
Willard Robertson
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1885-12-31
- Fallecimiento:
- 1948-04-05
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Runnels, Texas, USA
Biografía
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.
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Filmografía

Matanza infernal

Niñera moderna

Deep Valley

Morena y peligrosa

Gallant Journey

Renegados

El virginiano

Perilous Holiday

Vida íntima de Julia Norris

El caballero del Oeste

Nine Girls

Background to Danger

No hay tiempo para amar

Fuerzas aéreas (El bombardero heroico)

Incidente en Ox-Bow

Wake Island

Juke Girl

The Night of January 16th

Texas

Men of the Timberland

Vuelo de águilas

The Monster and the Girl

Policía montada del Canadá

El hombre de la frontera

Lucky Cisco Kid

Castle on the Hudson

My Little Chickadee

Recuerdo de una noche

Main Street Lawyer

Two Bright Boys

Range War

Muero cada amanecer

Heritage of the Desert

Unión Pacífico
My Son Is a Criminal

Tierra de audaces

Kentucky

Torchy Gets Her Man

Men with Wings

You and Me

Gangs of New York

Island in the Sky

Hot Water

Exclusive

Roaring Timber

La contraseña

The Go-Getter

Park Avenue Logger

John Meade's Woman

Larceny on the Air

El mundo a sus pies

Wanted: Jane Turner

Winterset

The Man Who Lived Twice

La espléndida descarada

El último mohicano

I Married a Doctor

The First Baby

Tres desalmados

Dangerous Waters

Forced Landing

The Old Homestead

His Night Out

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

La nave de Satán

Oil for the Lamps of China

Straight from the Heart

Laddie

Transient Lady

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Million Dollar Baby

The Secret Bride

Mills of the Gods

Elinor Norton

Death on the Diamond

Have a Heart

Una mujer de su casa

Here Comes the Navy

Murder in the Private Car

He Was Her Man

La espía número 13

Let's Talk It Over

One Is Guilty

Upperworld (1934)

I'll Tell the World

Whirlpool

La novia de la suerte

Heat Lightning

Dark Hazard

Two Alone

El guapo

East of Fifth Avenue

Escándalos Romanos

Hembra

Siempre en mi corazón

Wild Boys of the Road

Ana la del remolcador

Another Language

Sobrenatural
Trick for Trick

Aeropuerto Central

Destination Unknown

Barrio chino

Sangre rebelde

Si yo tuviera un millón

Wild Girl

Soy un fugitivo

Virtud

Okay, America!

Guilty as Hell

Doctor X

¿Héroe o cobarde?

The Texas Bad Man

The Rider of Death Valley

The Famous Ferguson Case

The Broken Wing

Steady Company

Behind the Mask

The Gay Caballero

Sooky

The Cisco Kid

Graft

Shanghaied Love

Silence

The Lawyer's Secret

Skippy

Fair Warning

Linaje de luchador

Daughters of the Night