Willard Robertson
Known for Acting · 129 credits
- Born
- 1885-12-31
- Died
- 1948-04-05
- Place of birth
- Runnels, Texas, USA
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
Movies (129)
Operator 13
1934
as Captain Channing
The Go-Getter
1937
as Matt Peasely
Doctor X
1932
as Detective O'Halloran
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Supt. Harrington
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Sheriff Risley
Whirlpool
1934
as Morrison
The Virginian
1946
Wild Girl
1932
as Red Pete
Central Airport
1933
as Havana Airport Manager
Heat Lightning
1934
as Everett Marshall
The Secret Bride
1934
as Representative Grosvenor
Transient Lady
1935
as Ed Goring
Jesse James
1939
as Clarke
Destination Unknown
1933
as Joe Shano
Juke Girl
1942
as Mister Just
Supernatural
1933
as Prison Warden
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Prison Board Chairman
Along Came Jones
1945
as Luke Packard
You and Me
1938
as Dayton
Union Pacific
1939
as Oakes Ames
Wake Island
1942
Kentucky
1938
as Bob Slocum
Winterset
1936
as Policeman in the Square
Dangerous Waters
1936
as Bill MacKeechie
Renegades
1946
as Nathan Brockway
The Monster and the Girl
1941
as Lieutenant Strickland
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Police Capt. Tom
Gambling Lady
1934
as District Attorney
He Was Her Man
1934
as Police Captain
Dark Hazard
1934
as Bill 'Billy' Fallen
If I Had a Million
1932
as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Texas
1941
as Rancher Wilson
To Each His Own
1946
as Dr. Hunt
Lady Killer
1933
as Detective Conroy
Three Godfathers
1936
as Reverend McLane
No Time for Love
1943
as Construction Company President (uncredited)
Air Force
1943
as Colonel at Hickam Field
The Last of the Mohicans
1936
as Captain Winthrop
Brigham Young
1940
as Heber Kimball
Behind the Mask
1932
as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Sheriff
My Little Chickadee
1940
as Uncle John
Remember the Night
1940
as Francis X. O'Leary
Gangs of New York
1938
as Inspector Sullivan
Housewife
1934
as Judge Edwin A. Matthews
Roaring Timber
1937
as Harrigan
Men with Wings
1938
as Col. Hadley
This Is My Affair
1937
as George Andrews
Upperworld
1934
as Police Captain Reynolds
Background to Danger
1943
as 'Mac' McNamara
Deep Valley
1947
as Sheriff Akers
Death on the Diamond
1934
as Cato
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Lang
Park Avenue Logger
1937
as Ben Morton
Tugboat Annie
1933
as Red Severn
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Secretary Ingham
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
as Dan Hastings
His Night Out
1935
as J.J. Trent
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Mr. Ashcroft
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Logan
Roman Scandals
1933
as Warren Finley Cooper
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Prison Warden
Exclusive
1937
as Mr. Franklin
Ever in My Heart
1933
as Kennel Caretaker
I Wanted Wings
1941
as Judge Advocate
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Ragan
Call Her Savage
1932
as Pete Springer
Female
1933
as Department Head (Uncredited)
Here Comes the Navy
1934
as Executive Officer
Sooky
1931
as Herbert Skinner
Two Bright Boys
1939
as Clayton
John Meade's Woman
1937
as Man
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
as Charles Gilbert
Dante's Inferno
1935
as Inspector Harris
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
as Captain of Detectives
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
as Speaker
Range War
1939
as Buck Collins
Skippy
1931
as Herbert Skinner
Murder in the Private Car
1934
as Hanks
Nine Girls
1944
as Capt. Brooks
Heritage of the Desert
1939
as Henchman Nebraska
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
as Walter Davies
The Gay Caballero
1932
as Major Lawrence Blount
Okay, America!
1932
as Bit Role
Another Language
1933
as Harry Hallam
Fair Warning
1931
as Tex Calder
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Hot Water
1937
as Dr. Enfield
Gallant Journey
1946
as Zachary Montgomery
Guilty as Hell
1932
as Police Sgt. Alcock
Graft
1931
as E. T. Scudder
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
as Judge McQuade
Laddie
1935
as Mr. John Stanton
I'll Tell the World
1934
as Hardwick
The Cisco Kid
1931
as Enos Hankins
Virtue
1932
as Detective MacKenzie
Mills of the Gods
1934
as Thomas
Million Dollar Baby
1934
Straight from the Heart
1935
as District Attorney
The Broken Wing
1932
as Sylvester Cross
Elinor Norton
1934
as Ranch Foreman
The Night of January 16th
1941
as Inspector Donegan
Silence
1931
as Phil Powers
That Girl from Paris
1936
as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
One Is Guilty
1934
as Wells Deveroux
Two Alone
1934
as George Marshall
Trick for Trick
1933
as Dr. Frank Fitzgerald
Men of the Timberland
1941
as Tim MacGregor
The Texas Bad Man
1932
as Millard Keefe
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Grigsby, the Process Server
East of Fifth Avenue
1933
as Dr. Morgan
Have a Heart
1934
as Mr. Schauber
Main Street Lawyer
1939
as John Ralston
The First Baby
1936
as Dr. Clarke
Perilous Holiday
1946
as Graeme
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
as Gen. Leads
Island in the Sky
1938
as Walter Rhodes
Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Dr. Preston
Shanghaied Love
1931
as Newman
Forced Landing
1935
as Martin Byrd
About Willard Robertson
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 do… With 129 credits spanning from 1924 to 1948, Willard Robertson has appeared in 129 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Operator 13 (1934) — as Captain Channing
- The Go-Getter (1937) — as Matt Peasely
- Doctor X (1932) — as Detective O'Halloran
- North West Mounted Police (1940) — as Supt. Harrington
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — as Sheriff Risley
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