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
- Main Street After Dark as Detective (uncredited)
- Hold That Blonde! as Police Captain (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
- The Payoff as Lester Norris
- Torpedo Boat as Mr. Townsend
- Johnny Doughboy as V.J.
- Klondike Fury as Sam Armstrong
1941
- They Met in Argentina as George Hastings (uncredited)
- No Hands on the Clock as Police Chief Bates
- Road to Zanzibar as Police Inspector
- Lady Scarface as Police Captain Lovell
1940
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Little Old New York as Nicholas Roosevelt
- The Saint Takes Over as Captain Wade
- Gold Rush Maisie as Charlie, Camp Owner (Uncredited)
- Pop Always Pays as Mr. Oberton
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- Stand Up and Fight as Harkrider
- Idiot's Delight as Hospital Commandant
- Blondie Brings Up Baby as Abner Cartwright
- Stanley and Livingstone as Carmichael
- Coast Guard as Capt. Lyons
- Espionage Agent as Militant American Tourist
- Indianapolis Speedway as Edward Hart
- Blackmail as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Slightly Honorable as Sen. Berry
- Hotel Imperial as General Von Schwartzberg
- Maisie as Doctor (Uncredited)
- The Magnificent Fraud as Morales
- Drunk Driving as Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
- The Arizona Kid as General Stark
1938
- The Mad Miss Manton as District Attorney (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
- Love Is a Headache as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- I Am the Law as Moss Kitchell
- Tarnished Angel as Police Chief Thomas
- While New York Sleeps as Sawyer
- Arsène Lupin Returns as Sergeant (uncredited)
- Blondes at Work as Boylan - Editor
- Kentucky as Track Official
- I Stand Accused as Norman L. Mitchell
- Highway Patrol as J.W. Brady
- Miracle Money as Hartney Drew
1937
- A Day at the Races as Sheriff
- The Last Train from Madrid as Militiaman (uncredited)
- Navy Blue and Gold as Academy Superintendent
- Madame X as Prefect of Police
- Meet the Boy Friend as McGrath
- Trapped as Sol Rothert
1936
- Hideaway Girl as Capt. Dixon
- Guns of the Pecos as Judge L.F. Blake
- Two Against the World as Bertram C. Reynolds
- You May Be Next! as Dan McMahon
- The Case of the Velvet Claws as Wilbur Hoffman
- Cain and Mabel as Cafe Proprietor
- Muss 'em Up as Inspector Brock
- A Son Comes Home as Sheriff
- General Spanky as Overseer
- Frankie and Johnnie as Undetermined Supporting Role
- F-Man as Chief Cartwright
- Hats Off as Tex Connelly
1935
- If You Could Only Cook as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
- She Couldn't Take It as Desk Sergeant
- The Black Room as The Prosecutor
- Unknown Woman as Hammacher
- The Lone Wolf Returns as Chief of Detectives McGowan
- Super Speed as Wilson Gale
- Grand Exit as Fire Chief Mulligan
- Too Tough to Kill as Hubbel
- The Awakening of Jim Burke as Bill Duke
- Atlantic Adventure as Harry Van Dieman
- After the Dance as King
- Air Hawks as Drewen
- Party Wire as Judge Stephen Stephenson
- One Way Ticket as Bender
- The Public Menace as Frentrup
1932
- The Studio Murder Mystery as Boris Seminoff
1930
1929
- The Valiant ... (Theatre Play)