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