
Robert Homans
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Robert Edward Homans (November 8, 1877 – July 28, 1947) was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.
Known for
Credits

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as Policeman (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Spencer

Stagecoach (1939)
as Ed the Editor (uncredited)

Slander House (1938)
as The Irish Policeman

Double Cross (1941)
as Capt. Murray

Madame Sherry (1917)
as Undetermined Role

Dodge City (1939)
as Mail Clerk (uncredited)

Parnell (1937)
as Irish Cop in New York

The Thin Man (1934)
as Billy (uncredited)

They Were Expendable (1945)
as Bartender at Manila Hotel (uncredited)

Dark Stairways (1924)
as 'Dippy' Blake

Mr. Skitch (1933)
as Norville - Flat River Sheriff

Wild Girl (1932)
as Sheriff / Gambling Kibitzer (uncredited)

I Married a Witch (1942)
Actor

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
as Desk Sergeant, 12th Precinct

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Old Cop (uncredited)

Radio Hams (1939)
as Lighthouse Keeper

Dead End (1937)
as Policeman on Morning Beat (uncredited)

The Public Enemy (1931)
as Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)

Shantytown (1943)
as Dugan

Cover Girl (1944)
as Pop (uncredited)

Exposed (1938)
as Policeman

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
as Mr. Clay (uncredited)

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Lt. Johnson

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Sergeant (uncredited)

The Informer (1935)
as Detractor (uncredited)

Union Pacific (1939)
as Man (uncredited)

Spurs (1930)
as Dad Merril (as Bob Homans)

Jimmy the Gent (1934)
as Paddy (uncredited)

Honky Tonk (1941)
as Man at Tar Party (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Fighting with Buffalo Bill (1926)
as Caleb Crosby

Joe Smith, American (1942)
as Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)

Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
as Sergeant Murphy

Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Joseph

The Gang's All Here (1941)
as Pop Wallace

Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938)
as Captain Joseph Filsom

Virginia City (1940)
as Southerner (uncredited)

The Silent Avenger (1927)
as Steven Gilmore

The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
as Bartender (uncredited)

The Go-Getter (1937)
as Policeman (uncredited)

Johnny Apollo (1940)
as Receptionist Guard (uncredited)

In Old California (1942)
as Marshal Alvin Thompson

Here Comes Trouble (1936)
Actor

Come and Get It (1936)
as Cookie (uncredited)

Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
as Sheriff Garrett

If I Had a Million (1932)
as Detective (uncredited)

Over the Wall (1938)
as John Davis

Little Miss Nobody (1936)
as Policeman

Fury (1936)
as Incoming Watchman (uncredited)

Five Came Back (1939)
as Police Captain (uncredited)

Her Master's Voice (1936)
as Stationmaster

Time Out for Romance (1937)
as Cop

Fingers at the Window (1942)
as Officer O'Garrity

Easy Living (1937)
as Private Guard (uncredited)

The Whistler (1944)
as Dock Watchman (Uncredited)

The 13th Man (1937)
as Police Lt. Tom O'Hara

'Til We Meet Again (1940)
as Dock Policeman (uncredited)
Say Uncle (1944)
as Errol's Real Uncle

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Actor

Mountains of Manhattan (1927)
as 'Big Bill' Wright

Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
as Race Official

Night Monster (1942)
as Captain "Cap" Beggs

Girl on the Spot (1946)
as Clancy (uncredited)

City Streets (1931)
as Police inspector

Maid's Night Out (1938)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Pacific Blackout (1941)
as Police Desk Sergeant

Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Policeman on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)

You and Me (1938)
as Security Guard in Store (uncredited)

Born Reckless (1930)
as Policeman

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Reporter (uncredited)

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Actor

The Valiant (1929)
as Newspaper Printer (uncredited)

No Time for Love (1943)
as Pop Murphy (uncredited)

A Man Betrayed (1941)
as Traffic Policeman (uncredited)

Swanee River (1939)
as Sheriff

Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Policeman (uncredited)

Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
as Police Stenographer (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
as Chief of Police (uncredited)

The Black Camel (1931)
as Chief of Police (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)
as Mac - a Guard (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
as Keeper Burns (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong (1933)
as Doheney

