Robert Arthur
Born: 1925-06-18 in Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Died: 2008-10-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
Robert Arthur (born Robert Paul Arthaud; June 18, 1925 – October 1, 2008) was an American motion picture actor who appeared in dozens of films in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in the 1949 war film Twelve O'Clock High as the comic relief–providing Sgt. McIllhenny, in the 1951 Billy Wilder film Ace in the Hole, and in the 1950s television program The Lone Ranger. Arthur was known for playing youthful teenage or young adult roles. In his later years, Arthur became an activist for gay rights on behalf of senior citizens. He died in Aberdeen, Washington in 2008, aged 83.
Filmography
1995
- The Diamond Stud as Mr. Boyle / Mr. Santacroce
1987
- Full House as The Minister
1986
- Rushes as Uncle Arthur
1984
- Jobsite as (non-sexual)
- Jock Empire as Mr. Hays
1964
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Guide
1961
- Wild Youth as Frankie
1958
- Young and Wild as Jerry Coltrin
1957
- Hellcats of the Navy as Freddy Warren
1956
- Telephone Time as Alex Samenian
- Francis in the Haunted House ... (Producer)
- The Desperados Are in Town as Lonny Kesh
1955
- Matinee Theater
- Navy Log as Lt. Lambie
- Frontier as Kip Ross
- Top of the World as Skippy McGuire
1954
- Return from the Sea as Porter
1953
- Young Bess as Barnaby
- Take the High Ground! as Donald Quentin Dover IV
- The System as Rex Merrick
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as David
- Belles on Their Toes as Frank Gilbreth
- The Ring as Billy Smith
- Just for You as Jerry Blake
1951
- Ace in the Hole as Herbie Cook
- On the Loose as Larry Lindsay
- Air Cadet as Walt Carver
1950
- Lux Video Theatre
- September Affair as David Lawrence Jr.
1949
- Twelve O'Clock High as Sergeant McIllhenny
- Mother Is a Freshman as Beaumont Jackson
- You're My Everything as Harold - College Boy in 'Heart of a Co-Ed'
1948
- Yellow Sky as Bull Run
- Green Grass of Wyoming as Ken McLaughlin
1947
- Nora Prentiss as Gregory Talbot
- The Devil On Wheels as Todd Powell
- Mother Wore Tights as Bob Clarkman
- Hollywood Wonderland as Tour Guide (uncredited)
1946
- Night and Day as Customer (uncredited)
- Nobody Lives Forever as Bellhop (uncredited)
- Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Harry Townsend
1945
- Mildred Pierce as High School Boy (uncredited)
- Danger Signal as Hotel Boy
- Roughly Speaking as Frankie at 17
- Too Young to Know as Jimmy