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