Willard Robertson
Known for: Acting
Born: December 31, 1885
Died: April 5, 1948
Place of birth: Runnels, Texas, USA
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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Filmography
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6.3
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
7.1
Sitting Pretty
1948
5.6
Deep Valley
1947
6.7
My Favorite Brunette
1947
6.5
Gallant Journey
1946
5.8
Renegades
1946
6.2
The Virginian
1946
8.0
Perilous Holiday
1946
7.0
To Each His Own
1946
5.8
Along Came Jones
1945
5.8
Nine Girls
1944
6.7
Background to Danger
1943
7.0
No Time for Love
1943
6.5
Air Force
1943
7.7
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
5.9
Wake Island
1942
7.2
Juke Girl
1942
6.4
Moontide
1942
5.8
The Night of January 16th
1941
6.7
Texas
1941
8.0
Men of the Timberland
1941
5.6
I Wanted Wings
1941
5.7
The Monster and the Girl
1941
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
4.6
Brigham Young
1940
6.0
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
7.0
Castle on the Hudson
1940
6.4
My Little Chickadee
1940
7.3
Remember the Night
1940
5.0
Main Street Lawyer
1939
10.0
Two Bright Boys
1939
6.5
Range War
1939
6.8
Each Dawn I Die
1939
6.6
Heritage of the Desert
1939
6.7
Union Pacific
19397.0
My Son Is a Criminal
1939
6.5
Jesse James
1939
6.1
Kentucky
1938
5.9
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
5.4
Men with Wings
1938
6.6
You and Me
1938
5.3
Gangs of New York
1938
7.0
Island in the Sky
1938
6.5
Hot Water
1937
7.0
Exclusive
1937
6.0
Roaring Timber
1937
7.3
This Is My Affair
1937
6.2
The Go-Getter
1937
8.0
Park Avenue Logger
1937
7.0
John Meade's Woman
1937
7.0
Larceny on the Air
1937
6.9
That Girl from Paris
1936
6.0
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
6.0
Winterset
1936
7.5
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
5.5
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
6.3
The Last of the Mohicans
1936
5.3
I Married a Doctor
1936
8.0
The First Baby
1936
6.9
Three Godfathers
1936
6.0
Dangerous Waters
1936
8.0
Forced Landing
1935
10.0
The Old Homestead
1935
7.0
His Night Out
1935
6.2
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
6.2
Dante's Inferno
1935
7.2
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
9.0
Straight from the Heart
1935
10.0
Laddie
1935
6.3
Transient Lady
1935
6.8
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
10.0
Million Dollar Baby
1934
6.2
The Secret Bride
1934
8.0
Mills of the Gods
1934
6.5
Elinor Norton
1934
7.3
Death on the Diamond
1934
7.3
Have a Heart
1934
7.3
Housewife
1934
6.0
Here Comes the Navy
1934
5.6
Murder in the Private Car
1934
6.5
He Was Her Man
1934
5.9
Operator 13
1934
10.0
Let's Talk It Over
1934
4.3
One Is Guilty
1934
6.1
Upperworld
1934
7.0
I'll Tell the World
1934
6.4
Whirlpool
1934
6.2
Gambling Lady
1934
7.2
Heat Lightning
1934
5.7
Dark Hazard
1934
7.3
Two Alone
1934
6.9
Lady Killer
1933
6.3
East of Fifth Avenue
1933
5.8
Roman Scandals
1933
6.3
Female
1933
5.6
Ever in My Heart
1933
6.8
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
7.3
Tugboat Annie
1933
6.8
Another Language
1933
6.2
Supernatural
19339.0
Trick for Trick
1933
6.0
Central Airport
1933
7.0
Destination Unknown
1933
6.7
Frisco Jenny
1933
5.8
Call Her Savage
1932
6.5
If I Had a Million
1932
6.2
Wild Girl
1932
7.8
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
6.6
Virtue
1932
5.8
Okay, America!
1932
6.7
Guilty as Hell
1932
6.0
Doctor X
1932
6.8
Tom Brown of Culver
1932
5.0
The Texas Bad Man
1932
8.5
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
6.6
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
6.0
The Broken Wing
1932
10.0
Steady Company
1932
5.8
Behind the Mask
1932
10.0
The Gay Caballero
1932
5.0
Sooky
1931
6.5
The Cisco Kid
1931
5.0
Graft
1931
9.0
Shanghaied Love
1931
7.7
Silence
1931
6.2
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
6.1
Skippy
1931
9.0
Fair Warning
1931
6.0
The Last of the Duanes
1930
9.0
Why Women Love
1925
10.0
Daughters of the Night
1924
10.0
Big Game
1921