Willard Robertson
Born: 1885-12-31 in Runnels, Texas, USA
Died: 1948-04-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1948
- Sitting Pretty as Mr. Ashcroft
- Fury at Furnace Creek as Gen. Leads
1947
- Deep Valley as Sheriff Akers
- My Favorite Brunette as Prison Warden
1946
- The Virginian
- To Each His Own as Dr. Hunt
- Gallant Journey as Zachary Montgomery
- Renegades as Nathan Brockway
- Perilous Holiday as Graeme
1945
- Along Came Jones as Luke Packard
1944
- Nine Girls as Capt. Brooks
1943
- The Ox-Bow Incident as Sheriff Risley
- Air Force as Colonel at Hickam Field
- No Time for Love as Construction Company President (uncredited)
- Background to Danger as 'Mac' McNamara
1942
- Moontide ... (Novel)
- Wake Island
- Juke Girl as Mister Just
1941
- Texas as Rancher Wilson
- The Monster and the Girl as Lieutenant Strickland
- I Wanted Wings as Judge Advocate
- Men of the Timberland as Tim MacGregor
- The Night of January 16th as Inspector Donegan
1940
- North West Mounted Police as Supt. Harrington
- Remember the Night as Francis X. O'Leary
- Brigham Young as Heber Kimball
- My Little Chickadee as Uncle John
- Castle on the Hudson as Ragan
- Lucky Cisco Kid as Judge McQuade
1939
- Jesse James as Clarke
- Union Pacific as Oakes Ames
- Heritage of the Desert as Henchman Nebraska
- Each Dawn I Die as Lang
- Main Street Lawyer as John Ralston
- Two Bright Boys as Clayton
- Range War as Buck Collins
- My Son Is a Criminal as Tom Halloran Sr.
1938
- You and Me as Dayton
- Kentucky as Bob Slocum
- Gangs of New York as Inspector Sullivan
- Torchy Gets Her Man as Charles Gilbert
- Men with Wings as Col. Hadley
- Island in the Sky as Walter Rhodes
1937
- The Go-Getter as Matt Peasely
- Exclusive as Mr. Franklin
- This Is My Affair as George Andrews
- Hot Water as Dr. Enfield
- Roaring Timber as Harrigan
- John Meade's Woman as Man
- Park Avenue Logger as Ben Morton
- Larceny on the Air as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald
1936
- The Last of the Mohicans as Captain Winthrop
- Winterset as Policeman in the Square
- Three Godfathers as Reverend McLane
- The Gorgeous Hussy as Secretary Ingham
- The Man Who Lived Twice as Logan
- Wanted: Jane Turner as Walter Davies
- Dangerous Waters as Bill MacKeechie
- That Girl from Paris as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
- The First Baby as Dr. Clarke
- I Married a Doctor as Guy Pollock
1935
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Grigsby, the Process Server
- Oil for the Lamps of China as Speaker
- Dante's Inferno as Inspector Harris
- Laddie as Mr. John Stanton
- Straight from the Heart as District Attorney
- Forced Landing as Martin Byrd
- O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Dan Hastings
- His Night Out as J.J. Trent
- Transient Lady as Ed Goring
- The Old Homestead as Uncle Jed
1934
- Operator 13 as Captain Channing
- Upperworld as Police Captain Reynolds
- The Secret Bride as Representative Grosvenor
- Housewife as Judge Edwin A. Matthews
- Mills of the Gods as Thomas
- Whirlpool as Morrison
- Here Comes the Navy as Executive Officer
- Heat Lightning as Everett Marshall
- Murder in the Private Car as Hanks
- Death on the Diamond as Cato
- He Was Her Man as Police Captain
- Elinor Norton as Ranch Foreman
- Dark Hazard as Bill 'Billy' Fallen
- Let's Talk It Over as Dr. Preston
- Two Alone as George Marshall
- Gambling Lady as District Attorney
- Have a Heart as Mr. Schauber
- I'll Tell the World as Hardwick
- Million Dollar Baby
- One Is Guilty as Wells Deveroux
1933
- Lady Killer as Detective Conroy
- Female as Department Head (Uncredited)
- Supernatural as Prison Warden
- Wild Boys of the Road as Captain of Detectives
- Central Airport as Havana Airport Manager
- Roman Scandals as Warren Finley Cooper
- Frisco Jenny as Police Capt. Tom
- Tugboat Annie as Red Severn
- Destination Unknown as Joe Shano
- Ever in My Heart as Kennel Caretaker
- East of Fifth Avenue as Dr. Morgan
- Another Language as Harry Hallam
- Trick for Trick as Dr. Frank Fitzgerald
1932
- If I Had a Million as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Prison Board Chairman
- Doctor X as Detective O'Halloran
- Behind the Mask as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
- Virtue as Detective MacKenzie
- Wild Girl as Red Pete
- The Rider of Death Valley as Bill Joyce
- Call Her Savage as Pete Springer
- The Broken Wing as Sylvester Cross
- Okay, America! as Bit Role
- The Famous Ferguson Case as Sheriff
- Guilty as Hell as Police Sgt. Alcock
- Steady Company as Pop Henley
- The Gay Caballero as Major Lawrence Blount
- Tom Brown of Culver as Capt. White
- The Texas Bad Man as Millard Keefe
1931
- Skippy as Herbert Skinner
- Sooky as Herbert Skinner
- The Cisco Kid as Enos Hankins
- Fair Warning as Tex Calder
- Shanghaied Love as Newman
- Silence as Phil Powers
- Graft as E. T. Scudder
- The Lawyer's Secret as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1930
- The Last of the Duanes as Texas Ranger Captain
1925
- Why Women Love ... (Theatre Play)
1924
- Daughters of the Night as Prof. Woodbury
1921
- Big Game ... (Screenplay)