Name
Robert Elliott
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1879-10-08
Deathday
1951-11-15 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Biography
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.
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- 1939 Gone with the Wind as Yankee Major
- 1932 The Phantom of Crestwood as Detective (uncredited)
- 1930 The Doorway to Hell as Captain Pat O'Grady
- 1916 The Kiss of Hate as Sergius Orzoff
- 1931 The Maltese Falcon as Police Lt. Dundy
- 1931 Five Star Final as R.J. Brannegan
- 1933 Lady Killer as Brannigan
- 1939 The Roaring Twenties as First Detective
- 1939 I Stole a Million as Peterson
- 1928 Happiness Ahead as Detective
- 1946 Chick Carter, Detective as Dan Rankin
- 1923 Man and Wife as Dr. Howard Fleming
- 1939 The Saint Strikes Back as Chief Inspector Webster
- 1933 Heroes for Sale as 'Red' Squad Policeman #1
- 1930 The Divorcee as Bill
- 1946 The Devil's Playground as Judge Morton
- 1916 Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph as Robert Ewing
- 1933 The Crime of the Century as Captain Tim Riley
- 1930 Hide-Out as William Burke
- 1928 Obey Your Husband as Mr. Kennedy
- 1931 Murder at Midnight as Inspector Taylor
- 1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
- 1933 The Return of Casey Jones as Casey Jones
- 1931 The Star Witness as Deputy Williams (uncredited)
- 1917 Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
- 1938 Trade Winds as Captain George Faulkiner
- 1928 Lights of New York as Detective Crosby
- 1917 Mrs. Balfame as Dwight Rush
- 1930 Kathleen Mavourneen as Dan Moriarity
- 1934 Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round as Inspector 'Mac' McKinney
- 1930 Men of the North as Sergeant Mooney
- 1933 Twin Husbands as Sergeant Kerrigan
- 1932 Madison Square Garden as Honest John Miller
- 1930 Captain Thunder as Morgan
- 1917 Motherhood as Albert
- 1919 Unknown Love as Captain Jack Tims
- 1940 Half a Sinner as Officer Kelly
- 1922 Without Fear as John Miles
- 1920 The Empire of Diamonds as Matthew Versigny
- 1939 Made for Each Other as Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)
- 1929 Thunderbolt as Prison chaplain
- 1940 You, the People as Mr. Edward Gibbon
- 1939 Should a Girl Marry? as Warden
- 1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1934 Gambling Lady as Graves
- 1919 A Woman There Was as Pulke
- 1930 Sweet Mama as Mack
- 1940 Flowing Gold as Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
- 1940 'Til We Meet Again as Detective (uncredited)
- 1940 The Ghost Breakers as Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
- 1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots' as Himself - Golfer
- 1932 White Eagle as Capt. Blake
- 1935 Times Square Lady as "Brick" Culver
- 1928 Romance of the Underworld as Edwin Burke
- 1934 The World Accuses as Lt. Ryan
- 1919 Checkers as Kendal
- 1918 For the Freedom of the East as Robert Kenyon
- 1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
- 1931 The Finger Points as Frank Carter
- 1929 The Lone Wolf's Daughter as Ethier
- 1922 Fair Lady as Norvin Blake
- 1939 Invisible Stripes as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
- 1932 Behind Stone Walls as District Attorney John Manson Clay
- 1916 Miss Petticoats as Rev. Ralph Harding
- 1918 When Men Betray as Raymond Edwards
- 1939 Mickey the Kid as FBI Agent Farrow
- 1918 Joan of Plattsburg as Capt. Lane
- 1932 The Midnight Patrol as Howard Brady
- 1932 Self Defense as Dan Simmons
- 1917 The Debt
- 1922 A Pasteboard Crown as Stewart Thrall
- 1922 The Broken Silence as Bruce Cameron
- 1935 Circumstantial Evidence as Detective Brown (uncredited)
- 1921 Lonely Heart
- 1921 A Virgin Paradise as Bob Alan
- 1921 The Money Maniac as Didier Bouchard
- 1916 Life's Shadows as Rodney Thorndyke
- 1916 The Child of Destiny as Bob Stange
- 1919 L'apache as Otis Mayne
- 1917 Thou Shalt Not Steal as Roger Benton
- 1917 The Dazzling Miss Davison as Gerard Buckland
- 1917 Mary Moreland as Thomas Maughm
- 1929 Protection as Wallace Crockett
- 1933 The Woman Who Dared as Attorney
