Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 31, 1885
Died
Apr 05, 1948
Place of Birth
Runnels, Texas, USA
Credits
132 titles
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
Filmography
Fury at Furnace Creek
Gen. Leads
Sitting Pretty
Mr. Ashcroft
Deep Valley
Sheriff Akers
My Favorite Brunette
Prison Warden
Gallant Journey
Zachary Montgomery
Renegades
Nathan Brockway
The Virginian
Perilous Holiday
Graeme
To Each His Own
Dr. Hunt
Along Came Jones
Luke Packard
Nine Girls
Capt. Brooks
Background to Danger
'Mac' McNamara
No Time for Love
Construction Company President (uncredited)
Air Force
Colonel at Hickam Field
The Ox-Bow Incident
Sheriff Risley
Wake Island
Juke Girl
Mister Just
Moontide
Novel
The Night of January 16th
Inspector Donegan
Texas
Rancher Wilson
Men of the Timberland
Tim MacGregor
I Wanted Wings
Judge Advocate
The Monster and the Girl
Lieutenant Strickland
North West Mounted Police
Supt. Harrington
Brigham Young
Heber Kimball
Lucky Cisco Kid
Judge McQuade
Castle on the Hudson
Ragan
My Little Chickadee
Uncle John
Remember the Night
Francis X. O'Leary
Main Street Lawyer
John Ralston
Two Bright Boys
Clayton
Range War
Buck Collins
Each Dawn I Die
Lang
Heritage of the Desert
Henchman Nebraska
Union Pacific
Oakes Ames
My Son Is a Criminal
Tom Halloran Sr.
Jesse James
Clarke
Kentucky
Bob Slocum
Torchy Gets Her Man
Charles Gilbert
Men with Wings
Col. Hadley
You and Me
Dayton
Gangs of New York
Inspector Sullivan
Island in the Sky
Walter Rhodes
Hot Water
Dr. Enfield
Exclusive
Mr. Franklin
Roaring Timber
Harrigan
This Is My Affair
George Andrews
The Go-Getter
Matt Peasely
Park Avenue Logger
Ben Morton
John Meade's Woman
Man