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Willard Robertson

31st December 1885 Runnels, Texas, USA Acting

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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Air Force 20th March 1943 as Colonel at Hickam Field
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Texas 9th October 1941 as Rancher Wilson
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Winterset 3rd December 1936 as Policeman in the Square
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Laddie 18th March 1935 as Mr. John Stanton
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Housewife 11th August 1934 as Judge Edwin A. Matthews
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Upperworld 28th April 1934 as Police Captain Reynolds
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Female 11th November 1933 as Department Head (Uncredited)
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Virtue 25th October 1932 as Detective MacKenzie
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Doctor X 3rd August 1932 as Detective O'Halloran
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Sooky 26th December 1931 as Herbert Skinner
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Graft 21st September 1931 as E. T. Scudder
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Silence 29th August 1931 as Phil Powers
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Skippy 25th April 1931 as Herbert Skinner

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