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