Willard Robertson
Acting
1885-12-31 · Runnels, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948 · Movie
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Movie
Deep Valley
1947 · Movie
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Movie
Gallant Journey
1946 · Movie
Renegades
1946 · Movie
The Virginian
1946 · Movie
Perilous Holiday
1946 · Movie
To Each His Own
1946 · Movie
Along Came Jones
1945 · Movie
Nine Girls
1944 · Movie
Background to Danger
1943 · Movie
No Time for Love
1943 · Movie
Air Force
1943 · Movie
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Movie
Wake Island
1942 · Movie
Juke Girl
1942 · Movie
Moontide
1942 · Movie
The Night of January 16th
1941 · Movie
Texas
1941 · Movie
Men of the Timberland
1941 · Movie
I Wanted Wings
1941 · Movie
The Monster and the Girl
1941 · Movie
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Movie
Brigham Young
1940 · Movie
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940 · Movie
Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Movie
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Movie
Remember the Night
1940 · Movie
Main Street Lawyer
1939 · Movie
Two Bright Boys
1939 · Movie
Range War
1939 · Movie
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Movie
Heritage of the Desert
1939 · Movie
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
My Son Is a Criminal
1939 · Movie
Jesse James
1939 · Movie
Kentucky
1938 · Movie
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938 · Movie
Men with Wings
1938 · Movie
You and Me
1938 · Movie
Gangs of New York
1938 · Movie
Island in the Sky
1938 · Movie
Hot Water
1937 · Movie
Exclusive
1937 · Movie
Roaring Timber
1937 · Movie
This Is My Affair
1937 · Movie
The Go-Getter
1937 · Movie
Park Avenue Logger
1937 · Movie
John Meade's Woman
1937 · Movie
Larceny on the Air
1937 · Movie
That Girl from Paris
1936 · Movie
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936 · Movie
Winterset
1936 · Movie
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936 · Movie
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
1936 · Movie
I Married a Doctor
1936 · Movie
The First Baby
1936 · Movie
Three Godfathers
1936 · Movie
Dangerous Waters
1936 · Movie
Forced Landing
1935 · Movie
The Old Homestead
1935 · Movie
His Night Out
1935 · Movie
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935 · Movie
Dante's Inferno
1935 · Movie
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935 · Movie
Straight from the Heart
1935 · Movie
Laddie
1935 · Movie
Transient Lady
1935 · Movie
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935 · Movie
Million Dollar Baby
1934 · Movie
The Secret Bride
1934 · Movie
Mills of the Gods
1934 · Movie
Elinor Norton
1934 · Movie
Death on the Diamond
1934 · Movie
Have a Heart
1934 · Movie
Housewife
1934 · Movie
Here Comes the Navy
1934 · Movie
Murder in the Private Car
1934 · Movie
He Was Her Man
1934 · Movie
Operator 13
1934 · Movie
Let's Talk It Over
1934 · Movie
One Is Guilty
1934 · Movie
Upperworld
1934 · Movie
I'll Tell the World
1934 · Movie
Whirlpool
1934 · Movie
Gambling Lady
1934 · Movie
Heat Lightning
1934 · Movie
Dark Hazard
1934 · Movie
Two Alone
1934 · Movie
Lady Killer
1933 · Movie
East of Fifth Avenue
1933 · Movie
Roman Scandals
1933 · Movie
Female
1933 · Movie
Ever in My Heart
1933 · Movie
Wild Boys of the Road
1933 · Movie
Tugboat Annie
1933 · Movie
Another Language
1933 · Movie
Supernatural
1933 · Movie
Trick for Trick
1933 · Movie
Central Airport
1933 · Movie
Destination Unknown
1933 · Movie
Frisco Jenny
1933 · Movie
Call Her Savage
1932 · Movie
If I Had a Million
1932 · Movie
Wild Girl
1932 · Movie
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · Movie
Virtue
1932 · Movie
Okay, America!
1932 · Movie
Guilty as Hell
1932 · Movie
Doctor X
1932 · Movie
Tom Brown of Culver
1932 · Movie
The Texas Bad Man
1932 · Movie
The Rider of Death Valley
1932 · Movie
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932 · Movie
The Broken Wing
1932 · Movie
Steady Company
1932 · Movie
Behind the Mask
1932 · Movie
The Gay Caballero
1932 · Movie
Sooky
1931 · Movie
The Cisco Kid
1931 · Movie
Graft
1931 · Movie
Shanghaied Love
1931 · Movie
Silence
1931 · Movie
The Lawyer's Secret
1931 · Movie
Skippy
1931 · Movie
Fair Warning
1931 · Movie
The Last of the Duanes
1930 · Movie
Why Women Love
1925 · Movie
Daughters of the Night
1924 · Movie
Big Game
1921 · Movie