Willard Robertson
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.
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- Born:
- Jan 1, 1886 In Runnels, Texas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 116
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Last of the Duanes 1930-08-31
- Latest Project:
- Movie Fury at Furnace Creek 1948-04-30
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Fury at Furnace Creek | Gen. Leads | 1948-04-30 |
| Movie | Sitting Pretty | Mr. Ashcroft | 1948-03-10 |
| Movie | My Favorite Brunette | Prison Warden | 1947-03-19 |
| Movie | Deep Valley | Sheriff Akers | 1947-07-30 |
| Movie | To Each His Own | Dr. Hunt | 1946-03-12 |
| Movie | Perilous Holiday | Graeme | 1946-03-20 |
| Movie | Renegades | Nathan Brockway | 1946-06-13 |
| Movie | Gallant Journey | Zachary Montgomery | 1946-09-24 |
| Movie | The Virginian | 1946-05-05 | |
| Movie | Along Came Jones | Luke Packard | 1945-07-19 |
| Movie | Nine Girls | Capt. Brooks | 1944-02-17 |
| Movie | The Ox-Bow Incident | Sheriff Risley | 1943-03-11 |
| Movie | No Time for Love | Construction Company President | 1943-01-01 |
| Movie | Air Force | Colonel at Hickam Field | 1943-03-20 |
| Movie | Background to Danger | 'Mac' McNamara | 1943-07-03 |
| Movie | Juke Girl | Mister Just | 1942-05-30 |
| Movie | Wake Island | 1942-08-11 | |
| Movie | The Monster and the Girl | Lieutenant Strickland | 1941-02-28 |
| Movie | I Wanted Wings | Judge Advocate | 1941-03-26 |
| Movie | Texas | Rancher Wilson | 1941-10-09 |
| Movie | The Night of January 16th | Inspector Donegan | 1941-11-28 |
| Movie | My Little Chickadee | Uncle John | 1940-02-09 |
| Movie | Remember the Night | Francis X. O'Leary | 1940-01-19 |
| Movie | Castle on the Hudson | Ragan | 1940-02-17 |
| Movie | North West Mounted Police | Supt. Harrington | 1940-10-22 |
| Movie | Lucky Cisco Kid | Judge McQuade | 1940-06-28 |
| Movie | Brigham Young | Heber Kimball | 1940-09-27 |
| Movie | My Son Is a Criminal | Tom Halloran Sr. | 1939-02-22 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Oakes Ames | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Jesse James | Clarke | 1939-01-14 |
| Movie | Each Dawn I Die | Lang | 1939-08-19 |
| Movie | Heritage of the Desert | Henchman Nebraska | 1939-06-23 |
| Movie | Range War | Buck Collins | 1939-09-08 |
| Movie | Main Street Lawyer | John Ralston | 1939-11-02 |
| Movie | Gangs of New York | Inspector Sullivan | 1938-05-23 |
| Movie | Island in the Sky | Walter Rhodes | 1938-04-01 |
| Movie | You and Me | Dayton | 1938-06-01 |
| Movie | Men with Wings | Col. Hadley | 1938-07-16 |
| Movie | Kentucky | Bob Slocum | 1938-12-30 |
| Movie | Torchy Gets Her Man | Charles Gilbert | 1938-11-12 |
| Movie | John Meade's Woman | Man | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | Larceny on the Air | Inspector 'Mac' McDonald | 1937-01-11 |
| Movie | The Go-Getter | Matt Peasely | 1937-05-22 |
| Movie | Park Avenue Logger | Ben Morton | 1937-03-16 |
| Movie | This Is My Affair | George Andrews | 1937-05-28 |
| Movie | Exclusive | Mr. Franklin | 1937-08-06 |
| Movie | Hot Water | Dr. Enfield | 1937-09-24 |
| Movie | Roaring Timber | Harrigan | 1937-07-03 |
| Movie | I Married a Doctor | Guy Pollock | 1936-04-25 |
| Movie | Three Godfathers | Reverend McLane | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | Dangerous Waters | Bill MacKeechie | 1936-02-10 |
| Movie | The Last of the Mohicans | Captain Winthrop | 1936-07-02 |
| Movie | The Man Who Lived Twice | Police Insp. Logan | 1936-09-25 |
| Movie | The Gorgeous Hussy | Secretary Ingham | 1936-08-28 |
| Movie | Wanted: Jane Turner | Walter Davies | 1936-12-04 |