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
as Sergeant

Make Your Own Bed (1944)
as Policeman

I Take This Oath (1940)
as Mike Hanagan

Red River Valley (1941)
as Sheriff Sutherland

Young America (1932)
as Patrolman Weems

A Medal for Benny (1945)
as Police Chief (uncredited)

Badman's Territory (1946)
as Judge (uncredited)

The Silent Power (1926)
as David Webster

Nazi Agent (1942)
as 1st Captain (uncredited)

Let Us Live (1939)
as Unlucky Cop (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal (1942)
as New York Palace Doorman (uncredited)

Thirty Day Princess (1934)
as Detective #1 (uncredited)

The Lightning Flyer (1931)
as John Nelson

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
as Policeman (uncredited)

Blackwell's Island (1939)
as Dock Guard (uncredited)

Lady Killer (1933)
as Jailer (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music (1939)
as Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)

Afraid to Talk (1932)
as Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective

Hell's Kitchen (1939)
as Hardy

Castle on the Hudson (1940)
as Clyde Burton - the Detective Escort (uncredited)

The Great O'Malley (1937)
as Policeman Jim Dugan (uncredited)

Walking Down Broadway (1938)
as Cop

Pop Always Pays (1940)
as Police Lieutenant

Missing Evidence (1939)
as Policeman

Lillian Russell (1940)
as Stage Doorman

Son of the Gods (1930)
as Dugan (uncredited)

Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
as Self (archive footage)

It Ain't Hay (1943)
as Policeman (uncredited)

Flight from Destiny (1941)
as Jailer

Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Miner Grogan (uncredited)

Strike Me Pink (1936)
as Joe - the Cop (uncredited)
Fury of the Wild (1929)
as Matt Roark

Rhythm on the River (1940)
as Detective

Union Depot (1932)
as Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited)

Son of Oklahoma (1932)
as John Clayton - aka Silent Jack Clay

Smart Blonde (1937)
as Cop (uncredited)

The Plough and the Stars (1936)
as Timmy, Barman

King of Chinatown (1939)
as Detective (uncredited)

Blackmail (1939)
as Cooper (uncredited)

East of the River (1940)
as Patrolman Shanahan

The Public Pays (1936)
as Officer Donovan (uncredited)

Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
as Jonesy, Policeman

It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
as Mr. Collins

Murder in Times Square (1943)
as Meehan

Consolation Marriage (1931)
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Confidential (1935)
as Fat Pool Player

Ever Since Eve (1937)
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Sensations of 1945 (1944)
as Cop (uncredited)

The Masked Angel (1928)
as Detective Bives

Coquette (1929)
as Court Bailiff

Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Hickman - Policeman Bringing Jenny (uncredited)

Think It Over (1938)
Actor

The Concentratin' Kid (1930)
as C.C. Stile

Rogues' Gallery (1944)
as Police Lieutenant Daniel O'Day (as Bob Homans)

Under-Cover Man (1932)
as Flannagan

The President Vanishes (1934)
as Cop on the Beat (uncredited)

The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
as Policer Officer Moriarity (Uncredited)

The President's Mystery (1936)
as Sergeant

Below the Deadline (1936)
as Police Captain Symonds

Double Alibi (1940)
as Policeman at Diner

King of the Turf (1939)
as Sgt. Brannigan

Black Legion (1937)
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

The Merry Monahans (1944)
as Policeman

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
as Cop

Vagabond Lady (1935)
as Tony’s Old Crony (uncredited)

Next Time I Marry (1938)
as Bailiff (uncredited)

Ex-Champ (1939)
as Policeman

After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
as Police Lieutenant

One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
as Officer Charlie Brown (uncredited)

Varsity Show (1937)
as Police Sgt. Murphy (uncredited)

Madame Racketeer (1932)
as Chief of Police

Midnight Court (1937)
as Policeman

Rulers of the Sea (1939)
as Constable Dunn (Uncredited)

Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Faro Bill

Clearing the Range (1931)
as 'Dad' Moran

The Nuisance (1933)
as Streetcar Driver (uncredited)

