Robert Middlemass
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known for
Credits
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
A Day at the Races (1937)
as Sheriff
The Black Room (1935)
as The Prosecutor
Tarnished Angel (1938)
as Police Chief Thomas
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
as Carmichael
Madame X (1937)
as Prefect of Police
The Saint Takes Over (1940)
as Captain Wade
Bombardier (1943)
as Officer
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Coast Guard (1939)
as Capt. Lyons
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
as Police Inspector
Hold That Blonde! (1945)
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Muss 'em Up (1936)
as Inspector Brock
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
as Militiaman (uncredited)
Espionage Agent (1939)
as Militant American Tourist
Kentucky (1938)
as Track Official
Air Hawks (1935)
as Drewen
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
as Abner Cartwright
Cain and Mabel (1936)
as Cafe Proprietor
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Super Speed (1935)
as Wilson Gale
Miracle Money (1938)
as Hartney Drew
Hideaway Girl (1936)
as Capt. Dixon
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Hospital Commandant
Lady Scarface (1941)
as Police Captain Lovell
General Spanky (1936)
as Overseer
Pop Always Pays (1940)
as Mr. Oberton
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Harkrider
Blondes at Work (1938)
as Boylan - Editor
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Academy Superintendent
Unknown Woman (1935)
as Hammacher
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
as Desk Sergeant
Love Is a Headache (1938)
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Party Wire (1935)
as Judge Stephen Stephenson
Lady in the Death House (1944)
as State's Attorney
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Drunk Driving (1939)
as Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
Two Against the World (1936)
as Bertram C. Reynolds
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)
as Chief of Detectives McGowan
I Am the Law (1938)
as Moss Kitchell
Hats Off (1936)
as Tex Connelly
Little Old New York (1940)
as Nicholas Roosevelt
Maisie (1939)
as Doctor (Uncredited)
Hotel Imperial (1939)
as General Von Schwartzberg
Meet the Boy Friend (1937)
as McGrath
The Arizona Kid (1939)
as General Stark
Too Tough to Kill (1935)
as Hubbel
Atlantic Adventure (1935)
as Harry Van Dieman
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
as Wilbur Hoffman
Main Street After Dark (1945)
as Detective (uncredited)
Slightly Honorable (1939)
as Sen. Berry
After the Dance (1935)
as King
No Hands on the Clock (1941)
as Police Chief Bates
A Son Comes Home (1936)
as Sheriff
F-Man (1936)
as Chief Cartwright
Torpedo Boat (1942)
as Mr. Townsend
Guns of the Pecos (1936)
as Judge L.F. Blake
Blackmail (1939)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
as Edward Hart
The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)
as Bill Duke
While New York Sleeps (1938)
as Sawyer
Grand Exit (1935)
as Fire Chief Mulligan
Trapped (1937)
as Sol Rothert
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
as Charlie, Camp Owner (Uncredited)
You May Be Next! (1936)
as Dan McMahon
The Payoff (1942)
as Lester Norris
The Black Raven (1943)
as Tim Winfield
Highway Patrol (1938)
as J.W. Brady
The Studio Murder Mystery (1932)
as Boris Seminoff
Johnny Doughboy (1942)
as V.J.
One Way Ticket (1935)
as Bender
The Public Menace (1935)
as Frentrup
The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
as Morales
Frankie and Johnnie (1936)
as Undetermined Supporting Role
Excuse the Pardon (1930)
Actor
I Stand Accused (1938)
as Norman L. Mitchell
A Sporting Chance (1945)
as William Reardon
Klondike Fury (1942)
as Sam Armstrong
Good Luck – Best Wishes (1934)
Actor