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Willard Robertson

Willard Robertson is known for acting, with popular credits including Laddie, The Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York, Background to Danger.

Born 31 Dec 1885 Runnels, Texas, USA

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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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1948 Fury at Furnace Creek as Gen. Leads movie 1948 Sitting Pretty as Mr. Ashcroft movie 1947 Deep Valley as Sheriff Akers movie 1947 My Favorite Brunette as Prison Warden movie 1946 Gallant Journey as Zachary Montgomery movie 1946 Renegades as Nathan Brockway movie 1946 The Virginian movie 1946 Perilous Holiday as Graeme movie 1946 To Each His Own as Dr. Hunt movie 1945 Along Came Jones as Luke Packard movie 1944 Nine Girls as Capt. Brooks movie 1943 Background to Danger as 'Mac' McNamara movie 1943 No Time for Love as Construction Company President (uncredited) movie 1943 Air Force as Colonel at Hickam Field movie 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident as Sheriff Risley movie 1942 Wake Island movie 1942 Juke Girl as Mister Just movie 1941 The Night of January 16th as Inspector Donegan movie 1941 Texas as Rancher Wilson movie 1941 Men of the Timberland as Tim MacGregor movie 1941 I Wanted Wings as Judge Advocate movie 1941 The Monster and the Girl as Lieutenant Strickland movie 1940 North West Mounted Police as Supt. Harrington movie 1940 Brigham Young as Heber Kimball movie 1940 Lucky Cisco Kid as Judge McQuade movie 1940 Castle on the Hudson as Ragan movie 1940 My Little Chickadee as Uncle John movie 1940 Remember the Night as Francis X. O'Leary movie 1939 Main Street Lawyer as John Ralston movie 1939 Two Bright Boys as Clayton movie 1939 Range War as Buck Collins movie 1939 Each Dawn I Die as Lang movie 1939 Heritage of the Desert as Henchman Nebraska movie 1939 Union Pacific as Oakes Ames movie 1939 My Son Is a Criminal as Tom Halloran Sr. movie 1939 Jesse James as Clarke movie 1938 Kentucky as Bob Slocum movie 1938 Torchy Gets Her Man as Charles Gilbert movie 1938 Men with Wings as Col. Hadley movie 1938 You and Me as Dayton movie 1938 Gangs of New York as Inspector Sullivan movie 1938 Island in the Sky as Walter Rhodes movie 1937 Hot Water as Dr. Enfield movie 1937 Exclusive as Mr. Franklin movie 1937 Roaring Timber as Harrigan movie 1937 This Is My Affair as George Andrews movie 1937 The Go-Getter as Matt Peasely movie 1937 Park Avenue Logger as Ben Morton movie 1937 John Meade's Woman as Man movie 1937 Larceny on the Air as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald movie 1936 That Girl from Paris as Immigration Officer (uncredited) movie 1936 Wanted: Jane Turner as Walter Davies movie 1936 Winterset as Policeman in the Square movie 1936 The Man Who Lived Twice as Logan movie 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy as Secretary Ingham movie 1936 The Last of the Mohicans as Captain Winthrop movie 1936 I Married a Doctor as Guy Pollock movie 1936 The First Baby as Dr. Clarke movie 1936 Three Godfathers as Reverend McLane movie 1936 Dangerous Waters as Bill MacKeechie movie 1935 Forced Landing as Martin Byrd movie 1935 The Old Homestead as Uncle Jed movie 1935 His Night Out as J.J. Trent movie 1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Dan Hastings movie 1935 Dante's Inferno as Inspector Harris movie 1935 Oil for the Lamps of China as Speaker movie 1935 Straight from the Heart as District Attorney movie 1935 Laddie as Mr. John Stanton movie 1935 Transient Lady as Ed Goring movie 1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Grigsby, the Process Server movie 1934 Million Dollar Baby movie 1934 The Secret Bride as Representative Grosvenor movie 1934 Mills of the Gods as Thomas movie 1934 Elinor Norton as Ranch Foreman movie 1934 Death on the Diamond as Cato movie 1934 Have a Heart as Mr. Schauber movie 1934 Housewife as Judge Edwin A. Matthews movie 1934 Here Comes the Navy as Executive Officer movie 1934 Murder in the Private Car as Hanks movie 1934 He Was Her Man as Police Captain movie

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Willard Robertson is known for acting, with popular credits including Laddie, The Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York, Background to Danger.

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Willard Robertson is known for credits including Laddie, The Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York, Background to Danger, Remember the Night.

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