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