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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 31, 1885
Died
April 5, 1948
Place of Birth
Runnels, Texas, USA
Willard Robertson
0.3 Popularity
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
6.0
Gen. Leads
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
7.0
Mr. Ashcroft
Sitting Pretty
1948
5.6
Sheriff Akers
Deep Valley
1947
6.6
Prison Warden
My Favorite Brunette
1947
6.1
Zachary Montgomery
Gallant Journey
1946
5.2
Nathan Brockway
Renegades
1946
6.0
The Virginian
1946
0.0
Graeme
Perilous Holiday
1946
6.9
Dr. Hunt
To Each His Own
1946
5.6
Luke Packard
Along Came Jones
1945
Credits
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Gen. Leads
1948
6.0
Sitting Pretty
as Mr. Ashcroft
1948
7.0
Deep Valley
as Sheriff Akers
1947
5.6
My Favorite Brunette
as Prison Warden
1947
6.6
Gallant Journey
as Zachary Montgomery
1946
6.1
Renegades
as Nathan Brockway
1946
5.2
The Virginian
1946
6.0
Perilous Holiday
as Graeme
1946
0.0
To Each His Own
as Dr. Hunt
1946
6.9
Along Came Jones
as Luke Packard
1945
5.6
Nine Girls
as Capt. Brooks
1944
5.3
Background to Danger
as 'Mac' McNamara
1943
6.6
No Time for Love
as Construction Company President (uncredited)
1943
6.8
Air Force
as Colonel at Hickam Field
1943
6.5
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Sheriff Risley
1943
7.7
Wake Island
1942
5.8
Juke Girl
as Mister Just
1942
6.5
The Night of January 16th
as Inspector Donegan
1941
5.0
Texas
as Rancher Wilson
1941
6.5
Men of the Timberland
as Tim MacGregor
1941
0.0
I Wanted Wings
as Judge Advocate
1941
5.4
The Monster and the Girl
as Lieutenant Strickland
1941
5.7
North West Mounted Police
as Supt. Harrington
1940
6.4
Brigham Young
as Heber Kimball
1940
4.4
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Judge McQuade
1940
5.6
Castle on the Hudson
as Ragan
1940
6.8
My Little Chickadee
as Uncle John
1940
6.4
Remember the Night
as Francis X. O'Leary
1940
7.3
Main Street Lawyer
as John Ralston
1939
2.0
Two Bright Boys
as Clayton
1939
0.0
Range War
as Buck Collins
1939
4.0
Each Dawn I Die
as Lang
1939
6.8
Heritage of the Desert
as Henchman Nebraska
1939
5.8
Union Pacific
as Oakes Ames
1939
6.6
🎬
My Son Is a Criminal
as Tom Halloran Sr.
1939
0.0
Jesse James
as Clarke
1939
6.5
Kentucky
as Bob Slocum
1938
5.8
Torchy Gets Her Man
as Charles Gilbert
1938
5.6
Men with Wings
as Col. Hadley
1938
5.0
You and Me
as Dayton
1938
6.5
Gangs of New York
as Inspector Sullivan
1938
4.9
Island in the Sky
as Walter Rhodes
1938
7.0
Hot Water
as Dr. Enfield
1937
5.0
Exclusive
as Mr. Franklin
1937
6.0
Roaring Timber
as Harrigan
1937
5.0
This Is My Affair
as George Andrews
1937
7.3
The Go-Getter
as Matt Peasely
1937
5.8
Park Avenue Logger
as Ben Morton
1937
6.0
John Meade's Woman
as Man
1937
0.0
Larceny on the Air
as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald
1937
5.0
That Girl from Paris
as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
1936
6.6
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Walter Davies
1936
5.3
Winterset
as Policeman in the Square
1936
5.7
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Logan
1936
6.7
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Secretary Ingham
1936
5.3
The Last of the Mohicans
as Captain Winthrop
1936
6.3
I Married a Doctor
as Guy Pollock
1936
4.7
