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