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