Willard Robertson

Willard Robertson

Birthday: 1885-12-31

Deathday: 1948-04-05

Place of birth: Runnels, Texas, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0732062

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Willard Robertson was also a notable writer of numerous plays, two of them were adapted into films. He also wrote the novel Moon Tide (1940) which was turned into Archie Mayo's drama thriller Moontide (1942) starring Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino.

Played in movies:

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Score: 7.8

The Ox-Bow Incident

Score: 7.7

Housewife

Score: 7.6

Silence

Score: 7.5

This Is My Affair

Score: 7.3

Oil for the Lamps of China

Score: 7.3

Remember the Night

Score: 7.3

Sitting Pretty

Score: 7.2

Island in the Sky

Score: 7.0

Death on the Diamond

Score: 7.0

The Rider of Death Valley

Score: 7.0

Two Alone

Score: 7.0

Have a Heart

Score: 7.0

Tugboat Annie

Score: 7.0

Lady Killer

Score: 6.8

Wild Boys of the Road

Score: 6.8

Castle on the Hudson

Score: 6.8

Three Godfathers

Score: 6.8

Virtue

Score: 6.8

To Each His Own

Score: 6.8

Each Dawn I Die

Score: 6.8

Heat Lightning

Score: 6.7

If I Had a Million

Score: 6.7

He Was Her Man

Score: 6.7

The Man Who Lived Twice

Score: 6.7

My Favorite Brunette

Score: 6.7

You and Me

Score: 6.7

That Girl from Paris

Score: 6.6

No Time for Love

Score: 6.6

Background to Danger

Score: 6.6

Union Pacific

Score: 6.5

Texas

Score: 6.5

Juke Girl

Score: 6.5

My Little Chickadee

Score: 6.4

Air Force

Score: 6.4

Jesse James

Score: 6.4

Female

Score: 6.3

North West Mounted Police

Score: 6.3

Gambling Lady

Score: 6.3

The Secret Bride

Score: 6.3

Another Language

Score: 6.3

Upperworld

Score: 6.3

Frisco Jenny

Score: 6.3

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Score: 6.3

The Last of the Mohicans

Score: 6.3

Dante's Inferno

Score: 6.2

Central Airport

Score: 6.1

Skippy

Score: 6.1

Gallant Journey

Score: 6.1

The Virginian

Score: 6.1

Whirlpool

Score: 6.1

The Famous Ferguson Case

Score: 6.0

Doctor X

Score: 6.0

Elinor Norton

Score: 6.0

East of Fifth Avenue

Score: 6.0

Men with Wings

Score: 6.0

Exclusive

Score: 6.0

Park Avenue Logger

Score: 6.0

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

Score: 6.0

Wild Girl

Score: 6.0

Fury at Furnace Creek

Score: 6.0

Supernatural

Score: 6.0

Roman Scandals

Score: 6.0

The Cisco Kid

Score: 5.9

Torchy Gets Her Man

Score: 5.9

Here Comes the Navy

Score: 5.9

Call Her Savage

Score: 5.9

Kentucky

Score: 5.8

The Monster and the Girl

Score: 5.8

The Go-Getter

Score: 5.8

Behind the Mask

Score: 5.8

Heritage of the Desert

Score: 5.8

Renegades

Score: 5.8

Guilty as Hell

Score: 5.8

Deep Valley

Score: 5.8

Along Came Jones

Score: 5.7

Operator 13

Score: 5.7

Wake Island

Score: 5.7

Winterset

Score: 5.7

Lucky Cisco Kid

Score: 5.6

Transient Lady

Score: 5.5

Murder in the Private Car

Score: 5.4

Dark Hazard

Score: 5.4

I Wanted Wings

Score: 5.4

Okay, America!

Score: 5.3

Nine Girls

Score: 5.3

Wanted: Jane Turner

Score: 5.3

Ever in My Heart

Score: 5.3

The Gorgeous Hussy

Score: 5.3

Tom Brown of Culver

Score: 5.2

Hot Water

Score: 5.0

Roaring Timber

Score: 5.0

The Broken Wing

Score: 5.0

Larceny on the Air

Score: 5.0

The Night of January 16th

Score: 5.0

Gangs of New York

Score: 4.9

I Married a Doctor

Score: 4.7

Graft

Score: 4.5

Brigham Young

Score: 4.4

One Is Guilty

Score: 3.5

Dangerous Waters

Score: 3.0

The Last of the Duanes

Score: 3.0

Main Street Lawyer

Score: 2.0

The Texas Bad Man

Score: 1.0

Sooky

Score: 1.0

Forced Landing

Score: 0.0

Daughters of the Night

Score: 0.0

Two Bright Boys

Score: 0.0

The First Baby

Score: 0.0

The Old Homestead

Score: 0.0

Men of the Timberland

Score: 0.0

Million Dollar Baby

Score: 0.0

Let's Talk It Over

Score: 0.0

Fair Warning

Score: 0.0

Mills of the Gods

Score: 0.0

Perilous Holiday

Score: 0.0

Shanghaied Love

Score: 0.0

My Son Is a Criminal

Score: 0.0

Trick for Trick

Score: 0.0

John Meade's Woman

Score: 0.0

I'll Tell the World

Score: 0.0

His Night Out

Score: 0.0

Destination Unknown

Score: 0.0

Range War

Score: 0.0

The Gay Caballero

Score: 0.0

Straight from the Heart

Score: 0.0

Steady Company

Score: 0.0

Laddie

Score: 0.0

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