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