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