Willard Robertson
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
Laddie
as Mr. John Stanton
1935
The Last of the Mohicans
as Captain Winthrop
1936
Gangs of New York
as Inspector Sullivan
1938
Background to Danger
as 'Mac' McNamara
1943
Remember the Night
as Francis X. O'Leary
1940
My Little Chickadee
as Uncle John
1940
Roman Scandals
as Warren Finley Cooper
1933
Lady Killer
as Detective Conroy
1933
Steady Company
as Pop Henley
1932
Straight from the Heart
as District Attorney
1935
Deep Valley
as Sheriff Akers
1947
One Is Guilty
as Wells Deveroux
1934
The Gay Caballero
as Major Lawrence Blount
1932
My Favorite Brunette
as Prison Warden
1947
Wild Boys of the Road
as Captain of Detectives
1933
Range War
as Buck Collins
1939
Along Came Jones
as Luke Packard
1945
North West Mounted Police
as Supt. Harrington
1940
To Each His Own
as Dr. Hunt
1946
Skippy
as Herbert Skinner
1931