Willard Robertson

Actor

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Also Known As

Williard Robertson

Birth Place

Runnels, Texas, USA

Born

January 01, 1886

Died

April 05, 1948

Biography

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Willard Robertson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Robertson's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Last of the Duanes" (1930), the western "The Cisco Kid" (1931) with Warner Baxter and "Graft" (1931). He also appeared in "Fair Warning" (1931), "Skippy" (1931) with Jackie Cooper and "City Streets" (1931). He continued to act in produc...

Filmography

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Sitting Pretty (1948)

Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)

Deep Valley (1947)

Sheriff [Akers]

My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Gallant Journey (1946)

Zachary Montgomery

Perilous Holiday (1946)

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Skippy (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Almost Nearly Dressed

To Each His Own (1946) -- (Movie Clip) This May Sting A Little

Biography

Willard Robertson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Robertson's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Last of the Duanes" (1930), the western "The Cisco Kid" (1931) with Warner Baxter and "Graft" (1931). He also appeared in "Fair Warning" (1931), "Skippy" (1931) with Jackie Cooper and "City Streets" (1931). He continued to act in productions like "Murder in the Private Car" (1934), the Barbara Stanwyck drama "Gambling Lady" (1934) and the Warren William romance "Upperworld" (1934). He also appeared in "Death on the Diamond" (1934) with Robert Young. Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in "Torchy Gets Her Man" (1938), the Fred MacMurray drama "Men With Wings" (1938) and "Kentucky" (1938). He also appeared in the western "Heritage of the Desert" (1939) with Donald Woods and the drama "Each Dawn I Die" (1939) with James Cagney. Robertson last acted in the comedy "Sitting Pretty" (1948) with Robert Young. Robertson passed away in April 1948 at the age of 62.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Sitting Pretty (1948)

Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)

Deep Valley (1947)

Sheriff [Akers]

My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Gallant Journey (1946)

Zachary Montgomery

Perilous Holiday (1946)

The Virginian (1946)

To Each His Own (1946)

Renegades (1946)

Nathan Brockway

Along Came Jones (1945)

Nine Girls (1944)

Capt. [Addison] Brooks

Background to Danger (1943)

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

No Time for Love (1943)

President of construction company

Air Force (1943)

Wake Island (1942)

Colonel Cameron

Sullivan's Travels (1942)

Juke Girl (1942)

Night of January 16th (1941)

Inspector Donegan

Men of the Timberland (1941)

[Tim] MacGregor

The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Lieutenant Strickland

I Wanted Wings (1941)

My Little Chickadee (1940)

Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)

Remember the Night (1940)

Francis X. O'Leary

Brigham Young--Frontiersman (1940)

Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Heritage of the Desert (1939)

Two Bright Boys (1939)

Range War (1939)

My Son Is a Criminal (1939)

Tim Halloran, Sr.

Jesse James (1939)

Union Pacific (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Union Pacific (1939)

Main Street Lawyer (1939)

Island in the Sky (1938)

Kentucky (1938)

Gangs of New York (1938)

Inspector Sullivan

Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)

Gilbert also known as $100 Bailey

You and Me (1938)

Men with Wings (1938)

Major General Hadley

Of Human Hearts (1938)

Recruiting officer

Exclusive (1937)

John Meade's Woman (1937)

Roaring Timber (1937)

Larceny on the Air (1937)

Park Avenue Logger (1937)

This Is My Affair (1937)

The Last Gangster (1937)

Hot Water (1937)

That Girl from Paris (1937)

Immigration officer

The Go Getter (1937)

The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)

[Inspector] Logan

The First Baby (1936)

Three Godfathers (1936)

Reverend McLane

Dangerous Waters (1936)

Bill MacKeechie

I Married a Doctor (1936)

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Secretary Ingham

Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)

Winterset (1936)

Policeman in the square

The Last of the Mohicans (1936)

Captain Winthrop

Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)

Forced Landing (1935)

O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935)

The Virginia Judge (1935)

His Night Out (1935)

The Old Homestead (1935)

Black Fury (1935)

Transient Lady (1935)

Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)

Straight from the Heart (1935)

District Attorney

Dante's Inferno (1935)

Inspector Harris

Operator 13 (1934)

Captain [Cornelius] Channing

I'll Tell the World (1934)

One Is Guilty (1934)

Two Alone (1934)

George Marshall

Here Comes the Navy (1934)

Executive officer

Murder in the Private Car (1934)

Hanks [alias of Elwood Carson]

