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

Doctor X

19326.0

Jesse James

19396.5

The Ox-Bow Incident

19437.7

Union Pacific

19396.7

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

19327.8

Remember the Night

19407.3

Housewife

19347.3

Brigham Young

19404.6

Air Force

19436.5

Along Came Jones

19455.8

The Virginian

19466.2

Wake Island

19425.9

My Favorite Brunette

19476.6

Nine Girls

19445.8

Texas

19416.7

No Time for Love

19437.0

Each Dawn I Die

19396.8

If I Had a Million

19326.5

Lady Killer

19336.9

Three Godfathers

19366.9

One Is Guilty

19344.3

Transient Lady

19356.3

North West Mounted Police

19406.4

The Go-Getter

19376.2

Call Her Savage

19325.8

Operator 13

19345.9

You and Me

19386.6

Roman Scandals

19335.9

Sitting Pretty

19487.1

To Each His Own

19467.0

Ever in My Heart

19335.6

Central Airport

19336.0

The Last of the Mohicans

19366.3

The Monster and the Girl

19415.8

Wild Girl

19326.2

The Gorgeous Hussy

19365.5

Main Street Lawyer

19395.0

Female

19336.3

Mills of the Gods

19348.0

I'll Tell the World

19347.0

Gallant Journey

19466.5

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

19356.8

His Night Out

19357.0

Juke Girl

19427.2

Men with Wings

19385.4

Exclusive

19377.0

Winterset

19366.0

The Man Who Lived Twice

19367.5

Deep Valley

19475.6

Wild Boys of the Road

19336.8

Tugboat Annie

19337.3

Dante's Inferno

19356.2

He Was Her Man

19346.5

Here Comes the Navy

19346.0

Skippy

19316.1

Torchy Gets Her Man

19385.9

Background to Danger

19436.7

I Wanted Wings

19415.6

Renegades

19465.8

Park Avenue Logger

19378.0

Two Alone

19347.3

My Little Chickadee

19406.5

Murder in the Private Car

19345.6

Oil for the Lamps of China

19357.2

Perilous Holiday

19468.0

Graft

19315.0

Heritage of the Desert

19396.6

Let's Talk It Over

193410.0

Whirlpool

19346.4

Supernatural

19336.2

The Cisco Kid

19316.5

Elinor Norton

19346.5

Virtue

19326.6

Gambling Lady

19346.2

Heat Lightning

19347.2

Okay, America!

19325.8

That Girl from Paris

19366.9

The Last of the Duanes

19306.0

Upperworld

19346.1

Castle on the Hudson

19407.0

Lucky Cisco Kid

19406.0

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

19356.2

Kentucky

19386.1

Death on the Diamond

19347.3

Dark Hazard

19345.7

Larceny on the Air

19377.0

Roaring Timber

19376.0

The Night of January 16th

19415.8

Straight from the Heart

19359.0

Destination Unknown

19337.0

This Is My Affair

19377.3

I Married a Doctor

19365.3

Steady Company

193210.0

The Lawyer's Secret

19316.2

Hot Water

19376.5

Tom Brown of Culver

19326.8

Frisco Jenny

19336.7

Wanted: Jane Turner

19366.0

Fury at Furnace Creek

19486.3

The Famous Ferguson Case

19326.6

Dangerous Waters

19366.0

Island in the Sky

19387.0

Another Language

19336.8

Behind the Mask

19325.8

Gangs of New York

19385.3

Trick for Trick

19339.0

Forced Landing

19358.0

Sooky

19315.0

Two Bright Boys

193910.0

Have a Heart

19347.3

East of Fifth Avenue

19336.3

Range War

19396.5

The First Baby

19368.0

John Meade's Woman

19377.0

Laddie

193510.0

Men of the Timberland

19418.0

Fair Warning

19319.0

The Old Homestead

193510.0

Silence

19317.7

The Rider of Death Valley

19328.5

The Broken Wing

19326.0

The Gay Caballero

193210.0

Million Dollar Baby

193410.0

Guilty as Hell

19326.7

Shanghaied Love

19319.0

My Son Is a Criminal

19397.0

The Secret Bride

19346.2

Daughters of the Night

192410.0

The Texas Bad Man

19325.0