Robert Middlemass
Acting
Born 1883-09-03
Died 1949-09-10
New Britain, Connecticut, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
A Day at the Races
Unknown Woman
The Black Room
Tarnished Angel
Idiot's Delight
The Mad Miss Manton
If You Could Only Cook
The Cowboy and the Lady
Hold That Blonde!
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Madame X
The Last Train from Madrid
The Saint Takes Over
Super Speed
Lady Scarface
Stanley and Livingstone
Bombardier
Two Against the World
Stand Up and Fight
Main Street After Dark
Navy Blue and Gold
Indianapolis Speedway
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Coast Guard
Road to Zanzibar
I Am the Law
Hideaway Girl
She Couldn't Take It
Muss 'em Up
The Payoff
Gold Rush Maisie
Blackmail
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Little Old New York
Hotel Imperial
Kentucky
Cain and Mabel
Love Is a Headache
After the Dance
Blondes at Work
Hats Off
The Arizona Kid
Arsène Lupin Returns
The Black Raven
The Valiant
General Spanky
Meet the Boy Friend
Guns of the Pecos
Party Wire
No Hands on the Clock
Atlantic Adventure
You May Be Next!
Espionage Agent
While New York Sleeps
Johnny Doughboy
Air Hawks
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Slightly Honorable
Miracle Money
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