Willard Robertson(1886-1948)

Actor
Writer

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Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Lawyer who abandoned his profession to take up the actor's calling - although lawyer and actor are essentially kindred spirits, each deriving his livelihood from the art of pretending. Robertson acted in Hollywood films from 1930 until the year he died, typically portraying men of authority such as doctors, elected officials, military officers and - yes - lawyers.

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Doctor X

6.4

Detective O'Halloran

1932

Lady Killer

7.0

Detective Conroy

1933

The Ox-Bow Incident

8.0

Sheriff Risley

1942

Lucille Ball, Bonnie Bannon, Myrla Bratton, Eddie Cantor, Dolores Casey, Rosaline Fromson, June Gale, The Goldwyn Girls, and Marguerite Caverley in Roman Scandals (1933)

Roman Scandals

6.6

Warren Finley Cooper

1933

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Actor

Fury at Furnace Creek
6.8
- General Leads
- 1948
Sitting Pretty
7.4
- Mr. Ashcroft
- 1948
Deep Valley
6.8
- Sheriff
- 1947
My Favorite Brunette
6.7
- Prison Warden
- 1947
Gallant Journey
6.1
- Zachary Montgomery
- 1946
The Virginian
6.4
- Judge Henry (uncredited)
- 1946
Renegades
5.8
- Nathan Brockway
- 1946
Perilous Holiday
5.9
- Graeme
- 1946
To Each His Own
7.6
- Dr. Hunt
- 1946
Along Came Jones
6.5
- Luke Packard
- 1945
Nine Girls
6.5
- Capt. Brooks
- 1944
Background to Danger
6.4
- McNamara
- 1943
No Time for Love
6.8
- Construction Company President (uncredited)
- 1943
Air Force
7.0
- Colonel at Hickam Field
- 1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
8.0
- Sheriff Risley
- 1942

Writer

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Height
- 1.85 m
Born
- January 1, 1886
- Runnels, Texas, USA
Died
- April 5, 1948
- Hollywood, California, USA(pancreatic cancer)
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Other works
Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "The Builders" on Broadway. Written by Marion Fairfax. Astor Theatre: 20 May 1907-Jun 1907 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Charles Dow Clark, John J. Collins, Master Richard Cubitt, Margaret Ellsworth, Marion Fairfax, John Fenton, Amelia Gardner, William Ingersoll (as "Roger Grant"), Harry Mainhall, Tully Marshall, Albert Meyer, Theodore Morris, Milano Cary Tilden, Henry J. West. Produced by The Tully Marshall Co.