| Movie | That Girl from Paris | Immigration Officer (uncredited) | 1936-12-31 |
| Movie | Winterset | Policeman in the Square | 1936-12-03 |
| Movie | Transient Lady | Ed Goring | 1935-03-04 |
| Movie | Laddie | Mr. John Stanton | 1935-03-18 |
| Movie | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Grigsby, the Process Server | 1935-01-04 |
| Movie | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Dan Hastings | 1935-09-27 |
| Movie | Dante's Inferno | Inspector Harris | 1935-08-23 |
| Movie | Oil for the Lamps of China | Speaker | 1935-06-08 |
| Movie | Whirlpool | Judge Jim Morrison | 1934-04-10 |
| Movie | Upperworld | Police Captain Reynolds | 1934-04-19 |
| Movie | I'll Tell the World | Hardwick | 1934-04-20 |
| Movie | Gambling Lady | District Attorney | 1934-03-08 |
| Movie | Dark Hazard | Bill 'Billy' Fallen | 1934-01-31 |
| Movie | Two Alone | George Marshall | 1934-01-26 |
| Movie | Operator 13 | Captain Channing | 1934-06-08 |
| Movie | Heat Lightning | Everett Marshall | 1934-03-01 |
| Movie | Let's Talk It Over | Dr. Preston | 1934-06-01 |
| Movie | Death on the Diamond | Cato | 1934-09-14 |
| Movie | He Was Her Man | Police Captain | 1934-06-16 |
| Movie | Mills of the Gods | Thomas | 1934-12-15 |
| Movie | The Secret Bride | Representative Grosvenor | 1934-12-22 |
| Movie | Have a Heart | Mr. Schauber | 1934-09-07 |
| Movie | Elinor Norton | Ranch Foreman | 1934-11-02 |
| Movie | Housewife | Judge Edwin A. Matthews | 1934-08-11 |
| Movie | Murder in the Private Car | Hanks | 1934-06-29 |
| Movie | Here Comes the Navy | Executive Officer | 1934-07-21 |
| Movie | Supernatural | Prison Warden | 1933-04-21 |
| Movie | Tugboat Annie | Red Severn | 1933-08-04 |
| Movie | Trick for Trick | Dr. Frank Fitzgerald | 1933-04-20 |
| Movie | Destination Unknown | Joe Shano | 1933-04-01 |
| Movie | Frisco Jenny | Police Capt. Tom | 1933-01-14 |
| Movie | Central Airport | Havana Airport Manager | 1933-04-15 |
| Movie | Another Language | Harry Hallam | 1933-07-28 |
| Movie | Lady Killer | Detective Conroy | 1933-12-09 |
| Movie | Wild Boys of the Road | Captain of Detectives | 1933-10-07 |
| Movie | Roman Scandals | Warren Finley Cooper | 1933-11-27 |
| Movie | East of Fifth Avenue | Dr. Morgan | 1933-11-28 |
| Movie | Female | Department Head (Uncredited) | 1933-11-11 |
| Movie | Ever in My Heart | Kennel Caretaker | 1933-10-28 |
| Movie | The Texas Bad Man | Millard Keefe | 1932-06-29 |
| Movie | Tom Brown of Culver | Capt. White | 1932-06-30 |
| Movie | The Rider of Death Valley | Bill Joyce | 1932-04-23 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Capt. E.J. Hawkes | 1932-02-25 |
| Movie | Steady Company | Pop Henley | 1932-03-13 |
| Movie | The Broken Wing | Sylvester Cross | 1932-03-25 |
| Movie | The Famous Ferguson Case | Sheriff | 1932-04-19 |
| Movie | Doctor X | Detective O'Halloran | 1932-08-03 |
| Movie | If I Had a Million | Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
| Movie | Guilty as Hell | Police Sgt. Alcock | 1932-08-05 |
| Movie | Wild Girl | Red Pete | 1932-11-09 |
| Movie | Call Her Savage | Pete Springer | 1932-11-24 |
| Movie | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Prison Board Chairman | 1932-11-09 |
| Movie | Okay, America! | Bit Role | 1932-09-08 |
| Movie | Virtue | Detective MacKenzie | 1932-10-25 |
| Movie | Skippy | Herbert Skinner | 1931-04-25 |
| Movie | Fair Warning | Tex Calder | 1931-02-01 |
| Movie | Silence | Phil Powers | 1931-08-29 |
| Movie | The Cisco Kid | Enos Hankins | 1931-11-01 |
| Movie | Graft | E. T. Scudder | 1931-09-21 |
| Movie | Sooky | Herbert Skinner | 1931-12-26 |
| Movie | The Last of the Duanes | Texas Ranger Captain | 1930-08-31 |