Robert Middlemass
Acting
1883-09-03 · New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Robert Middlemass (3 September 1883, New Britain, Connecticut – 10 September 1949, Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright and stage actor, and later character actor with over 100 film appearances. usually playing detectives or policemen. Middlemass graduated from Harvard University in 1909 and initially went into the insurance business, but soon went on the stage, joining the Castle Square Theatre stock company in Boston. He debuted on Broadway in September 1914 in The Bludgeon at the Maxine Elliott Theatre. His best known play was a one-act melodrama written with Holworthy Hall (real name H. E. Porter, a college roommate) titled The Valiant, which was also made into a film of the same name in 1929, and as The Man Who Wouldn't Talk in 1940. The play became a favorite for amateur and local theater groups, and is still performed today. Middlemass moved to Los Angeles around 1935, and began appearing in films. He died there in 1949. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
Hold That Blonde!
1945 · Movie
A Sporting Chance
1945 · Movie
Main Street After Dark
1945 · Movie
Lady in the Death House
1944 · Movie
The Black Raven
1943 · Movie
Bombardier
1943 · Movie
Johnny Doughboy
1942 · Movie
The Payoff
1942 · Movie
Klondike Fury
1942 · Movie
Torpedo Boat
1942 · Movie
No Hands on the Clock
1941 · Movie
Lady Scarface
1941 · Movie
They Met in Argentina
1941 · Movie
Road to Zanzibar
1941 · Movie
Gold Rush Maisie
1940 · Movie
Pop Always Pays
1940 · Movie
The Saint Takes Over
1940 · Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Movie
Little Old New York
1940 · Movie
Slightly Honorable
1939 · Movie
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 · Movie
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939 · Movie
Drunk Driving
1939 · Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Movie
Espionage Agent
1939 · Movie
The Arizona Kid
1939 · Movie
Blackmail
1939 · Movie
Stanley and Livingstone
1939 · Movie
Indianapolis Speedway
1939 · Movie
Coast Guard
1939 · Movie
The Magnificent Fraud
1939 · Movie
Maisie
1939 · Movie
Hotel Imperial
1939 · Movie
Idiot's Delight
1939 · Movie
Stand Up and Fight
1939 · Movie
Kentucky
1938 · Movie
While New York Sleeps
1938 · Movie
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Movie
I Stand Accused
1938 · Movie
Tarnished Angel
1938 · Movie
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Movie
I Am the Law
1938 · Movie
Highway Patrol
1938 · Movie
Miracle Money
1938 · Movie
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938 · Movie
Blondes at Work
1938 · Movie
Love Is a Headache
1938 · Movie
Navy Blue and Gold
1937 · Movie
Madame X
1937 · Movie
Meet the Boy Friend
1937 · Movie
The Last Train from Madrid
1937 · Movie
A Day at the Races
1937 · Movie
Trapped
1937 · Movie
Guns of the Pecos
1936 · Movie
General Spanky
1936 · Movie
Hats Off
1936 · Movie
Hideaway Girl
1936 · Movie
Cain and Mabel
1936 · Movie
A Son Comes Home
1936 · Movie
Two Against the World
1936 · Movie
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 · Movie
F-Man
1936 · Movie
Frankie and Johnnie
1936 · Movie
Muss 'em Up
1936 · Movie
You May Be Next!
1936 · Movie
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935 · Movie
If You Could Only Cook
1935 · Movie
Too Tough to Kill
1935 · Movie
Super Speed
1935 · Movie
One Way Ticket
1935 · Movie
Grand Exit
1935 · Movie
She Couldn't Take It
1935 · Movie
The Public Menace
1935 · Movie
Atlantic Adventure
1935 · Movie
The Black Room
1935 · Movie
After the Dance
1935 · Movie
Unknown Woman
1935 · Movie
The Awakening of Jim Burke
1935 · Movie
Air Hawks
1935 · Movie
Party Wire
1935 · Movie
Good Luck – Best Wishes
1934 · Movie
The Studio Murder Mystery
1932 · Movie
Excuse the Pardon
1930 · Movie
The Valiant
1929 · Movie