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Willard Robertson
- Name: Willard Robertson
- Birthday: 1885-12-31
- Place of birth: Runnels, Texas, USA
- Popularity: 3.123
Biography:
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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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Fury at Furnace Creek as Gen. Leads | 1948-04-30 |
| Sitting Pretty as Mr. Ashcroft | 1948-03-10 |
| Deep Valley as Sheriff Akers | 1947-07-30 |
| My Favorite Brunette as Prison Warden | 1947-03-19 |
| Gallant Journey as Zachary Montgomery | 1946-09-24 |
| Renegades as Nathan Brockway | 1946-06-13 |
| The Virginian | 1946-05-05 |
| Perilous Holiday as Graeme | 1946-03-20 |
| To Each His Own as Dr. Hunt | 1946-03-12 |
| Along Came Jones as Luke Packard | 1945-07-19 |
| Nine Girls as Capt. Brooks | 1944-02-17 |
| Background to Danger as 'Mac' McNamara | 1943-07-03 |
| No Time for Love | 1943-04-09 |
| Air Force as Colonel at Hickam Field | 1943-03-20 |
| The Ox-Bow Incident as Sheriff Risley | 1943-03-11 |
| Wake Island | 1942-08-11 |
| Juke Girl as Mister Just | 1942-05-30 |
| The Night of January 16th as Inspector Donegan | 1941-11-28 |
| Texas as Rancher Wilson | 1941-10-09 |
| Men of the Timberland as Tim MacGregor | 1941-05-06 |
| I Wanted Wings as Judge Advocate | 1941-03-26 |
| The Monster and the Girl as Lieutenant Strickland | 1941-02-28 |
| North West Mounted Police as Supt. Harrington | 1940-10-22 |
| Brigham Young as Heber Kimball | 1940-09-27 |
| Lucky Cisco Kid as Judge McQuade | 1940-06-28 |
| Castle on the Hudson as Ragan | 1940-02-17 |
| My Little Chickadee as Uncle John | 1940-02-09 |
| Remember the Night as Francis X. O'Leary | 1940-01-19 |
| Main Street Lawyer as John Ralston | 1939-11-02 |
| Two Bright Boys as Clayton | 1939-09-21 |
| Range War as Buck Collins | 1939-09-08 |
| Each Dawn I Die as Lang | 1939-08-19 |
| Heritage of the Desert as Henchman Nebraska | 1939-06-23 |
| Union Pacific as Oakes Ames | 1939-05-05 |
| My Son Is a Criminal as Tom Halloran Sr. | 1939-02-22 |
| Jesse James as Clarke | 1939-01-14 |
| Kentucky as Bob Slocum | 1938-12-30 |
| Torchy Gets Her Man as Charles Gilbert | 1938-11-12 |
| Men with Wings as Col. Hadley | 1938-07-16 |
| You and Me as Dayton | 1938-06-01 |
| Gangs of New York as Inspector Sullivan | 1938-05-23 |
| Island in the Sky as Walter Rhodes | 1938-04-01 |
| Hot Water as Dr. Enfield | 1937-09-24 |
| Exclusive as Mr. Franklin | 1937-08-06 |
| Roaring Timber as Harrigan | 1937-07-03 |
| This Is My Affair as George Andrews | 1937-05-28 |
| The Go-Getter as Matt Peasely | 1937-05-22 |
| Park Avenue Logger as Ben Morton | 1937-03-16 |
| John Meade's Woman as Man | 1937-02-26 |
| Larceny on the Air as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald | 1937-01-11 |
| That Girl from Paris as Immigration Officer (uncredited) | 1936-12-31 |
| Wanted: Jane Turner as Walter Davies | 1936-12-04 |
| Winterset as Policeman in the Square | 1936-12-03 |
| The Man Who Lived Twice as Police Insp. Logan | 1936-09-25 |
| The Gorgeous Hussy as Secretary Ingham | 1936-08-28 |
| The Last of the Mohicans as Captain Winthrop | 1936-07-02 |
| I Married a Doctor as Guy Pollock | 1936-04-25 |
| The First Baby as Dr. Clarke | 1936-04-02 |
| Three Godfathers as Reverend McLane | 1936-03-06 |
| Dangerous Waters as Bill MacKeechie | 1936-02-10 |
| The Old Homestead as Uncle Jed | 1935-10-05 |
