Willard Robertson

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

140

Movies

129

Born: December 31, 1885 – April 5, 1948
From: Runnels, Texas, USA

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.

Works

129 films

Jesse James

19396.5

Union Pacific

19396.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

19437.7

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

19327.8

Remember the Night

19407.3

Doctor X

19326.0

Air Force

19436.5

The Virginian

19466.2

Brigham Young

19404.6

Along Came Jones

19455.8

Texas

19416.7

Housewife

19347.3

North West Mounted Police

19406.4

My Favorite Brunette

19476.6

No Time for Love

19437.0

The Gorgeous Hussy

19365.5

One Is Guilty

19344.3

Three Godfathers

19366.9

Wake Island

19425.9

Sitting Pretty

19487.1

Each Dawn I Die

19396.8

You and Me

19386.6

The Last of the Mohicans

19366.3

Transient Lady

19356.3

If I Had a Million

19326.5

Nine Girls

19445.8

The Go-Getter

19376.2

Lady Killer

19336.9

Operator 13

19345.9

Call Her Savage

19325.8

Roman Scandals

19335.9

Heritage of the Desert

19396.6

Wild Girl

19326.2

Park Avenue Logger

19378.0

Central Airport

19336.0

Main Street Lawyer

19395.0

To Each His Own

19467.0

His Night Out

19357.0

Gallant Journey

19466.5

Renegades

19465.8

Background to Danger

19436.7

Tugboat Annie

19337.3

Deep Valley

19475.6

The Man Who Lived Twice

19367.5

Ever in My Heart

19335.6

Female

19336.3

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

19356.8

Juke Girl

19427.2

The Monster and the Girl

19415.8

Skippy

19316.1

Castle on the Hudson

19407.0

Men with Wings

19385.4

I'll Tell the World

19347.0

Here Comes the Navy

19346.0

Mills of the Gods

19348.0

Dante's Inferno

19356.2

My Little Chickadee

19406.5

Wild Boys of the Road

19336.8

The Cisco Kid

19316.5

Winterset

19366.0

Let's Talk It Over

193410.0

Wanted: Jane Turner

19366.0

Lucky Cisco Kid

19406.0

The Night of January 16th

19415.8

Whirlpool

19346.4

Larceny on the Air

19377.0

Torchy Gets Her Man

19385.9

Two Alone

19347.3

Dark Hazard

19345.7

This Is My Affair

19377.3

Supernatural

19336.2

He Was Her Man

19346.5

Murder in the Private Car

19345.6

Gambling Lady

19346.2

Graft

19315.0

Virtue

19326.6

I Wanted Wings

19415.6

Kentucky

19386.1

Oil for the Lamps of China

19357.2

Heat Lightning

19347.2

Range War

19396.5

Fury at Furnace Creek

19486.3

Death on the Diamond

19347.3

Okay, America!

19325.8

Tom Brown of Culver

19326.8

That Girl from Paris

19366.9

The Last of the Duanes

19306.0

Elinor Norton

19346.5

Frisco Jenny

19336.7

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

19356.2

I Married a Doctor

19365.3

Dangerous Waters

19366.0

Forced Landing

19358.0

Hot Water

19376.5

Upperworld

19346.1

Sooky

19315.0

The Famous Ferguson Case

19326.6

Another Language

19336.8

Shanghaied Love

19319.0

Island in the Sky

19387.0

Straight from the Heart

19359.0

Two Bright Boys

193910.0

Exclusive

19377.0

The Broken Wing

19326.0

Destination Unknown

19337.0

The Old Homestead

193510.0

Laddie

193510.0

Roaring Timber

19376.0

Behind the Mask

19325.8

The Lawyer's Secret

19316.2

John Meade's Woman

19377.0

Gangs of New York

19385.3

Men of the Timberland

19418.0

Perilous Holiday

19468.0

Fair Warning

19319.0

The First Baby

19368.0

Silence

19317.7

East of Fifth Avenue

19336.3

The Texas Bad Man

19325.0

The Gay Caballero

193210.0

Have a Heart

19347.3

The Secret Bride

19346.2

The Rider of Death Valley

19328.5

Daughters of the Night

192410.0

Million Dollar Baby

193410.0

Guilty as Hell

19326.7

Trick for Trick

19339.0

Steady Company

193210.0

My Son Is a Criminal

19397.0