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