The First Baby
as Dr. Clarke
1936
0.0
Three Godfathers
as Reverend McLane
1936
6.9
Dangerous Waters
as Bill MacKeechie
1936
4.5
Forced Landing
as Martin Byrd
1935
0.0
The Old Homestead
as Uncle Jed
1935
0.0
His Night Out
as J.J. Trent
1935
0.0
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Dan Hastings
1935
6.0
Dante's Inferno
as Inspector Harris
1935
6.2
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Speaker
1935
7.3
Straight from the Heart
as District Attorney
1935
0.0
Laddie
as Mr. John Stanton
1935
0.0
Transient Lady
as Ed Goring
1935
5.5
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Grigsby, the Process Server
1935
6.3
Million Dollar Baby
1934
0.0
The Secret Bride
as Representative Grosvenor
1934
5.9
Mills of the Gods
as Thomas
1934
0.0
Elinor Norton
as Ranch Foreman
1934
6.0
Death on the Diamond
as Cato
1934
7.0
Have a Heart
as Mr. Schauber
1934
7.0
Housewife
as Judge Edwin A. Matthews
1934
7.7
Here Comes the Navy
as Executive Officer
1934
5.9
Murder in the Private Car
as Hanks
1934
5.3
He Was Her Man
as Police Captain
1934
6.2
Operator 13
as Captain Channing
1934
5.8
Let's Talk It Over
as Dr. Preston
1934
0.0
One Is Guilty
as Wells Deveroux
1934
2.7
Upperworld
as Police Captain Reynolds
1934
6.3
I'll Tell the World
as Hardwick
1934
0.0
Whirlpool
as Morrison
1934
5.9
Gambling Lady
as District Attorney
1934
6.2
Heat Lightning
as Everett Marshall
1934
6.8
Dark Hazard
as Bill 'Billy' Fallen
1934
5.4
Two Alone
as George Marshall
1934
7.0
Lady Killer
as Detective Conroy
1933
6.9
East of Fifth Avenue
as Dr. Morgan
1933
5.7
Roman Scandals
as Warren Finley Cooper
1933
5.8
Female
as Department Head (Uncredited)
1933
6.2
Ever in My Heart
as Kennel Caretaker
1933
5.3
Wild Boys of the Road
as Captain of Detectives
1933
6.8
Tugboat Annie
as Red Severn
1933
7.0
Another Language
as Harry Hallam
1933
6.3
Supernatural
as Prison Warden
1933
6.1
🎬
Trick for Trick
as Dr. Frank Fitzgerald
1933
0.0
Central Airport
as Havana Airport Manager
1933
6.1
Destination Unknown
as Joe Shano
1933
0.0
Frisco Jenny
as Police Capt. Tom
1933
6.3
Call Her Savage
as Pete Springer
1932
5.5
If I Had a Million
as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
1932
6.6
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Prison Board Chairman
1932
7.8
Wild Girl
as Red Pete
1932
6.0
Virtue
as Detective MacKenzie
1932
6.4
Okay, America!
as Bit Role
1932
5.3
Guilty as Hell
as Police Sgt. Alcock
1932
5.8
Doctor X
as Detective O'Halloran
1932
6.0
Tom Brown of Culver
as Capt. White
1932
5.2
The Texas Bad Man
as Millard Keefe
1932
1.0
The Rider of Death Valley
as Bill Joyce
1932
7.0
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Sheriff
1932
6.2
The Broken Wing
as Sylvester Cross
1932
5.0
Steady Company
as Pop Henley
1932
0.0
Behind the Mask
as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
1932
5.8
The Gay Caballero
as Major Lawrence Blount
1932
0.0
Sooky
as Herbert Skinner
1931
1.0
The Cisco Kid
as Enos Hankins
1931
5.9
Graft
as E. T. Scudder
1931
4.5
Shanghaied Love
as Newman
1931
0.0
Silence
as Phil Powers
1931
7.5
The Lawyer's Secret
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1931
5.8
Skippy
as Herbert Skinner
1931
6.0
Fair Warning
as Tex Calder
1931
0.0
The Last of the Duanes
as Texas Ranger Captain
1930
3.0
Daughters of the Night
as Prof. Woodbury
1924
0.0