Robert Sterling
Born: 1917-11-13 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2006-05-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
Robert Sterling, born William Sterling Hart (November 13, 1917 – May 30, 2006) was an American film and television actor. The son of baseball player and umpire Bill Hart, he was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and worked as a clothing salesman before pursuing an acting career. After signing with Columbia Pictures in 1939, he changed his name to Robert Sterling to avoid confusion with silent western star William S. Hart. In 1941, Sterling went to MGM. He worked steadily as a supporting player for several years. After serving in World War II as an Army Air Force flight instructor, he returned to Hollywood, but by the end of the decade, his film career had faltered. He did, however, play the non-singing role of Steve Baker, opposite Ava Gardner as Julie, in the hit MGM 1951 film version of Show Boat. Sterling later revived his acting career on the small screen with numerous appearances on Television.
Filmography
2007
- Blood Car as Couple in horror
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Ben Shipley
1983
- Masquerade as Jacques Marchand
1982
- Hotel as Mr. Jenks
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981
1979
- Beggarman, Thief as Colonel Day
- Beggarman, Thief as Colonel Day
1973
- Letters from Three Lovers as Bob
1972
1964
- A Global Affair as Randy Sterling
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Ray Roscoe
1961
- Ichabod and Me
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Captain Lee Crane
- Return to Peyton Place as Mike Rossi
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Douglas Winter
1958
- Naked City as Jason Colwell
- Love That Jill
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Night Club Duo
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Steve Buchanan
- Dearest Enemy as John Copeland
1954
- Climax! as Husband
1953
- Topper
- Letter to Loretta as Markle
- General Electric Theater as Robert Major (uncredited)
- Column South as Lee Whitlock
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre as Hank Holloway
- Cavalcade of America as Charles Jerrold
1951
- Show Boat as Steven Baker
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- What's My Line? as Self
- Lux Video Theatre as Alan
- The Sundowners as Tom Cloud
- Bunco Squad as Det. Sgt. Steve Johnson
- The Man Who Had Influence as David Grant
1949
- Suspense
- Lights Out
- Roughshod as Clay Phillips
1948
1946
- The Secret Heart as Chase N. Addams
1945
- Front Row Center
- A-26 Flying Tips as Captain
1942
- Somewhere I'll Find You as Kirk 'Junior' Davis
- This Time for Keeps as Lee White
- Dr. Kildare's Victory as Dr. Donald 'Don' Winthrop
- Personalities as (uncredited)
1941
- Two-Faced Woman as Dick 'Dickie' Williams
- Johnny Eager as Jimmy Courtney
- Ringside Maisie as Terry Dolan, aka Young O'Hara
- I'll Wait for You as 'Lucky' Wilson
- The Penalty as Edward McCormick
- The Get-Away as Jeff Crane
1940
- Nothing But Pleasure as Gangster at Cozy Auto Court
- The Gay Caballero as Billy Brewster
- Yesterday's Heroes as Duke Wyman
- The Heckler as Trophy Presenter
- Manhattan Heartbeat as Johnny Farrell
- Mandrake the Magician as Henchman
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
- Only Angels Have Wings as (uncredited)
- The Man They Could Not Hang as First Reporter (uncredited)
- Beware Spooks! as Bellboy (uncredited)
- Golden Boy as Elevator Boy
- Good Girls Go to Paris as Student (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- Those High Grey Walls as Convict (uncredited)
- Blondie Brings Up Baby as Dithers' Employee (uncredited)
- Blondie Meets the Boss as Office Worker / Man Dancing with Millie (uncredited)
- Sorority House as Soda Shop Extra (uncredited)
- Mandrake the Magician as Henchman
- Outside These Walls as Reporter (uncredited)
- A Woman is the Judge as Reporter (uncredited)
- Pest from the West as Cigarette Customer at Adjacent Table (uncredited)
- Glove Slingers as Warehouseman Taking Fight Pool Money (uncredited)