Willard Robertson
Acting
Born 1885-12-31
Died 1948-04-05
Runnels, Texas, USA
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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.
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Doctor X
Jesse James
The Ox-Bow Incident
Union Pacific
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Remember the Night
Housewife
Brigham Young
Air Force
Along Came Jones
The Virginian
Wake Island
My Favorite Brunette
Nine Girls
Texas
No Time for Love
Each Dawn I Die
If I Had a Million
Lady Killer
Three Godfathers
One Is Guilty
Transient Lady
North West Mounted Police
The Go-Getter
Call Her Savage
Operator 13
You and Me
Roman Scandals
Moontide
Sitting Pretty
To Each His Own
Ever in My Heart
Central Airport
The Last of the Mohicans
The Monster and the Girl
Wild Girl
The Gorgeous Hussy
Main Street Lawyer
Female
Mills of the Gods
I'll Tell the World
Gallant Journey
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
His Night Out
Juke Girl
Men with Wings
Exclusive
Winterset
The Man Who Lived Twice
Deep Valley
Wild Boys of the Road
Tugboat Annie
Dante's Inferno
He Was Her Man
Here Comes the Navy
Skippy
Torchy Gets Her Man
Background to Danger
I Wanted Wings
Renegades
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