Name
Robert Middlemass
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1883-09-03
Deathday
1949-09-10 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Biography
Robert Middlemass (3 September 1883, New Britain, Connecticut – 10 September 1949, Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright and stage actor, and later character actor with over 100 film appearances. usually playing detectives or policemen.
Middlemass graduated from Harvard University in 1909 and initially went into the insurance business, but soon went on the stage, joining the Castle Square Theatre stock company in Boston. He debuted on Broadway in September 1914 in The Bludgeon at the Maxine Elliott Theatre.
His best known play was a one-act melodrama written with Holworthy Hall (real name H. E. Porter, a college roommate) titled The Valiant, which was also made into a film of the same name in 1929, and as The Man Who Wouldn't Talk in 1940. The play became a favorite for amateur and local theater groups, and is still performed today.
Middlemass moved to Los Angeles around 1935, and began appearing in films. He died there in 1949.
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- 1930 Excuse the Pardon
- 1936 Hideaway Girl as Capt. Dixon
- 1939 Blondie Brings Up Baby as Abner Cartwright
- 1935 One Way Ticket as Bender
- 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
- 1937 A Day at the Races as Sheriff
- 1945 A Sporting Chance as William Reardon
- 1944 Lady in the Death House as State's Attorney
- 1935 Grand Exit as Fire Chief Mulligan
- 1940 The Saint Takes Over as Captain Wade
- 1943 The Black Raven as Tim Winfield
- 1938 I Am the Law as Moss Kitchell
- 1938 While New York Sleeps as Sawyer
- 1941 No Hands on the Clock as Police Chief Bates
- 1938 Miracle Money as Hartney Drew
- 1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws as Wilbur Hoffman
- 1936 Cain and Mabel as Cafe Proprietor
- 1936 You May Be Next! as Dan McMahon
- 1935 Air Hawks as Drewen
- 1936 Hats Off as Tex Connelly
- 1935 Atlantic Adventure as Harry Van Dieman
- 1940 Little Old New York as Nicholas Roosevelt
- 1937 Meet the Boy Friend as McGrath
- 1939 Indianapolis Speedway as Edward Hart
- 1939 Hotel Imperial as General Von Schwartzberg
- 1932 The Studio Murder Mystery as Boris Seminoff
- 1934 Good Luck – Best Wishes
- 1936 F-Man as Chief Cartwright
- 1938 I Stand Accused as Norman L. Mitchell
- 1935 The Lone Wolf Returns as Chief of Detectives McGowan
- 1935 Party Wire as Judge Stephen Stephenson
- 1935 After the Dance as King
- 1937 Madame X as Prefect of Police
- 1938 Love Is a Headache as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- 1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- 1938 Tarnished Angel as Police Chief Thomas
- 1936 Guns of the Pecos as Judge L.F. Blake
- 1936 Frankie and Johnnie as Undetermined Supporting Role
- 1939 Stand Up and Fight as Harkrider
- 1939 Idiot's Delight as Hospital Commandant
- 1937 Navy Blue and Gold as Academy Superintendent
- 1939 Stanley and Livingstone as Carmichael
- 1939 Coast Guard as Capt. Lyons
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
- 1939 Slightly Honorable as Sen. Berry
- 1939 Blackmail as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1939 Espionage Agent as Militant American Tourist
- 1939 The Arizona Kid as General Stark
- 1938 Arsène Lupin Returns as Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1938 Kentucky as Track Official
- 1945 Main Street After Dark as Detective (uncredited)
- 1936 A Son Comes Home as Sheriff
- 1942 The Payoff as Lester Norris
- 1939 Maisie as Doctor (Uncredited)
- 1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1942 Klondike Fury as Sam Armstrong
- 1938 Highway Patrol as J.W. Brady
- 1936 Two Against the World as Bertram C. Reynolds
- 1936 General Spanky as Overseer
- 1940 Pop Always Pays as Mr. Oberton
- 1942 Johnny Doughboy as V.J.
- 1936 Muss 'em Up as Inspector Brock
- 1935 The Awakening of Jim Burke as Bill Duke
- 1939 The Magnificent Fraud as Morales
- 1943 Bombardier as Officer
- 1938 Blondes at Work as Boylan - Editor
- 1941 Lady Scarface as Police Captain Lovell
- 1935 She Couldn't Take It as Desk Sergeant
- 1940 Gold Rush Maisie as Charlie, Camp Owner (Uncredited)
- 1935 If You Could Only Cook as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
- 1941 Road to Zanzibar as Police Inspector
- 1939 Drunk Driving as Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
- 1935 Too Tough to Kill as Hubbel
- 1938 The Mad Miss Manton as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1935 The Public Menace as Frentrup
- 1942 Torpedo Boat as Mr. Townsend
- 1935 The Black Room as The Prosecutor
- 1937 The Last Train from Madrid as Militiaman (uncredited)
- 1945 Hold That Blonde! as Police Captain (uncredited)
- 1937 Trapped as Sol Rothert
- 1935 Super Speed as Wilson Gale
- 1935 Unknown Woman as Hammacher
