Robert Middlemass
Born: 1883-09-03 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Died: 1949-09-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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
- Johnny Doughboy as V.J.
- Torpedo Boat as Mr. Townsend
- Klondike Fury as Sam Armstrong
- The Payoff as Lester Norris
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)
- The Saint Takes Over as Captain Wade
- Little Old New York as Nicholas Roosevelt
- Pop Always Pays as Mr. Oberton
1939
- Maisie as Doctor (Uncredited)
- Indianapolis Speedway as Edward Hart
- Hotel Imperial as General Von Schwartzberg
- Drunk Driving as Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
- Espionage Agent as Militant American Tourist
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- Slightly Honorable as Sen. Berry
- Stanley and Livingstone as Carmichael
- Idiot's Delight as Hospital Commandant
- The Arizona Kid as General Stark
- Blackmail as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Fraud as Morales
- Blondie Brings Up Baby as Abner Cartwright
- Coast Guard as Capt. Lyons
- Stand Up and Fight as Harkrider
1938
- Miracle Money as Hartney Drew
- Kentucky as Track Official
- Highway Patrol as J.W. Brady
- Tarnished Angel as Police Chief Thomas
- Blondes at Work as Boylan - Editor
- The Mad Miss Manton as District Attorney (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
- Arsène Lupin Returns as Sergeant (uncredited)
- I Am the Law as Moss Kitchell
- Love Is a Headache as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- While New York Sleeps as Sawyer
- I Stand Accused as Norman L. Mitchell
1937
- Madame X as Prefect of Police
- A Day at the Races as Sheriff
- Navy Blue and Gold as Academy Superintendent
- Meet the Boy Friend as McGrath
- The Last Train from Madrid as Militiaman (uncredited)
- Trapped as Sol Rothert
1936
- F-Man as Chief Cartwright
- General Spanky as Overseer
- Cain and Mabel as Cafe Proprietor
- Guns of the Pecos as Judge L.F. Blake
- Hideaway Girl as Capt. Dixon
- You May Be Next! as Dan McMahon
- A Son Comes Home as Sheriff
- Two Against the World as Bertram C. Reynolds
- The Case of the Velvet Claws as Wilbur Hoffman
- Muss 'em Up as Inspector Brock
- Frankie and Johnnie as Undetermined Supporting Role
- Hats Off as Tex Connelly
1935
- Grand Exit as Fire Chief Mulligan
- Air Hawks as Drewen
- Party Wire as Judge Stephen Stephenson
- The Black Room as The Prosecutor
- The Awakening of Jim Burke as Bill Duke
- One Way Ticket as Bender
- The Public Menace as Frentrup
- The Lone Wolf Returns as Chief of Detectives McGowan
- Too Tough to Kill as Hubbel
- If You Could Only Cook as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
- Atlantic Adventure as Harry Van Dieman
- She Couldn't Take It as Desk Sergeant
- After the Dance as King
1932
- The Studio Murder Mystery as Boris Seminoff
1930
1929
- The Valiant ... (Theatre Play)