Music in Manhattan (1944)
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

A Stranger in Town (1943)
as Sergeant

Sinner Take All (1936)
as Sgt. Donovan (uncredited)

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
as Police Capt. James (uncredited)

Out of the Fog (1941)
as Officer Magruder

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Turnkey

High School (1940)
as Policeman

Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936)
as Colonel Summeral

Guardians of the Wild (1928)
as John Warren

Hot Water (1937)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Spellbinder (1939)
as Court Policeman at Door (uncredited)

Heart of the North (1938)
as Boat Captain Ashman

She Has What It Takes (1943)
as Captain Pat O'Neal

Blindfold (1928)
as Captain Jenkins

Music for Madame (1937)
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Gray (uncredited)

Full Confession (1939)
as Bartender (uncredited)

Winter Carnival (1939)
as Conductor

Inside Information (1939)
as Casey

Nearly Eighteen (1943)
as Judge

The Scarlet Clue (1945)
as Capt. Flynn

Easy Money (1936)
as Det. Sam Belden

Branded Men (1931)
as Chairman

Alias French Gertie (1930)
as Prison Warden

Crashing Through Danger (1938)
as Pop Foster

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) (1936)
as Police Lt. O'Neill

The Jury's Secret (1938)
as Cop

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
as Dooley Pub Owner (uncredited)

Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
as Shamus O'Connor

Main Street on the March! (1941)
as Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)

X Marks the Spot (1942)
as Timothy J. Delaney

The Phantom Speaks (1945)
as Death Row Guard (Uncredited)

Man Alive (1945)
as Uncle Barney McBride (uncredited)

Fast and Furious (1927)
as Doctor

Extravagance (1930)
as Process Server (uncredited)

Heroes in Blue (1939)
as Police Officer

Florida Special (1936)
as Police Captain (uncredited)

Nobody's Darling (1943)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Gambling Ship (1938)
Actor

Come Out Fighting (1945)
as Police Sergeant Tom Riley

His Family Tree (1935)
as Pub Sailor at Bar

The Big Show-Off (1945)
as Police Captain

West of Carson City (1940)
as Judge Harkins

Women Are Trouble (1936)
as Police Lieutenant Mayer

The Breathless Moment (1924)
as Detective Quinn (as Robert E. Homans)

River Gang (1945)
as Police Captain

The Sombrero Kid (1942)
as Marshal Thomas Holden

Law of the Badlands (1945)
Actor

Alias: The Bad Man (1931)
as Silas Warner

The Widow from Chicago (1930)
as Patrolman (uncredited)

You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
as Mr. Duncan

Sworn Enemy (1936)
as 1st Policeman (uncredited)

Son of Roaring Dan (1940)
as Roaring Dan McPhail

Penrod and Sam (1937)
as Sheriff (uncredited)

Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
as Tim

Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)
as Announcer

The One Way Trail (1931)
as George Beck

The Night Hawk (1938)
as Mulruney

The Great Hospital Mystery (1937)
as Bank Guard

Suicide Squad (1935)
as Capt. Tim O'Connor

Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)
as Chief Flynn

Sierra Sue (1941)
as George Larrabee

Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
as Lucky Langham

Ship Cafe (1935)
as Derrick Man (uncredited)

Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)
as Pat O'Reilly

The Man from Hell's Edges (1932)
as The Sheriff

Playing Around (1930)
as Pirate's Den Waiter (uncredited)

The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
as Homicide Capt. P.G. Otheron

G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
as Capt. Gorman [Ch. 12-13]

Silence (1931)
as Tim - Detective

Smuggled Cargo (1939)
as Kincaid

Wolves of the North (1924)
as Simon Blake
Blonde Ransom (1945)
as Policeman (uncredited)

The Prairie King (1927)
as Jim Gardener (as Robert E. Homans)

Burning the Wind (1929)
as Richard Gordon Sr

Stormy (1935)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Thoroughbred (1930)
as Riley

Trigger Tricks (1930)
as Thomas Kingston

Frontier Days (1945)
as Mail Clerk (uncredited)

The Princess from Hoboken (1927)
as McCoy

The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
as Mr. Burke

Obey Your Husband (1928)
as Stephens





