
Willard Robertson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-12-31
Day of Death
1948-04-05 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Runnels, Texas, USA
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
Acting
(1948)
Sitting Pretty
as Mr. Ashcroft
(1948)
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Gen. Leads
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
as Prison Warden
(1947)
Deep Valley
as Sheriff Akers
(1946)
(1946)
To Each His Own
as Dr. Hunt
(1946)
Gallant Journey
as Zachary Montgomery
(1946)
Renegades
as Nathan Brockway
(1946)
Perilous Holiday
as Graeme
(1945)
Along Came Jones
as Luke Packard
(1944)
Nine Girls
as Capt. Brooks
(1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Sheriff Risley
(1943)
Air Force
as Colonel at Hickam Field
(1943)
Background to Danger
as 'Mac' McNamara
(1943)
No Time for Love
as Construction Company President (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
Juke Girl
as Mister Just
(1941)
Texas
as Rancher Wilson
(1941)
Men of the Timberland
as Tim MacGregor
(1941)
I Wanted Wings
as Judge Advocate
(1941)
The Night of January 16th
as Inspector Donegan
(1941)
The Monster and the Girl
as Lieutenant Strickland
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Uncle John
(1940)
Remember the Night
as Francis X. O'Leary
(1940)
Brigham Young
as Heber Kimball
(1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Judge McQuade
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Supt. Harrington
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
as Ragan
(1939)
Jesse James
as Clarke
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Oakes Ames
(1939)
Heritage of the Desert
as Henchman Nebraska
(1939)
Each Dawn I Die
as Lang
(1939)
Main Street Lawyer
as John Ralston
(1939)
Two Bright Boys
as Clayton
(1939)
Range War
as Buck Collins
(1939)
My Son Is a Criminal
as Tom Halloran Sr.
(1938)
You and Me
as Dayton
(1938)
Gangs of New York
as Inspector Sullivan
(1938)
Men with Wings
as Col. Hadley
(1938)
Kentucky
as Bob Slocum
(1938)
Island in the Sky
as Walter Rhodes
(1938)
Torchy Gets Her Man
as Charles Gilbert
(1937)
Park Avenue Logger
as Ben Morton
(1937)
John Meade's Woman
as Man
(1937)
This Is My Affair
as George Andrews
(1937)
Larceny on the Air
as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald
(1937)
Hot Water
as Dr. Enfield
(1937)
Exclusive
as Mr. Franklin
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Matt Peasely
(1937)
Roaring Timber
as Harrigan
(1936)
The Last of the Mohicans
as Captain Winthrop
(1936)
Three Godfathers
as Reverend McLane
(1936)
The First Baby
as Dr. Clarke
(1936)
Winterset
as Policeman in the Square
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Secretary Ingham
(1936)
Dangerous Waters
as Bill MacKeechie
(1936)
I Married a Doctor
as Guy Pollock
(1936)
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Walter Davies
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Logan
(1936)
That Girl from Paris
as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
(1935)
Forced Landing
as Martin Byrd
(1935)
The Old Homestead
as Uncle Jed
(1935)
His Night Out
as J.J. Trent
(1935)
Laddie
as Mr. John Stanton
(1935)
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Speaker
(1935)
Dante's Inferno
as Inspector Harris
(1935)
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Dan Hastings
(1935)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Grigsby, the Process Server
(1935)
Straight from the Heart
as District Attorney
(1935)
Transient Lady
as Ed Goring
(1934)
Dark Hazard
as Bill 'Billy' Fallen
(1934)
Elinor Norton
as Ranch Foreman
(1934)
Operator 13
as Captain Channing
(1934)
Death on the Diamond
as Cato
(1934)
Housewife
as Judge Edwin A. Matthews
(1934)
The Secret Bride
as Representative Grosvenor
(1934)
Murder in the Private Car
as Hanks
(1934)
Here Comes the Navy
as Executive Officer
(1934)
One Is Guilty
as Wells Deveroux
(1934)
He Was Her Man
as Police Captain
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Everett Marshall
(1934)
Mills of the Gods
as Thomas
(1934)
Gambling Lady
as District Attorney
(1934)
(1934)
Two Alone
as George Marshall
(1934)
Whirlpool
as Morrison
(1934)
I'll Tell the World
as Hardwick
(1934)
Upperworld
as Police Captain Reynolds
(1934)
Have a Heart
as Mr. Schauber
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Dr. Preston
(1933)
Supernatural
as Prison Warden
(1933)
Lady Killer
as Detective Conroy
(1933)
Frisco Jenny
as Police Capt. Tom
(1933)
Tugboat Annie
as Red Severn
(1933)
Destination Unknown
as Joe Shano
(1933)
Trick for Trick
as Dr. Frank Fitzgerald
(1933)
East of Fifth Avenue
as Dr. Morgan
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as Captain of Detectives
(1933)
Ever in My Heart
as Kennel Caretaker
(1933)
Central Airport
as Havana Airport Manager
(1933)
Female
as Department Head (Uncredited)
(1933)
Another Language
as Harry Hallam
(1933)
Roman Scandals
as Warren Finley Cooper
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
(1932)
Guilty as Hell
as Police Sgt. Alcock
(1932)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Prison Board Chairman
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Sheriff
(1932)
Wild Girl
as Red Pete
(1932)
Steady Company
as Pop Henley
(1932)
Doctor X
as Detective O'Halloran
(1932)
Call Her Savage
as Pete Springer
(1932)
Virtue
as Detective MacKenzie
(1932)
The Texas Bad Man
as Millard Keefe
(1932)
Tom Brown of Culver
as Capt. White
(1932)
The Gay Caballero
as Major Lawrence Blount
(1932)
Behind the Mask
as Capt. E.J. Hawkes
(1932)
The Rider of Death Valley
as Bill Joyce
(1932)
Okay, America!
as Bit Role
(1932)
The Broken Wing
as Sylvester Cross
(1931)
Fair Warning
as Tex Calder
(1931)
Sooky
as Herbert Skinner
(1931)
Shanghaied Love
as Newman
(1931)
The Cisco Kid
as Enos Hankins
(1931)
Graft
as E. T. Scudder
(1931)
Silence
as Phil Powers
(1931)
Skippy
as Herbert Skinner
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Texas Ranger Captain
(1924)
Daughters of the Night
as Prof. Woodbury
Crew
(1942)
Moontide
Novel
(1925)
Why Women Love
Theatre Play
(1924)
Daughters of the Night
Screenplay, Story
(1921)
Big Game
Screenplay