Have a Heart (1934)

Let's Talk It Over (1934)

Million Dollar Baby (1934)

Elinor Norton (1934)

Upper World (1934)

Captain Reynolds

Wild Gold (1934)

Gambling Lady (1934)

District Attorney

Housewife (1934)

Mills of the Gods (1934)

Death on the Diamond (1934)

[Lieutenant] Cato

Dark Hazard (1934)

Whirlpool (1934)

[Judge] Morrison

The Secret Bride (1934)

Heat Lightning (1934)

Everett Marshall

Supernatural (1933)

Central Airport (1933)

Another Language (1933)

Trick for Trick (1933)

Dr. Frank Fitzgerald

Tugboat Annie (1933)

East of Fifth Avenue (1933)

Destination Unknown (1933)

Heroes for Sale (1933)

The World Changes (1933)

Lady Killer (1933)

Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Captain of detectives

Ever in My Heart (1933)

The Mad Game (1933)

Frisco Jenny (1933)

Capt. of Police

Roman Scandals (1933)

Warren F. Cooper

The Gay Caballero (1932)

Major Lawrence Blount

Call Her Savage (1932)

Wild Girl (1932)

Behind the Mask (1932)

[Captain E. J.] Hawkes

Rider of Death Valley (1932)

Born to Fight (1932)

The Broken Wing (1932)

Sylvester Cross

The Texas Bad Man (1932)

Central Park (1932)

Captain of detectives

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

Prison board chairman

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)

Sergeant Murdock

If I Had a Million (1932)

Doctor X (1932)

Tom Brown of Culver (1932)

Guilty As Hell (1932)

Sergeant Alcock

Steady Company (1932)

The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)

Fair Warning (1931)

The Ruling Voice (1931)

The Cisco Kid (1931)

Dr. [Herbert] Skinner

Shanghaied Love (1931)

Dr. [Herbert] Skinner

Murder by the Clock (1931)

Once a Sinner (1931)

Speaker at party

Last of the Duanes (1930)

Captain of the Rangers

Daughters of the Night (1924)

Professor Woodbury

Writer (Feature Film)

Daughters of the Night (1924)

Daughters of the Night (1924)

Music (Feature Film)

Arkansas Judge (1941)

Life Events

Videos

Skippy (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Almost Nearly Dressed First scene introducing Jackie Cooper in his star-making title role, with parents (Willard Robertson, Enid Bennett), from Skippy, 1931, based on the Percy Lee Crosby comic strip.

To Each His Own (1946) -- (Movie Clip) This May Sting A Little Deep into her flashback taking place in her American hometown more than 20 years earlier, Jody (Olivia De Havilland) barely meets handsome flier Cosgrove (John Lund), with her father (Griff Barnett) and war bond enthusiast Clinton (Arthur Loft), in Mitchell Leisen's To Each His Own, 1946.

Air Force (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Take A Good Look At Pearl Harbor Captain Quincannon (John Ridgely) advises the crew (Harry Carey, Gig Young, John Garfield, Arthur Kennedy et al) to take a good look at Pearl Harbor, following the raid, in Howard Hawks' Air Force, 1943.

Last Of The Mohicans, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) This Is Merely A Skirmish British Colonel Munro (Hugh Buckler) in Albany, 1757, hopes to recruit Colonial troops, but the proper fight begins when Randolph Scott appears, as James Fenimore Cooper’s Hawkeye, not swayed by the pitch from Major Hayward (Henry Wilcoxon), in The Last Of The Mohicans, 1936.

Virginian, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Needs Breaking Gentle Amorous Joel McCrea (title character) with the judge (Willard Robertson) arriving at the party for the new schoolteacher, peeling his wobbly pal Steve (Sonny Tufts) away from rustler Trampas (Brian Donlevy), before an awkward meeting with herself (Barbara Britton), in The Virginian, 1946.

Gallant Journey (1946) -- (Movie Clip) No Pantywaist Geezer Jim (Charlie Ruggles) regales local youth about little known California aviation pioneer John J. Montgomery (Glenn Ford, introduced in flashback), also smitten Regina (Janet Blair) and crusty dad (Willard Robertson), in William A. Wellman's bio-pic Gallant Journey, 1946.

Doctor X (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Somnambulist Reporter Taylor (Lee Tracy) is spying on Lionel Atwill (title character) and cops when his daughter Joan (Fay Wray) shows up with a gun, then another odd event, in Warner Bros' 2-strip Technicolor Doctor X, 1932.

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