Willard Robertson
Birthday: 1885-12-31
Deathday: 1948-04-05
Birthplace: Runnels, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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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1948-04-30 | Fury at Furnace Creek | Gen. Leads |
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1948-03-10 | Sitting Pretty | Mr. Ashcroft |
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1947-07-30 | Deep Valley | Sheriff Akers |
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1947-03-19 | My Favorite Brunette | Prison Warden |
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1946-09-24 | Gallant Journey | Zachary Montgomery |
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1946-06-13 | Renegades | Nathan Brockway |
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1946-05-05 | The Virginian | |
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1946-03-20 | Perilous Holiday | Graeme |
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1946-03-12 | To Each His Own | Dr. Hunt |
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1945-07-19 | Along Came Jones | Luke Packard |
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1944-02-17 | Nine Girls | Capt. Brooks |
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1943-07-03 | Background to Danger | 'Mac' McNamara |
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1943-04-09 | No Time for Love | |
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1943-03-20 | Air Force | Colonel at Hickam Field |
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1942-12-03 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Sheriff Risley |
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1942-08-11 | Wake Island | |
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1942-05-30 | Juke Girl | Mister Just |
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1941-11-28 | The Night of January 16th | Inspector Donegan |
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1941-10-09 | Texas | Rancher Wilson |
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1941-05-06 | Men of the Timberland | Tim MacGregor |
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1941-03-26 | I Wanted Wings | Judge Advocate |
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1941-02-28 | The Monster and the Girl | Lieutenant Strickland |
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1940-10-22 | North West Mounted Police | Supt. Harrington |
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1940-09-27 | Brigham Young | Heber Kimball |
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1940-06-28 | Lucky Cisco Kid | Judge McQuade |
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1940-02-17 | Castle on the Hudson | Ragan |
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1940-02-09 | My Little Chickadee | Uncle John |
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1940-01-19 | Remember the Night | Francis X. O'Leary |
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1939-11-02 | Main Street Lawyer | John Ralston |
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1939-09-21 | Two Bright Boys | Clayton |
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1939-09-08 | Range War | Buck Collins |
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1939-08-19 | Each Dawn I Die | Lang |
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1939-06-23 | Heritage of the Desert | Henchman Nebraska |
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1939-05-05 | Union Pacific | Oakes Ames |
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1939-02-22 | My Son Is a Criminal | Tom Halloran Sr. |
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1939-01-14 | Jesse James | Clarke |
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1938-12-30 | Kentucky | Bob Slocum |
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1938-11-12 | Torchy Gets Her Man | Charles Gilbert |
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1938-07-16 | Men with Wings | Col. Hadley |
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1938-06-01 | You and Me | Dayton |
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1938-05-23 | Gangs of New York | Inspector Sullivan |
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1938-04-01 | Island in the Sky | Walter Rhodes |
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1937-09-24 | Hot Water | Dr. Enfield |
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1937-08-06 | Exclusive | Mr. Franklin |
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1937-07-03 | Roaring Timber | Harrigan |
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1937-05-28 | This Is My Affair | George Andrews |
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1937-05-22 | The Go-Getter | Matt Peasely |
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1937-03-16 | Park Avenue Logger | Ben Morton |
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1937-02-26 | John Meade's Woman | Man |
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1937-01-11 | Larceny on the Air | Inspector 'Mac' McDonald |
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1936-12-31 | That Girl from Paris | Immigration Officer (uncredited) |
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1936-12-04 | Wanted: Jane Turner | Walter Davies |
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1936-12-03 | Winterset | Policeman in the Square |
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1936-09-25 | The Man Who Lived Twice | Police Insp. Logan |
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1936-08-28 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Secretary Ingham |
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1936-07-02 | The Last of the Mohicans | Captain Winthrop |
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1936-04-25 | I Married a Doctor | Guy Pollock |
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1936-04-02 | The First Baby | Dr. Clarke |
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1936-03-06 | Three Godfathers | Reverend McLane |
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1936-02-10 | Dangerous Waters | Bill MacKeechie |
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1935-10-05 | The Old Homestead | Uncle Jed |
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1935-10-01 | His Night Out | J.J. Trent |
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1935-09-27 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Dan Hastings |
