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Willard Robertson
Actor· Runnels, Texas, USA
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Willard Robertson (January 1, 1886 – April 5, 1948) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in 147 films between 1924 and 1948. He was born in Runnels, Texas and died in Hollywood, California.
Willard Robertson first worked as a lawyer in Texas, but he left his profession for a sudden interest in acting. He appeared on Broadway in 16 plays between 1907 and 1930. Robertson played supporting roles in many Hollywood films from 1930 until the year he died, typically portraying men of authority such as doctors, elected officials, military officers, and also lawyers. He played Jackie Cooper's stern but loving father in the oscar-winning drama Skippy (1931) and its sequel Sooky (1931). Robertson also portrayed a flamboyant lawyer in Remember the Night (1940) and the straight sheriff in The Ox-Bow Incident (1943).
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
75 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Sitting Pretty | Mr. Ashcroft | Film |
| 1948 | Fury at Furnace Creek | Gen. Leads | Film |
| 1947 | Deep Valley | Sheriff Akers | Film |
| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette | Prison Warden | Film |
| 1946 | To Each His Own | Dr. Hunt | Film |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey | Zachary Montgomery | Film |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Luke Packard | Film |
| 1943 | Background to Danger | 'Mac' McNamara | Film |
| 1943 | Air Force | Colonel at Hickam Field | Film |
| 1943 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Sheriff Risley | Film |
| 1942 | Juke Girl | Mister Just | Film |
| 1941 | Texas | Rancher Wilson | Film |
| 1941 | The Night of January 16th | Inspector Donegan | Film |
| 1941 | The Monster and the Girl | Lieutenant Strickland | Film |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | Judge Advocate | Film |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Uncle John | Film |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Supt. Harrington | Film |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Heber Kimball | Film |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Ragan | Film |
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Francis X. O'Leary | Film |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid | Judge McQuade | Film |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Oakes Ames | Film |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Lang | Film |
| 1939 | Jesse James | Clarke | Film |
| 1939 | Range War | Buck Collins | Film |
| 1938 | Island in the Sky | Walter Rhodes | Film |
| 1938 | Gangs of New York | Inspector Sullivan | Film |
| 1938 | Kentucky | Bob Slocum | Film |
| 1938 | Torchy Gets Her Man | Charles Gilbert | Film |
| 1938 | You and Me | Dayton | Film |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | George Andrews | Film |
| 1937 | Larceny on the Air | Inspector 'Mac' McDonald | Film |
| 1936 | Three Godfathers | Reverend McLane | Film |
| 1936 | The Last of the Mohicans | Captain Winthrop | Film |
| 1936 | Winterset | Policeman in the Square | Film |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Twice | Logan | Film |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Secretary Ingham | Film |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris | Immigration Officer (uncredited) | Film |
| 1935 | Dante's Inferno | Inspector Harris | Film |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Grigsby, the Process Server | Film |
| 1935 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Dan Hastings | Film |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady | District Attorney | Film |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Navy | Executive Officer | Film |
| 1934 | Murder in the Private Car | Hanks | Film |
| 1934 | Heat Lightning | Everett Marshall | Film |
| 1934 | Upperworld | Police Captain Reynolds | Film |
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | Cato | Film |
| 1934 | The Secret Bride | Representative Grosvenor | Film |
| 1934 | Dark Hazard | Bill 'Billy' Fallen | Film |
| 1934 | Operator 13 | Captain Channing | Film |
| 1934 | Housewife | Judge Edwin A. Matthews | Film |
| 1934 | He Was Her Man | Police Captain | Film |
| 1933 | Wild Boys of the Road | Captain of Detectives | Film |
| 1933 | Another Language | Harry Hallam | Film |
| 1933 | Frisco Jenny | Police Capt. Tom | Film |
| 1933 | Lady Killer | Detective Conroy | Film |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals | Warren Finley Cooper | Film |
| 1933 | Tugboat Annie | Red Severn | Film |
| 1933 | Ever in My Heart | Kennel Caretaker | Film |
| 1933 | Central Airport | Havana Airport Manager | Film |
| 1933 | Destination Unknown | Joe Shano | Film |
| 1933 | Supernatural | Prison Warden | Film |
| 1932 | The Texas Bad Man | Millard Keefe | Film |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Sheriff | Film |
| 1932 | Doctor X | Detective O'Halloran | Film |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited) | Film |
| 1932 | Okay, America! | Bit Role | Film |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Pete Springer | Film |
| 1932 | Behind the Mask | Capt. E.J. Hawkes | Film |
| 1932 | Guilty as Hell | Police Sgt. Alcock | Film |
| 1932 | Wild Girl | Red Pete | Film |
| 1932 | Virtue | Detective MacKenzie | Film |
| 1932 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Prison Board Chairman | Film |
| 1931 | Skippy | Herbert Skinner | Film |
| 1931 | Graft | E. T. Scudder | Film |
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