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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 8, 1879
Died
November 15, 1951
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Richard Robert Elliott
- Robert Elliot
Robert Elliott
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Elliott (October 9, 1879 – November 15, 1951) was an American character actor who appeared in 102 films and TV shows from 1916 to 1951. He was born Richard Robert Elliott in 1879 in Columbus, Ohio. Most of his main roles were in the silent era. In the sound era he mostly performed in supporting roles and bit parts. On the stage he originated the Sergeant O'Hara character opposite Jeanne Eagels in Somerset Maugham's play Rain (1922). Active in films from 1916, Elliott played Detective Crosby in the 1928 feature Lights of New York, the first all-talking sound film. One of his most notable roles was that of a Yankee officer playing cards with Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) in the film Gone With the Wind; the officer says of Rhett, "It's hard to be strict with a man who loses money so pleasantly." Robert Elliott was married to Ruth Thorp (1889–1971) from 1920 until his death in 1951, aged 72, in Los Angeles, California.
Known For
5.0
Judge Morton
The Devil's Playground
1946
4.0
Dan Rankin
Chick Carter, Detective
1946
5.3
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
5.8
Mr. Edward Gibbon
You, the People
1940
7.0
Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
1940
6.5
Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
The Ghost Breakers
1940
6.2
Detective (uncredited)
'Til We Meet Again
1940
5.2
Officer Kelly
Half a Sinner
1940
6.8
Minor Role (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
6.1
Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
1939
Credits
The Devil's Playground
as Judge Morton
1946
5.0
Chick Carter, Detective
as Dan Rankin
1946
4.0
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
1943
5.3
You, the People
as Mr. Edward Gibbon
1940
5.8
Flowing Gold
as Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
1940
7.0
The Ghost Breakers
as Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
1940
6.5
'Til We Meet Again
as Detective (uncredited)
1940
6.2
Half a Sinner
as Officer Kelly
1940
5.2
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Invisible Stripes
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Gone with the Wind
as Yankee Major
1939
7.9
The Roaring Twenties
as First Detective
1939
7.5
I Stole a Million
as Peterson
1939
6.0
Mickey the Kid
as FBI Agent Farrow
1939
0.0
Should a Girl Marry?
as Warden
1939
3.5
The Saint Strikes Back
as Chief Inspector Webster
1939
5.6
Made for Each Other
as Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Trade Winds
as Captain George Faulkiner
1938
6.3
Circumstantial Evidence
as Detective Brown (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Times Square Lady
as "Brick" Culver
1935
6.0
The World Accuses
as Lt. Ryan
1934
6.0
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
as Inspector 'Mac' McKinney
1934
4.1
Gambling Lady
as Graves
1934
6.2
Lady Killer
as Brannigan
1933
6.9
Twin Husbands
as Sergeant Kerrigan
1933
3.6
Heroes for Sale
as 'Red' Squad Policeman #1
1933
7.0
The Return of Casey Jones
as Casey Jones
1933
6.0
The Crime of the Century
as Captain Tim Riley
1933
6.4
Self Defense
as Dan Simmons
1932
0.0
Madison Square Garden
as Honest John Miller
1932
6.2
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Detective (uncredited)
1932
5.9
White Eagle
as Capt. Blake
1932
0.0
The Midnight Patrol
as Howard Brady
1932
0.0
Behind Stone Walls
as District Attorney John Manson Clay
1932
4.3
Five Star Final
as R.J. Brannegan
1931
6.6
Murder at Midnight
as Inspector Taylor
1931
5.4
The Star Witness
as Deputy Williams (uncredited)
1931
6.7
The Maltese Falcon
as Police Lt. Dundy
1931
6.3
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
as Himself - Golfer
1931
0.0
The Finger Points
as Frank Carter
1931
5.8
Captain Thunder
as Morgan
1930
3.8
The Doorway to Hell
as Captain Pat O'Grady
1930
6.3
Men of the North
as Sergeant Mooney
1930
5.0
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
3.4
Sweet Mama
as Mack
1930
0.0
Kathleen Mavourneen
as Dan Moriarity
1930
10.0
The Divorcee
as Bill
1930
6.2
Hide-Out
as William Burke
1930
0.0
Thunderbolt
as Prison chaplain
1929
5.6
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
as Ethier
1929
0.0
Romance of the Underworld
as Edwin Burke
1928
4.5
Lights of New York
as Detective Crosby
1928
5.4
Happiness Ahead
as Detective
1928
0.0
Obey Your Husband
as Mr. Kennedy
1928
0.0
Man and Wife
as Dr. Howard Fleming
1923
0.0
The Broken Silence
as Bruce Cameron
1922
0.0
A Pasteboard Crown
as Stewart Thrall
1922
0.0
Without Fear
as John Miles
1922
0.0
Fair Lady
as Norvin Blake
1922
0.0
Lonely Heart
1921
0.0
A Virgin Paradise
as Bob Alan
1921
0.0
The Money Maniac
as Didier Bouchard
1921
0.0
The Empire of Diamonds
as Matthew Versigny
1920
0.0
L'apache
as Otis Mayne
1919
0.0
Checkers
as Kendal
1919
0.0
A Woman There Was
as Pulke
1919
0.0
Unknown Love
as Captain Jack Tims
1919
5.0
For the Freedom of the East
as Robert Kenyon
1918
0.0
When Men Betray
1918
0.0
Joan of Plattsburg
as Capt. Lane
1918
0.0
Thou Shalt Not Steal
as Roger Benton
1917
0.0
The Dazzling Miss Davison
as Gerard Buckland
1917
0.0
The Debt
1917
0.0
Mrs. Balfame
as Dwight Rush
1917
0.0
Motherhood
as Albert
1917
0.0
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917
0.0
Life's Shadows
as Rodney Thorndyke
1916
0.0
Miss Petticoats
as Rev. Ralph Harding
1916
0.0
The Child of Destiny
as Bob Stange
1916
0.0
Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph
as Robert Ewing
1916
0.0
The Kiss of Hate
as Sergius Orzoff
1916
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