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1935-08-23 | Dante's Inferno | Inspector Harris |
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1935-06-08 | Oil for the Lamps of China | Speaker |
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1935-03-22 | Straight from the Heart | District Attorney |
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1935-03-18 | Laddie | Mr. John Stanton |
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1935-03-04 | Transient Lady | Ed Goring |
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1935-01-04 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Grigsby, the Process Server |
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1934-12-29 | Million Dollar Baby | |
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1934-12-22 | The Secret Bride | Representative Grosvenor |
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1934-12-15 | Mills of the Gods | Thomas |
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1934-11-02 | Elinor Norton | Ranch Foreman |
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1934-09-14 | Death on the Diamond | Cato |
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1934-09-07 | Have a Heart | Mr. Schauber |
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1934-08-11 | Housewife | Judge Edwin A. Matthews |
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1934-07-21 | Here Comes the Navy | Executive Officer |
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1934-06-29 | Murder in the Private Car | Hanks |
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1934-06-16 | He Was Her Man | Police Captain |
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1934-06-08 | Operator 13 | Captain Channing |
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1934-06-01 | Let's Talk It Over | Dr. Preston |
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1934-05-03 | One Is Guilty | Wells Deveroux |
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1934-04-28 | Upperworld | Police Captain Reynolds |
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1934-04-20 | I'll Tell the World | Hardwick |
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1934-04-10 | Whirlpool | Judge Jim Morrison |
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1934-03-08 | Gambling Lady | District Attorney |
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1934-03-01 | Heat Lightning | Everett Marshall |
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1934-01-31 | Dark Hazard | Bill 'Billy' Fallen |
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1934-01-26 | Two Alone | George Marshall |
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1933-12-09 | Lady Killer | Detective Conroy |
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1933-11-28 | East of Fifth Avenue | Dr. Morgan |
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1933-11-27 | Roman Scandals | Warren Finley Cooper |
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1933-11-11 | Female | Department Head (Uncredited) |
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1933-10-28 | Ever in My Heart | Kennel Caretaker |
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1933-10-07 | Wild Boys of the Road | Captain of Detectives |
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1933-08-04 | Tugboat Annie | Red Severn |
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1933-07-28 | Another Language | Harry Hallam |
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1933-04-21 | Supernatural | Prison Warden |
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1933-04-20 | Trick for Trick | Dr. Frank Fitzgerald |
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1933-04-15 | Central Airport | Havana Airport Manager |
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1933-04-01 | Destination Unknown | Joe Shano |
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1933-01-14 | Frisco Jenny | Police Capt. Tom |
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1932-11-24 | Call Her Savage | Pete Springer |
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1932-11-18 | If I Had a Million | Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited) |
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1932-11-09 | Wild Girl | Red Pete |
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1932-11-09 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Prison Board Chairman |
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1932-10-25 | Virtue | Detective MacKenzie |
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1932-09-08 | Okay, America! | Bit Role |
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1932-08-05 | Guilty as Hell | Police Sgt. Alcock |
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1932-08-03 | Doctor X | Detective O'Halloran |
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1932-06-30 | Tom Brown of Culver | Capt. White |
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1932-06-29 | The Texas Bad Man | Millard Keefe |
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1932-04-23 | The Rider of Death Valley | Bill Joyce |
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1932-04-19 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Sheriff |
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1932-03-25 | The Broken Wing | Sylvester Cross |
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1932-03-13 | Steady Company | Pop Henley |
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1932-02-25 | Behind the Mask | Capt. E.J. Hawkes |
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1932-02-14 | The Gay Caballero | Major Lawrence Blount |
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1931-12-26 | Sooky | Herbert Skinner |
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1931-11-01 | The Cisco Kid | Enos Hankins |
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1931-09-21 | Graft | E. T. Scudder |
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1931-09-20 | Shanghaied Love | Newman |
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1931-08-29 | Silence | Phil Powers |
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1931-04-25 | Skippy | Herbert Skinner |
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1931-02-01 | Fair Warning | Tex Calder |
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1930-08-31 | The Last of the Duanes | Texas Ranger Captain |
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1924-11-09 | Daughters of the Night | Prof. Woodbury |