Robert Middlemass
Born: 1883-09-03 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Died: 1949-09-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
Robert Middlemass (3 September 1883, New Britain, Connecticut – 10 September 1949, Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright and stage actor, and later character actor with over 100 film appearances. usually playing detectives or policemen. Middlemass graduated from Harvard University in 1909 and initially went into the insurance business, but soon went on the stage, joining the Castle Square Theatre stock company in Boston. He debuted on Broadway in September 1914 in The Bludgeon at the Maxine Elliott Theatre. His best known play was a one-act melodrama written with Holworthy Hall (real name H. E. Porter, a college roommate) titled The Valiant, which was also made into a film of the same name in 1929, and as The Man Who Wouldn't Talk in 1940. The play became a favorite for amateur and local theater groups, and is still performed today. Middlemass moved to Los Angeles around 1935, and began appearing in films. He died there in 1949. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
1945
- Hold That Blonde! as Police Captain (uncredited)
- Main Street After Dark as Detective (uncredited)
- A Sporting Chance as William Reardon
1944
- Lady in the Death House as State's Attorney
1943
- Bombardier as Officer
- The Black Raven as Tim Winfield
1942
- Johnny Doughboy as V.J.
- Klondike Fury as Sam Armstrong
- The Payoff as Lester Norris
- Torpedo Boat as Mr. Townsend
1941
- Road to Zanzibar as Police Inspector
- No Hands on the Clock as Police Chief Bates
- Lady Scarface as Police Captain Lovell
1940
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Gold Rush Maisie as Charlie, Camp Owner (Uncredited)
- Pop Always Pays as Mr. Oberton
- Little Old New York as Nicholas Roosevelt
- The Saint Takes Over as Captain Wade
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
- Espionage Agent as Militant American Tourist
- Blackmail as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Idiot's Delight as Hospital Commandant
- Slightly Honorable as Sen. Berry
- Maisie as Doctor (Uncredited)
- Stanley and Livingstone as Carmichael
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- Stand Up and Fight as Harkrider
- Hotel Imperial as General Von Schwartzberg
- Coast Guard as Capt. Lyons
- Indianapolis Speedway as Edward Hart
- The Arizona Kid as General Stark
- Drunk Driving as Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
- Blondie Brings Up Baby as Abner Cartwright
- The Magnificent Fraud as Morales
1938
- The Mad Miss Manton as District Attorney (uncredited)
- Arsène Lupin Returns as Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
- Blondes at Work as Boylan - Editor
- Love Is a Headache as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- Kentucky as Track Official
- I Stand Accused as Norman L. Mitchell
- I Am the Law as Moss Kitchell
- While New York Sleeps as Sawyer
- Tarnished Angel as Police Chief Thomas
- Highway Patrol as J.W. Brady
- Miracle Money as Hartney Drew
1937
- A Day at the Races as Sheriff
- Madame X as Prefect of Police
- The Last Train from Madrid as Militiaman (uncredited)
- Trapped as Sol Rothert
- Meet the Boy Friend as McGrath
- Navy Blue and Gold as Academy Superintendent
1936
- Cain and Mabel as Cafe Proprietor
- General Spanky as Overseer
- Muss 'em Up as Inspector Brock
- Two Against the World as Bertram C. Reynolds
- Hideaway Girl as Capt. Dixon
- The Case of the Velvet Claws as Wilbur Hoffman
- F-Man as Chief Cartwright
- Hats Off as Tex Connelly
- You May Be Next! as Dan McMahon
- Frankie and Johnnie as Undetermined Supporting Role
- Guns of the Pecos as Judge L.F. Blake
- A Son Comes Home as Sheriff
1935
- The Black Room as The Prosecutor
- She Couldn't Take It as Desk Sergeant
- After the Dance as King
- The Awakening of Jim Burke as Bill Duke
- If You Could Only Cook as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
- The Lone Wolf Returns as Chief of Detectives McGowan
- Too Tough to Kill as Hubbel
- One Way Ticket as Bender
- Party Wire as Judge Stephen Stephenson
- Atlantic Adventure as Harry Van Dieman
- Air Hawks as Drewen
- The Public Menace as Frentrup
- Grand Exit as Fire Chief Mulligan
- Unknown Woman as Hammacher
- Super Speed as Wilson Gale
1932
- The Studio Murder Mystery as Boris Seminoff
1930
1929
- The Valiant ... (Theatre Play)