crosby
• 1926The Silent Power — David Webster
• 1924Dark Stairways — 'Dippy' Blake
• 1924The Breathless Moment — Detective Quinn (as Robert E. Homans)
• 1924Wolves of the North — Simon Blake
• 1917Madame Sherry — Undetermined Role

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1997Bogart: The Untold Story — Self (archive footage)