Willard Robertson
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1885-12-31
Deathday 1948-04-05 (62 years old)
Place of Birth Runnels, Texas, USA
Willard Robertson
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.
Known For
Actor
as Gen. Leads
as Mr. Ashcroft
as Sheriff Akers
as Prison Warden
as Zachary Montgomery
as Nathan Brockway
as Graeme
as Dr. Hunt
as Luke Packard
as Capt. Brooks
as 'Mac' McNamara
as Colonel at Hickam Field
as Sheriff Risley
as Mister Just
as Inspector Donegan
as Rancher Wilson
as Tim MacGregor
as Judge Advocate
as Lieutenant Strickland
as Supt. Harrington
as Heber Kimball
as Judge McQuade
as Ragan
as Uncle John
as Francis X. O'Leary
as John Ralston
as Clayton
as Buck Collins
as Lang
as Henchman Nebraska
as Oakes Ames
as Tom Halloran Sr.
as Clarke
as Bob Slocum
as Charles Gilbert
as Col. Hadley
as Dayton
as Inspector Sullivan
as Walter Rhodes
as Dr. Enfield
as Mr. Franklin
as Harrigan
as George Andrews
as Matt Peasely
as Ben Morton
as Man
as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald
as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
as Walter Davies
as Policeman in the Square
as Police Insp. Logan
as Secretary Ingham
as Captain Winthrop
as Guy Pollock
as Dr. Clarke
as Reverend McLane
as Bill MacKeechie
as Uncle Jed
as J.J. Trent
as Dan Hastings
as Inspector Harris
as Speaker
as District Attorney
as Mr. John Stanton
as Ed Goring
as Grigsby, the Process Server
as Representative Grosvenor
as Thomas
as Ranch Foreman
as Cato
as Mr. Schauber
as Judge Edwin A. Matthews
as Executive Officer
as Hanks
as Police Captain
as Captain Channing
as Dr. Preston
as Wells Deveroux
as Police Captain Reynolds
as Hardwick
as Judge Jim Morrison
as District Attorney
as Everett Marshall
as Bill 'Billy' Fallen
as George Marshall
as Detective Conroy
as Dr. Morgan
as Warren Finley Cooper
as Department Head (Uncredited)
as Kennel Caretaker
as Captain of Detectives
as Red Severn
as Harry Hallam
as Prison Warden
as Dr. Frank Fitzgerald
as Havana Airport Manager
as Joe Shano
as Police Capt. Tom
as Pete Springer
as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
as Red Pete
as Prison Board Chairman
as Detective MacKenzie
as Bit Role
as Police Sgt. Alcock
as Detective O'Halloran
as Capt. White
as Millard Keefe
as Bill Joyce
as Sheriff
as Sylvester Cross
as Pop Henley
as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
as Major Lawrence Blount
as Herbert Skinner
as Enos Hankins
as E. T. Scudder
as Newman
as Phil Powers
as Herbert Skinner
as Tex Calder
as Texas Ranger Captain
as Prof. Woodbury
Writer
as Novel
as Theatre Play
as Screenplay
as Story