Name
Willard Robertson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1885-12-31
Deathday
1948-04-05 (63 years old)
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.
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- 1935 Laddie as Mr. John Stanton
- 1936 The Last of the Mohicans as Captain Winthrop
- 1938 Gangs of New York as Inspector Sullivan
- 1943 Background to Danger as McNamara
- 1940 Remember the Night as Francis X. O'Leary
- 1940 My Little Chickadee as Uncle John
- 1933 Roman Scandals as Warren Finley Cooper
- 1933 Lady Killer as Detective Conroy
- 1932 Steady Company as Pop Henley
- 1935 Straight from the Heart as District Attorney
- 1947 Deep Valley as Sheriff Akers
- 1934 One Is Guilty as Wells Deveroux
- 1932 The Gay Caballero as Major Lawrence Blount
- 1947 My Favorite Brunette as Prison Warden
- 1933 Wild Boys of the Road as Captain of Detectives
- 1939 Range War as Buck Collins
- 1945 Along Came Jones as Luke Packard
- 1940 North West Mounted Police as Supt. Harrington
- 1946 To Each His Own as Dr. Hunt
- 1931 Skippy as Herbert Skinner
- 1940 Brigham Young as Heber Kimball
- 1934 Here Comes the Navy as Executive Officer
- 1933 Tugboat Annie as Red Severn
- 1941 The Night of January 16th as Inspector Donegan
- 1932 Virtue as Detective MacKenzie
- 1936 The Man Who Lived Twice as Logan
- 1942 Juke Girl as Mister Just
- 1933 Supernatural as Prison Warden
- 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy as Secretary Ingham
- 1948 Fury at Furnace Creek as Gen. Leads
- 1933 Ever in My Heart as Kennel Caretaker
- 1933 Destination Unknown as Joe Shano
- 1938 You and Me as Dayton
- 1936 Three Godfathers as Reverend McLane
- 1932 Wild Girl as Red Pete
- 1940 Lucky Cisco Kid as Judge McQuade
- 1935 Dante's Inferno as Inspector Harris
- 1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Grigsby, the Process Server
- 1937 Larceny on the Air as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald
- 1931 Graft as E. T. Scudder
- 1938 Torchy Gets Her Man as Charles Gilbert
- 1934 He Was Her Man as Police Captain
- 1934 Housewife as Judge Edwin A. Matthews
- 1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Dan Hastings
- 1937 Park Avenue Logger as Ben Morton
- 1937 Exclusive as Mr. Franklin
- 1934 Have a Heart as Mr. Schauber
- 1938 Men with Wings as Col. Hadley
- 1934 Two Alone as George Marshall
- 1933 East of Fifth Avenue as Dr. Morgan
- 1934 Dark Hazard as Bill 'Billy' Fallen
- 1939 Union Pacific as Oakes Ames
- 1934 Murder in the Private Car as Hanks
- 1934 Whirlpool as Morrison
- 1936 Wanted: Jane Turner as Walter Davies
- 1935 His Night Out as J.J. Trent
- 1932 Guilty as Hell as Police Sgt. Alcock
- 1933 Frisco Jenny as Police Capt. Tom
- 1934 Upperworld as Police Captain Reynolds
- 1934 Elinor Norton as Ranch Foreman
- 1932 The Rider of Death Valley as Bill Joyce
- 1933 Another Language as Harry Hallam
- 1934 Operator 13 as Captain Channing
- 1938 Kentucky as Bob Slocum
- 1930 The Last of the Duanes as Texas Ranger Captain
- 1934 I'll Tell the World as Hardwick
- 1937 John Meade's Woman as Man
- 1934 Heat Lightning as Everett Marshall
- 1931 The Cisco Kid as Enos Hankins
- 1941 Texas as Rancher Wilson
- 1935 Transient Lady as Ed Goring
- 1932 Doctor X as Detective O'Halloran
- 1935 Oil for the Lamps of China as Speaker
- 1946 The Virginian
- 1932 The Famous Ferguson Case as Sheriff
- 1939 Jesse James as Clarke
- 1946 Renegades as Nathan Brockway
- 1940 Castle on the Hudson as Ragan
- 1939 Heritage of the Desert as Henchman Nebraska
- 1948 Sitting Pretty as Mr. Ashcroft
- 1939 Each Dawn I Die as Lang
- 1931 Silence as Phil Powers
- 1942 Wake Island
- 1943 Air Force as Colonel at Hickam Field
- 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident as Sheriff Risley
- 1936 Winterset as Policeman in the Square
- 1932 Call Her Savage as Pete Springer
- 1933 Trick for Trick as Dr. Frank Fitzgerald
- 1934 The Secret Bride as Representative Grosvenor
- 1934 Gambling Lady as District Attorney
- 1939 Main Street Lawyer as John Ralston
- 1939 My Son Is a Criminal as Tom Halloran Sr.
- 1932 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Prison Board Chairman
- 1932 Tom Brown of Culver as Capt. White
- 1937 This Is My Affair as George Andrews
- 1931 Shanghaied Love as Newman
- 1946 Perilous Holiday as Graeme
- 1936 I Married a Doctor as Guy Pollock
- 1932 Behind the Mask as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
- 1933 Central Airport as Havana Airport Manager
- 1943 No Time for Love as Construction Company President (uncredited)
- 1936 That Girl from Paris as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
- 1932 The Broken Wing as Sylvester Cross
- 1934 Death on the Diamond as Cato
- 1937 Roaring Timber as Harrigan
- 1933 Female as Department Head (Uncredited)
- 1944 Nine Girls as Capt. Brooks
- 1937 The Go-Getter as Matt Peasely
- 1934 Mills of the Gods as Thomas
- 1946 Gallant Journey as Zachary Montgomery
- 1932 If I Had a Million as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
- 1931 Fair Warning as Tex Calder
- 1941 The Monster and the Girl as Lieutenant Strickland
- 1937 Hot Water as Dr. Enfield
- 1934 Let's Talk It Over as Dr. Preston
- 1934 Million Dollar Baby
- 1941 Men of the Timberland as Tim MacGregor
- 1936 Dangerous Waters as Bill MacKeechie
- 1938 Island in the Sky as Walter Rhodes
- 1935 The Old Homestead as Uncle Jed
- 1932 Okay, America! as Bit Role
- 1936 The First Baby as Dr. Clarke
- 1931 Sooky as Herbert Skinner
- 1939 Two Bright Boys as Clayton
- 1932 The Texas Bad Man as Millard Keefe
- 1941 I Wanted Wings as Judge Advocate
- 1924 Daughters of the Night as Prof. Woodbury
- 1935 Forced Landing as Martin Byrd
- 1931 The Lawyer's Secret as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
