Willard Robertson
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1885-12-31
- Décès:
- 1948-04-05
- Lieu de naissance:
- Runnels, Texas, USA
Biographie
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.
Connu pour
Filmographie
Massacre à Furnace Creek
Bonne à tout faire
Deep Valley
La brune de mes rêves
Ses premières ailes
Les indomptés
Le Traître du Far-West
Perilous Holiday
À chacun son destin
Le grand Bill
Nine Girls
Intrigues en orient
La dangereuse aventure
Air Force
L'Étrange Incident
La Sentinelle du Pacifique
Juke Girl
The Night of January 16th
Texas
Men of the Timberland
L'escadrille des jeunes
The Monster and the Girl
Les Tuniques écarlates
L'Odyssée des Mormons
Lucky Cisco Kid
Castle on the Hudson
Mon petit poussin chéri
L'Aventure d'une nuit
Main Street Lawyer
Two Bright Boys
Range War
A chaque aube je meurs
Heritage of the Desert
Pacific Express
My Son Is a Criminal
Le brigand bien-aimé
Kentucky
Torchy Gets Her Man
Men with Wings
Casier judiciaire
Gangs of New York
Island in the Sky
Hot Water
Exclusive
Roaring Timber
This Is My Affair
The Go-Getter
Park Avenue Logger
John Meade's Woman
Larceny on the Air
That Girl from Paris
Wanted: Jane Turner
Winterset
The Man Who Lived Twice
L'enchanteresse
Le dernier des Mohicans
I Married a Doctor
The First Baby
Three Godfathers
Dangerous Waters
Forced Landing
The Old Homestead
His Night Out
Tempête au cirque
L'Enfer
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
Housewife
Voici la marine
Murder in the Private Car
He Was Her Man
Operator 13
Let's Talk It Over
One Is Guilty
Upperworld
I'll Tell the World
Whirlpool
Franc jeu
Heat Lightning
Dark Hazard
Two Alone
Le Tombeur
East of Fifth Avenue
Roman Scandals
Female
Ever in My Heart
Les Enfants de la crise
Tugboat Annie
Another Language
Supernatural
Trick for Trick
Central Airport
Destination Unknown
Frisco Jenny
Call Her Savage
Si j'avais un million
Wild Girl
Je suis un évadé
Virtue
Okay, America!
Guilty as Hell
Le Docteur X
Tom Brown of Culver
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
The Last of the Duanes
Daughters of the Night