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