Willard Robertson
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-12-31
Place of birth
Runnels, Texas, USA
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Cast
Laddie
1935
0.00
The Last of the Mohicans
1936
6.30
Gangs of New York
1938
4.90
Background to Danger
1943
6.60
Remember the Night
1940
7.29
My Little Chickadee
1940
6.40
Roman Scandals
1933
5.80
Lady Killer
1933
6.94
Steady Company
1932
0.00
Straight from the Heart
1935
0.00
Deep Valley
1947
5.62
One Is Guilty
1934
2.67
The Gay Caballero
1932
0.00
My Favorite Brunette
1947
6.63
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
6.80
Range War
1939
4.00
Along Came Jones
1945
5.60
North West Mounted Police
1940
6.35
To Each His Own
1946
6.90
Skippy
1931
6.04
Brigham Young
1940
4.40
Here Comes the Navy
1934
5.90
Tugboat Annie
1933
7.00
The Night of January 16th
1941
5.00
Virtue
1932
6.40
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
6.70
Juke Girl
1942
6.50
Supernatural
1933
6.10
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
5.30
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
6.00
Ever in My Heart
1933
5.30
Destination Unknown
1933
0.00
You and Me
1938
6.50
Three Godfathers
1936
6.88
Wild Girl
1932
6.00
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
5.60
Dante's Inferno
1935
6.20
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
6.30
Larceny on the Air
1937
5.00
Graft
1931
4.50
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
5.60
He Was Her Man
1934
6.20
Housewife
1934
7.09
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
6.00
Park Avenue Logger
1937
6.00
Have a Heart
1934
7.00
Exclusive
1937
6.00
Men with Wings
1938
5.00
Two Alone
1934
7.00
East of Fifth Avenue
1933
5.70
Dark Hazard
1934
5.40
Union Pacific
1939
6.58
Murder in the Private Car
1934
5.27
Whirlpool
1934
5.94
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
5.30
His Night Out
1935
0.00
Guilty as Hell
1932
5.80
Frisco Jenny
1933
6.30
Upperworld
1934
6.30
Elinor Norton
1934
6.00
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
7.00
Another Language
1933
6.30
Operator 13
1934
5.80
Kentucky
1938
5.80
The Last of the Duanes
1930
3.00
I'll Tell the World
1934
0.00
John Meade's Woman
1937
0.00
Heat Lightning
1934
6.80
The Cisco Kid
1931
5.90
Texas
1941
6.50
Transient Lady
1935
5.50
Doctor X
1932
6.00
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
7.30
The Virginian
1946
6.05
Jesse James
1939
6.50
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
6.20
Renegades
1946
5.20
Castle on the Hudson
1940
6.80
Heritage of the Desert
1939
5.80
Sitting Pretty
1948
7.02
Each Dawn I Die
1939
6.79
Silence
1931
7.50
Wake Island
1942
5.80
Air Force
1943
6.50
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
7.71
Winterset
1936
5.70
Call Her Savage
1932
5.50
Trick for Trick
1933
0.00
The Secret Bride
1934
5.90
Gambling Lady
1934
6.20
Main Street Lawyer
1939
2.00
My Son Is a Criminal
1939
0.00
Tom Brown of Culver
1932
5.20
This Is My Affair
1937
7.30
Shanghaied Love
1931
0.00
Perilous Holiday
1946
0.00
I Married a Doctor
1936
4.70
Behind the Mask
1932
5.69
Central Airport
1933
6.10
No Time for Love
1943
6.83
That Girl from Paris
1936
6.60
The Broken Wing
1932
5.00
Death on the Diamond
1934
7.00
Roaring Timber
1937
5.00
Female
1933
6.15
Nine Girls
1944
5.30
The Go-Getter
1937
5.80
Mills of the Gods
1934
0.00
Gallant Journey
1946
6.10
If I Had a Million
1932
6.60
Fair Warning
1931
0.00
The Monster and the Girl
1941
5.69
Hot Water
1937
5.00
Let's Talk It Over
1934
0.00
Million Dollar Baby
1934
0.00
Men of the Timberland
1941
0.00
Dangerous Waters
1936
4.50
Island in the Sky
1938
7.00
The Old Homestead
1935
0.00
Okay, America!
1932
5.30
The First Baby
1936
0.00
Sooky
1931
1.00
Two Bright Boys
1939
0.00
The Texas Bad Man
1932
1.00
I Wanted Wings
1941
5.40
Daughters of the Night
1924
0.00
Forced Landing
1935
0.00
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
5.80