Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 24, 1887
Place of Birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Bob Kortman
Biography
Robert F. Kortman (December 24, 1887 – March 13, 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Laurel & Hardy: Year One | |
| 1952 | Flaming Feather | |
| 1951 | The Mating Season | Janitor (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Best of the Badmen | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Ace in the Hole | Digger (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Branded | |
| 1950 | Broken Arrow | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Copper Canyon | Bill Newton |
| 1949 | Sorrowful Jones | Horse Player (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | Gabby Barton |
| 1948 | Hazard | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1947 | California | Pioneer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Virginian | |
| 1946 | Frontier Gunlaw | Mace |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Wagon Driver (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Stagecoach Outlaws | Matt Brawley |
| 1945 | Marked for Murder | Henchman |
| 1944 | Call of the Rockies | Henchman Watson |
| 1944 | Guns of the Law | Joe Hyslop |
| 1944 | The Pinto Bandit | Draw Dudley |
| 1944 | The Whispering Skull | Joe Carter |
| 1944 | Outlaws of Santa Fe | Henchman Ed |
| 1944 | Lucky Cowboy | Riley |
| 1943 | The Avenging Rider | Henchman Harris |
| 1943 | Black Hills Express | Dutch, henchman on wanted poster |
| 1943 | California Joe | Henchman |
| 1943 | Days of Old Cheyenne | Slim Boyd |
| 1943 | Border Patrol | Mine Guard |
| 1943 | Man from Music Mountain | Henchman |
| 1943 | Leather Burners | Blackie |
| 1943 | Riders of the Rio Grande | Zeke - Henchman |
| 1943 | Boss of Rawhide | Henchman |
| 1943 | Bullets and Saddles | Henchman (archive footage) |
| 1942 | Thundering Hoofs | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Bandit Ranger | Santos |
| 1942 | The Sundown Kid | Luke |
| 1942 | Lost Canyon | Joe |
| 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Barfly |
| 1941 | Rawhide Rangers | Dirk |
| 1941 | Fugitive Valley | Red Langdon |
| 1941 | Wide Open Town | Henchman Blackie |
| 1941 | Stick to Your Guns | Henchman Concho |
| 1941 | Twilight on the Trail | Dialogue Guard at Hideout |
| 1941 | Lady from Louisiana | Lottery Thug |
| 1941 | The Lone Rider Rides On | Henchman Dave |
| 1940 | Adventures of Red Ryder | One-Eye Chapin |
| 1940 | Stagecoach War | Outlaw at Campfire |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Gang Farmhouse Owner |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet | George Scanlon - Ballot Stuffer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Boss of Bullion City | Henchman |
| 1940 | Law and Order | Henchman Pete |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Agitator |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Rigby Henchman |
| 1940 | Hidden Gold | Hideout Henchman |
| 1940 | Winners of the West | Gorbel |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Prison Guard |
| 1939 | The Oregon Trail | Bartender |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Juror #9 (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Gentleman at Golden Spike Ceremony (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Beau Geste | Maharaja's Agent (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Renegade Trail | Haskins |
| 1939 | Oklahoma Frontier | J. W. Saunders |
| 1939 | Hotel Imperial | Austrian Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Law of the Texan | Henchman Quinn |
| 1938 | The Mysterious Rider | Henchman |
| 1938 | The Renegade Ranger | Henchman Idaho |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Man (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Trouble in Morocco | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Smoke Tree Range | Henchman Paso Wells |
| 1937 | Wild West Days | Trigger Benton |
| 1937 | The Luck of Roaring Camp | Yuba Bill |
| 1937 | Sandflow | Quayle |
| 1937 | Ranger Courage | Henchman Toady |
| 1937 | Black Aces | Wolf Whalen |
| 1937 | Texas Trail | Hawks |
| 1937 | Anything for a Thrill | Henchman |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Tartar (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | Winds of the Wasteland | Henchman Cherokee Joe |
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Gorley Falin |
| 1936 | The Unknown Ranger | Henchman Quirt |
