Robert Dudley

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
September 12, 1889

Place of Birth:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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Robert Dudley

Biography

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Robert Dudley (September 13, 1869 – September 15*, 1955) was a dentist turned film character actor who, in his 35-year career, appeared in more than 115 films.

Dudley was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and was educated at Lake Forest College in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, where he majored in oral surgery. In 1917 he appeared in his first film, Seven Keys to Baldpate, and then made three other silent films through 1921. After 1922 he worked consistently, appearing in three or four films a year, and making the transition to sound films in 1929 with The Bellamy Trial. Dudley often played characters with a quick temper, including jurors, shopkeepers, ticket agents, court clerks and justices of the peace, as well as an occasional farmer, hobo, or laborer. His performances in these small parts were frequently uncredited.

In the 1940s, Dudley was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in six films written and directed by Sturges. His most distinctive and memorable role for Sturges was the "Wienie King" in 1942's The Palm Beach Story, the funny little self-made rich man with a big hat who spontaneously bankrolls Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea on their escapade.

The 5' 9" Dudley, who was the founder of the "Troupers Club of Hollywood", was married to Elaine Anderson, and they had two girls, Jewell and Patricia Lee.

He made his final film, As Young as You Feel, in 1951, and died in 1955 in San Clemente, California.

*[TMDb note: The California Death Index indicates that Mr. Dudley died on 12 November 1955. That date should therefore be considered accurate and official.]

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
1950 The Jackpot Simpkins (uncredited)
1948 Sleep, My Love Bar Patron at The Maples
1948 Race Street Pop (Watchman) (uncredited)
1948 Strike It Rich Pop
1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Robert McDuffy
1947 Magic Town Dickey
1947 Christmas Eve Robert - Matilda's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Chemist (uncredited)
1947 Living in a Big Way Carpenter
1946 San Quentin Fuller (uncredited)
1946 Singin' in the Corn Gramp McCoy
1946 Gallant Journey Process Server (uncredited)
1945 San Antonio
1945 Lady on a Train
1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1944 The Doughgirls Hotel Waiter
1944 Casanova Brown Justice Of The Peace
1944 Belle of the Yukon Storekeeper (uncredited)
1944 It Happened Tomorrow Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1944 Main Street Today Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
1944 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek Man (uncredited)
1943 The Ghost and the Guest Ben Bowron
1943 Son of Dracula Justice of the Peace Jonathan Kirby (uncredited)
1943 Happy Land Old Man Bowers (uncredited)
1943 Honeymoon Lodge Elderly Man
1942 The Palm Beach Story Wienie King
1941 All That Money Can Buy Lem (uncredited)
1941 The Lady Eve Husband on Ship (uncredited)
1941 Citizen Kane Photographer (uncredited)
1940 When the Daltons Rode Pete Norris - Juror
1940 The House of the Seven Gables Jury Foreman
1940 Haunted House Hank Edwards
1940 Stranger on the Third Floor Postman (uncredited)
1940 Lucky Partners Bailiff (uncredited)
1939 Zenobia Court Clerk
1939 Almost a Gentleman Farmer
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Reporter (uncredited)
1939 Yankee Doodle Goes to Town Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1937 The Mighty Treve Rancher at Auction
1937 The Toast of New York Janitor
1936 The Perfect Set-Up Theatre Employee Shooting Victim (uncredited)
1936 Paddy O'Day Robert - Chauffeur
1936 Fury Store Owner (uncredited)
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Druggist at Trial
1935 Frisco Kid Vigilante Leader (uncredited)
1935 3 Kids and a Queen Shopkeeper
1935 The Gilded Lily Store Clerk (uncredited)
1934 Wild Gold Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1933 Midnight Mary Mannering's Night Watchman (uncredited)
1933 Face in the Sky Minister (uncredited)
1932 Broken Lullaby
1932 Three Wise Girls Lem - the Druggist
1931 Scandal Sheet Flint's Secretary
1931 An American Tragedy Juror (uncredited)
1930 Wide Open Office Worker
1930 Dames Ahoy Parson
1930 Conspiracy Mr. Christopher (uncredited)
1930 Burning Up Sheriff
1929 Shanghai Rose Reformer
1929 Big News Telegraph Editor
1929 Dynamite Store Proprietor
1928 Fools for Luck Jim Simpson
1928 The Night Flyer Freddy
1927 Casey at the Bat Farmer (uncredited)
1926 For Heaven's Sake Harold's Secretary (uncredited)
1926 The Marriage Clause Secretary
1925 The Last Edition Yes Man
1925 A Woman of the World French-speaking party guest
1924 On the Stroke of Three Jasper Saddler
1923 The Extra Girl Financier
1923 The Tiger's Claw Army Officer
1922 Making a Man Bailey
1922 The Ninety and Nine Abner Blake
1921 Traveling Salesman Pierce Gill
1921 One a Minute Rogers' Attorney (uncredited)
1920 The Fourteenth Man Tidmarsh
1917 Seven Keys to Baldpate Clerk
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