Robert Mckenzie


Biography

Robert McKenzie was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. McKenzie began his acting career with roles in such films as the western "A Six Shootin' Romance" (1926) with Jack Hoxie, the western "Bad Man's Bluff" (1926) with Buffalo Bill Jr and the adaptation "Cimarron" (1930) with Richard Dix. He also appeared in the Buck Jones western "Ridin' For Justice" (1932), the Lupe Ve...

Biography

Robert McKenzie was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. McKenzie began his acting career with roles in such films as the western "A Six Shootin' Romance" (1926) with Jack Hoxie, the western "Bad Man's Bluff" (1926) with Buffalo Bill Jr and the adaptation "Cimarron" (1930) with Richard Dix. He also appeared in the Buck Jones western "Ridin' For Justice" (1932), the Lupe Velez comedy "Half Naked Truth" (1932) and "Inside Information" (1934). He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in the W C Fields comedy "You're Telling Me" (1934), the Tim McCoy western "The Man From Guntown" (1935) and the western "Lawless Riders" (1935) with Ken Maynard. He also appeared in "Heart of the West" (1936). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "The Cowboy and the Kid" (1936) with Buck Jones, "God's Country and the Man" (1937) with Tom Keene and "Smoke Tree Range" (1937). He also appeared in the musical "Sing, Cowboy, Sing" (1937) with Tex Ritter and the Robert Allen western "Reckless Ranger" (1937). McKenzie more recently acted in the Dickie Moore musical "Jive Junction" (1943). McKenzie passed away in July 1949 at the age of 69.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

A Western Demon (1922)
Director
Fightin' Devil (1922)
Director
A Knight of the West (1921)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Duel in the Sun (1947)
Bartender
Colorado Serenade (1946)
Colonel Blake
Romance of the West (1946)
Matthews
Texas Masquerade (1944)
Rowbottom
First Comes Courage (1943)
Justice of the peace
Wild Horse Stampede (1943)
The More the Merrier (1943)
Southerner
Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
Caleb Weehunt
Triple Justice (1940)
Agent
Zenobia (1939)
Townsperson
The Arizona Wildcat (1939)
Miner
They Asked for It (1939)
Mathew
Held for Ransom (1938)
Storekeeper [Jed]
The Road Back (1937)
Barber
The Devil Is Driving (1937)
Farmer
Big City (1937)
Frank Turner
When You're in Love (1937)
Mr. Perkins
The Luck of Roaring Camp (1937)
Tuttle
Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)
Judge Roy Dean
The Man in Blue (1937)
Charlie
The Wildcatter (1937)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
Till We Meet Again (1936)
Firechief
The Magnificent Brute (1936)
Grocery man
The Mysterious Avenger (1936)
Mr. Gates
Heart of the West (1936)
Tim Grady
Comin' Round the Mountain (1936)
Marshal John Hawkins
Rebellion (1936)
Judge Moore
Riding On (1936)
Doc Onderdonk
Lucky Terror (1936)
Sheriff
Desert Gold (1936)
Diamond Jim (1935)
Chef
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Town crier
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
The sheriff
Happiness C.O.D. (1935)
Sam Townsend
Society Fever (1935)
Life Begins at 40 (1935)
Townsman
The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
You're Telling Me! (1934)
Charlie Bogle
Inside Information (1934)
Kelsey
Thunder over Texas (1934)
Judge Blake
The Painted Veil (1934)
Jovial German
Half a Sinner (1934)
Tillie and Gus (1933)
Defense attorney
The Half Naked Truth (1932)
Colonel Munday
Are These Our Children (1931)
Oscar Cook
Cimarron (1931)
Pat Leary
Shadow Ranch (1930)
Fatty
Red Signals (1927)
Tim Callahan
One Glorious Scrap (1927)
Professor Parkinson
Set Free (1927)
Sam Cole
The Fighting Peacemaker (1926)
Hanna
Bad Man's Bluff (1926)
Hank Dooley
You're Fired (1925)
Leatherneck
The Covered Trail (1924)
Sheriff
In the West (1923)
See note
The Sheriff of Sun-Dog (1922)
"Harp" Harris

Writer (Feature Film)

The Whirlwind Ranger (1924)
Story
The Desert Hawk (1924)
Story

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Touch and Go (1986)
Key Grip

Film Production - Lighting/Electrical (Special)

1988 Summer Olympic Games (1988)
Lighting Director

Cast (Short)

Opened by Mistake (1934)
The Ballad of Paducah Jail (1934)
Beauty and the Bus (1933)
Air Fright (1933)
Andy's Stump Speech (1924)

Life Events

Bibliography