| 1936 | Heroes of the Range | Slick |
| 1936 | The Stagecoach Race | Henchman Cherokee Joe |
| 1936 | The Lonely Trail | Captain Hays |
| 1936 | The Vigilantes Are Coming | Boris Petroff |
| 1936 | Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island | Gang Yacht Capt. Wilson |
| 1936 | Romance Rides the Range | Clem Allen |
| 1936 | Feud of the West | 'Hawk' Decker |
| 1936 | Song of the Saddle | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Ghost Town Gold | Henchman Monk |
| 1936 | Private Number | Policeman in Raid (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Miracle Rider | Longboat |
| 1935 | Wild Mustang | Utah Evans |
| 1935 | The Arizonian | Henchman-Deputy Red Fern |
| 1935 | The Crimson Trail | Henchman Cal |
| 1935 | The Ivory-Handled Gun | Alf Steen |
| 1935 | Swifty | Clam Givens |
| 1934 | Mystery Mountain | Rattler Henchman Hank |
| 1934 | Smoking Guns | Henchman Biff |
| 1934 | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Sailor |
| 1934 | Sixteen Fathoms Deep | Cimos - Second Henchman |
| 1933 | Terror Trail | Tim McPherson (as Robert Kortman) |
| 1933 | The Midnight Patrol | Tire thief |
| 1933 | The Mystery Squadron | Bracken |
| 1933 | On Your Guard | Chuck Gaspar |
| 1933 | Phantom Thunderbolt | 'One-Shot' Mallory |
| 1933 | King of the Arena | Bargoff |
| 1933 | The Trail Drive | Henchman Blake |
| 1933 | Before Midnight | Plainclothesman |
| 1933 | Rainbow Ranch | Marvin Black |
| 1933 | The Fugitive | Dutch Walton |
| 1932 | Gold | Henchman Without Mustache |
| 1932 | The Night Rider | Steve |
| 1932 | The Pride of the Legion | Louis |
| 1932 | Come On, Tarzan | Henchman Spike |
| 1932 | The Last of the Mohicans | Magua |
| 1932 | White Eagle | Sheriff |
| 1932 | Island of Lost Souls | Mr. Hogan (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Fighting Fool | Henchman Charley |
| 1931 | Subway Express | Guard |
| 1931 | The Lightning Warrior | Wells - Henchman |
| 1931 | The Vanishing Legion | Marno |
| 1931 | 24 Hours | Dave the Slapper |
| 1931 | Cimarron | Killer (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Conquering Horde | Digger Hale |
| 1931 | The Criminal Code | Red, the Convict Barber (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Lone Defender | Jenkins |
| 1930 | Bear Shooters | Bootlegger #1 |
| 1930 | The Fighting Parson | Bandit (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Big Kick | 1st Bootlegger (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Gas Station | 1st Bootlegger |
| 1930 | Los cazadores de osos | Bootlegger |
| 1929 | Weary River | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Devil-May-Care | Bonapartist (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Waltzing Around | Farmer |
| 1928 | The Big Killing | Sixth Beagle Son |
| 1928 | Fleetwing | Auda |
| 1927 | Hills of Peril | Red |
| 1927 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | Villager (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Duck Soup | Forest Ranger |
| 1927 | Drama Deluxe | Trackman |
| 1927 | Blood Will Tell | Carloon (as Robert Kortman) |
| 1926 | The Eagle of the Sea | Pirate (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Honest Injun | Black Bart |
| 1926 | The Non-Stop Bride | |
| 1926 | Rex the Devil Horse | Prowling Wolf (as Robert Kortman) |
| 1925 | Below Zero | |
| 1925 | Love on the Rio Grande | |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Hook-Hand (uncredited) |
| 1923 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Vorde |
| 1923 | Scars of Jealousy | Revenue officer |
| 1922 | Travelin' On | Gila (as Robert Kortman) |
| 1922 | Gun-Shy | Buck Brady |
| 1922 | The Lone Hand | Curley |
| 1922 | Wolf Pack | The Wolf |
| 1921 | The Whistle | Scardon |
| 1920 | Godless Men | Seaman Speiss |
| 1919 | The Great Radium Mystery | The Buzzard |
| 1919 | Square Deal Sanderson | Hired Killer (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Through the Wrong Door | James |
| 1917 | The Silent Man | Sheriff |
| 1917 | The Narrow Trail | Moose Holleran |
| 1916 | Hell's Hinges | Rowdy Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1915 | Cash Parrish's Pal | Jud Ross |
| 1915 | The Golden Trail | Jim Healy |
| 1915 | The Coward | A Union Officer |
| 1915 | Bad Buck of Santa Ynez | Sheriff |
| 1915 | The Disciple | Bill Smith - Mob Leader |
| 1915 | The $100,000 Bill | Oily - the Crook |
| 1915 | The Failure | Stine - the Outlaw |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Western von gestern | Trellinger, Handlanger |