| His Night Out as J.J. Trent | 1935-10-01 |
| O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Dan Hastings | 1935-09-27 |
| Dante's Inferno as Inspector Harris | 1935-08-23 |
| Oil for the Lamps of China as Speaker | 1935-06-08 |
| Straight from the Heart as District Attorney | 1935-03-22 |
| Laddie as Mr. John Stanton | 1935-03-18 |
| Transient Lady as Ed Goring | 1935-03-04 |
| Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Grigsby, the Process Server | 1935-01-04 |
| Million Dollar Baby | 1934-12-29 |
| The Secret Bride as Representative Grosvenor | 1934-12-22 |
| Mills of the Gods as Thomas | 1934-12-15 |
| Elinor Norton as Ranch Foreman | 1934-11-02 |
| Death on the Diamond as Cato | 1934-09-14 |
| Have a Heart as Mr. Schauber | 1934-09-07 |
| Housewife as Judge Edwin A. Matthews | 1934-08-11 |
| Here Comes the Navy as Executive Officer | 1934-07-21 |
| Murder in the Private Car as Hanks | 1934-06-29 |
| He Was Her Man as Police Captain | 1934-06-16 |
| Operator 13 as Captain Channing | 1934-06-08 |
| Let's Talk It Over as Dr. Preston | 1934-06-01 |
| One Is Guilty as Wells Deveroux | 1934-05-03 |
| Upperworld as Police Captain Reynolds | 1934-04-28 |
| I'll Tell the World as Hardwick | 1934-04-20 |
| Whirlpool as Judge Jim Morrison | 1934-04-10 |
| Gambling Lady as District Attorney | 1934-03-08 |
| Heat Lightning as Everett Marshall | 1934-03-01 |
| Dark Hazard as Bill 'Billy' Fallen | 1934-01-31 |
| Two Alone as George Marshall | 1934-01-26 |
| Lady Killer as Detective Conroy | 1933-12-09 |
| East of Fifth Avenue as Dr. Morgan | 1933-11-28 |
| Roman Scandals as Warren Finley Cooper | 1933-11-27 |
| Female as Department Head (Uncredited) | 1933-11-11 |
| Ever in My Heart as Kennel Caretaker | 1933-10-28 |
| Wild Boys of the Road as Captain of Detectives | 1933-10-07 |
| Tugboat Annie as Red Severn | 1933-08-04 |
| Another Language as Harry Hallam | 1933-07-28 |
| Supernatural as Prison Warden | 1933-04-21 |
| Trick for Trick as Dr. Frank Fitzgerald | 1933-04-20 |
| Central Airport as Havana Airport Manager | 1933-04-15 |
| Destination Unknown as Joe Shano | 1933-04-01 |
| Frisco Jenny as Police Capt. Tom | 1933-01-14 |
| Call Her Savage as Pete Springer | 1932-11-24 |
| If I Had a Million as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
| Wild Girl as Red Pete | 1932-11-09 |
| I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Prison Board Chairman | 1932-11-09 |
| Virtue as Detective MacKenzie | 1932-10-25 |
| Okay, America! as Bit Role | 1932-09-08 |
| Guilty as Hell as Police Sgt. Alcock | 1932-08-05 |
| Doctor X as Detective O'Halloran | 1932-08-03 |
| Tom Brown of Culver as Capt. White | 1932-06-30 |
| The Texas Bad Man as Millard Keefe | 1932-06-29 |
| The Rider of Death Valley as Bill Joyce | 1932-04-23 |
| The Famous Ferguson Case as Sheriff | 1932-04-19 |
| The Broken Wing as Sylvester Cross | 1932-03-25 |
| Steady Company as Pop Henley | 1932-03-13 |
| Behind the Mask as Capt. E.J. Hawkes | 1932-02-25 |
| The Gay Caballero as Major Lawrence Blount | 1932-02-14 |
| Sooky as Herbert Skinner | 1931-12-26 |
| The Cisco Kid as Enos Hankins | 1931-11-01 |
| Graft as E. T. Scudder | 1931-09-21 |
| Shanghaied Love as Newman | 1931-09-20 |
| Silence as Phil Powers | 1931-08-29 |
| Skippy as Herbert Skinner | 1931-04-25 |
| Fair Warning as Tex Calder | 1931-02-01 |
| The Last of the Duanes as Texas Ranger Captain | 1930-08-31 |
| Daughters of the Night as Prof. Woodbury | 1924-11-09 |
