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
1982
- Hotel
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981
1979
- 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
- Return to Peyton Place as Mike Rossi
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Captain Lee Crane
- Ichabod and Me
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
- Column South as Lee Whitlock
- Letter to Loretta as Markle
- Topper
- General Electric Theater as Robert Major (uncredited)
1952
- Cavalcade of America as Charles Jerrold
- The Ford Television Theatre as Hank Holloway
1951
- Show Boat as Steven Baker
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Lux Video Theatre as Alan
- Bunco Squad as Det. Sgt. Steve Johnson
- The Man Who Had Influence as David Grant
- The Sundowners as Tom Cloud
1949
- Roughshod as Clay Phillips
- Lights Out
- Suspense
1948
1946
- The Secret Heart as Chase N. Addams
1945
- Front Row Center
- A-26 Flying Tips as Captain
1942
- Personalities as (uncredited)
- Somewhere I'll Find You as Kirk 'Junior' Davis
- Dr. Kildare's Victory as Dr. Donald 'Don' Winthrop
- This Time for Keeps as Lee White
1941
- Johnny Eager as Jimmy Courtney
- Ringside Maisie as Terry Dolan, aka Young O'Hara
- The Get-Away as Jeff Crane
- The Penalty as Edward McCormick
- Two-Faced Woman as Dick 'Dickie' Williams
- I'll Wait for You as 'Lucky' Wilson
1940
- Manhattan Heartbeat as Johnny Farrell
- The Heckler as Trophy Presenter
- Yesterday's Heroes
- The Gay Caballero as Billy Brewster
- Nothing But Pleasure as Gangster at Cozy Auto Court
- Mandrake the Magician as Henchman
1939
- Golden Boy as Elevator Boy
- Glove Slingers as Warehouseman Taking Fight Pool Money (uncredited)
- Sorority House as Soda Shop Extra (uncredited)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
- Only Angels Have Wings as Bit Role
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- Beware Spooks! as Bellboy (uncredited)
- Good Girls Go to Paris as Student (uncredited)
- Pest from the West as Cigarette Customer at Adjacent Table (uncredited)
- The Man They Could Not Hang as First Reporter (uncredited)
- Mandrake the Magician as Henchman
- Outside These Walls as Reporter (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)
- A Woman is the Judge as Reporter (uncredited)