Robert Elliott
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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
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Yankee Major
Made for Each Other (1939)
as Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as First Detective
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
as Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
Thunderbolt (1929)
as Prison chaplain
Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
as Chief Inspector Webster
The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
'Til We Meet Again (1940)
as Detective (uncredited)
Men of the North (1930)
as Sergeant Mooney
Should a Girl Marry? (1939)
as Warden
I Stole a Million (1939)
as Peterson
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Mary Moreland (1917)
as Thomas Maughm
Heroes for Sale (1933)
as 'Red' Squad Policeman #1
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
as Detective (uncredited)
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
as Inspector 'Mac' McKinney
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)
as Self
The Crime of the Century (1933)
as Captain Tim Riley
Lights of New York (1928)
as Detective Crosby
The Doorway to Hell (1930)
as Captain Pat O'Grady
Fair Lady (1922)
as Norvin Blake
Miss Petticoats (1916)
as Rev. Ralph Harding
Five Star Final (1931)
as R.J. Brannegan
Sweet Mama (1930)
as Mack
The Woman Who Dared (1933)
as Attorney
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
as Police Lt. Dundy
Checkers (1919)
as Kendal
The Devil's Playground (1946)
as Judge Morton
Protection (1929)
as Wallace Crockett
Lonely Heart (1921)
Actor
The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917)
as Gerard Buckland
Thou Shalt Not Steal (1917)
as Roger Benton
The Child of Destiny (1916)
as Bob Stange
The Empire of Diamonds (1920)
as Matthew Versigny
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
as Edwin Burke
Gambling Lady (1934)
as Graves
You, the People (1940)
as Mr. Edward Gibbon
Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph (1916)
as Robert Ewing
Chick Carter, Detective (1946)
as Dan Rankin
The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929)
as Ethier
The World Accuses (1934)
as Lt. Ryan
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed (1917)
Actor
Lady Killer (1933)
as Brannigan
The Divorcee (1930)
as Bill
The Return of Casey Jones (1933)
as Casey Jones
Trade Winds (1938)
as Captain George Faulkiner
Flowing Gold (1940)
as Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Times Square Lady (1935)
as "Brick" Culver
L'apache (1919)
as Otis Mayne
Madison Square Garden (1932)
as Honest John Miller
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931)
as Himself - Golfer
The Kiss of Hate (1916)
as Sergius Orzoff
The Star Witness (1931)
as Deputy Williams (uncredited)
A Woman There Was (1919)
as Pulke
The Finger Points (1931)
as Frank Carter
Happiness Ahead (1928)
as Detective
Captain Thunder (1930)
as Morgan
Mickey the Kid (1939)
as FBI Agent Farrow
Half a Sinner (1940)
as Officer Kelly
The Midnight Patrol (1932)
as Howard Brady
Life's Shadows (1916)
as Rodney Thorndyke
The Money Maniac (1921)
as Didier Bouchard
When Men Betray (1918)
as Raymond Edwards
Murder at Midnight (1931)
as Inspector Taylor
Twin Husbands (1933)
as Sergeant Kerrigan
Circumstantial Evidence (1935)
as Detective Brown (uncredited)
White Eagle (1932)
as Capt. Blake
Behind Stone Walls (1932)
as District Attorney John Manson Clay
Self Defense (1932)
as Dan Simmons
Obey Your Husband (1928)
as Mr. Kennedy
For the Freedom of the East (1918)
as Robert Kenyon
Man and Wife (1923)
as Dr. Howard Fleming
A Virgin Paradise (1921)
as Bob Alan
Hide-Out (1930)
as William Burke
A Pasteboard Crown (1922)
as Stewart Thrall
Joan of Plattsburg (1918)
as Capt. Lane
Motherhood (1917)
as Albert
Kathleen Mavourneen (1930)
as Dan Moriarity
Unknown Love (1919)
as Captain Jack Tims
Mrs. Balfame (1917)
as Dwight Rush
The Debt (1917)
Actor
Without Fear (1922)
as John Miles
The Broken Silence (1922)
as Bruce Cameron