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