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