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