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Robert F. Hill (1886–1966)

Director | Actor | Writer

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Hill was sent by Universal Pictures to Japan to open a movie studio, where he made friends with a young American consul. The consul told him that other people had tried to open up studios in Japan, only to be scared away by the locals, who faked an uprising and then took over the studio when the Americans had gone back home... See more trivia »

Born:

in Port Rohen, Ontario, Canada

Died:

(age 79) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1966 Deadly Ray from Mars (TV movie) (archive footage - uncredited)
 
1964 Tarzan the Fearless (TV movie) (as Robert Hill)
 
1941 Wanderers of the West (as Robert Hill)
 
1940 East Side Kids (as Bob Hill)
 
1939 Overland Mail (as Robert Hill)
 
1939 Drifting Westward (as Robert Hill)
 
1938 Wild Horse Canyon (as Robert Hill)
 
1938 Mars Attacks the World (archive footage)
 
1938 Man's Country (as Robert Hill)
 
1938 Whirlwind Horseman (as Robert Hill)
 
1938 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (as Robert Hill)
 
1938 The Painted Trail (as Robert Hill)
 
1937 Million Dollar Racket (as Bob Hill)
 
1937 Flying Fists (as Bob Hill)
 
1937 Mystery Range (as Bob Hill)
 
1937 The Feud of the Trail (as Bob Hill)
 
1937/I Blake of Scotland Yard (as Bob Hill)
 
1937/II Blake of Scotland Yard (as Bob Hill)
 
1937 The Roaming Cowboy (as Robert Hill)
 
1937 Cheyenne Rides Again (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 Silks and Saddles (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 The Phantom of the Range (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 Law and Lead (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 Two Minutes to Play (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (as Bob Hill)
 
1936/I Shadow of Chinatown (as Bob Hill)
 
1936/II Shadow of Chinatown (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 Put on the Spot (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 Men of the Plains (as Robert Hill)
 
1936 The Idaho Kid (as Robert Hill)
 
1936 Kelly of the Secret Service (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 West of Nevada (as Robert Hill)
 
1936 Prison Shadows (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 Too Much Beef (as Robert Hill)
 
1936 The Rogues' Tavern (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 Rio Grande Romance (as Robert Hill)
 
1936 Taming the Wild (as Bob Hill)
 
1936 A Face in the Fog (as Bob Hill)
 
1936/II Flash Gordon (archive footage)
 
1935 Danger Trails (as Bob Hill)
 
1935/II Queen of the Jungle (as Robert Hill)
 
1935 The Vanishing Riders (as Bob Hill)
 
1935 The Texas Rambler (as Bob Hill)
 
1935 The Cyclone Ranger (as Bob Hill)
 
1935 Six Gun Justice (as Bob Hill)
 
1935/I Queen of the Jungle (as Robert Hill)
 
1934 Cowboy Holiday (as Bob Hill)
 
1934 Frontier Days (as Robert Hill)
 
1934 Outlaw's Highway (as Bob Hill)
 
1934 Inside Information (as Robert E. Hill)
 
1934 A Demon for Trouble (as Bob Hill)
 
1933 Fighting Playboy
 
1933 Tarzan the Fearless (as Robert Hill)
 
1933 The Cheyenne Kid (as Robert Hill)
 
1932 The Bride's Bereavement; or, The Snake in the Grass (short)
 
1932 Come on Danger! (as Robert Hill)
 
1932 The Engineer's Daughter; or, Iron Minnie's Revenge (short)
 
1932 Love Bound
 
1931 Sundown Trail
 
1931 Heroes of the Flames
 
1931 Spell of the Circus (as Robert Hill)
 
1930 Terry of the 'Times' (as Robert Hill)
 
1929 Melody Lane
 
1929 Silks and Saddles
 
1928 Life's Mockery
 
1928 A Million for Love
 
1928 Haunted Island
 
1927 Blake of Scotland Yard
 
1927 The Return of the Riddle Rider
 
1926 The Bar-C Mystery
 
1925 Wild West
 
1925 Idaho
 
1924 Young Ideas
 
1924 Dark Stairways
 
1924 The Dangerous Blonde
 
1924 Excitement
 
1924 Jack O'Clubs
 
1924 The Breathless Moment
 
1923 His Mystery Girl
 
1923 Crooked Alley
 
1923 Shadows of the North
 
1923 The Phantom Fortune
 
1923 The Social Buccaneer (as Robert Hill)
 
1923 Around the World in Eighteen Days
 
1922 Rustlers of the Redwoods (short)
 
1922 The Radio King
 
1922 The Big Ranger (short)
 
1922 The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (as Robert Hill)
 
1922 Desperation (short)
 
1922 The Trail of the Wolf (short)
 
1922 Fighting Back (short)
 
1922 Captain Kidd's Finish (short)
 
1922 The Deputy's Double Cross (short)
 
1921 The Alarm (short)
 
1921 Brand of Courage (short)
 
1921 The Adventures of Tarzan
 
1921 Old Dynamite (short)
 
1920 The Flaming Disc
 
1919 The Great Radium Mystery
 
1917 The Seeds of Redemption (short)
 
1917 A Dangerous Double (short)
 
1916 It Didn't Work Out Right (short)
 
1916/I Ashes (short)
 
1916 The Mantle of Deceit (short)
 
1916 The Girl Who Didn't Tell (short)
 
1916 The Highway of Fate (short)
 
1916 A Knight of the Night (short)
 
1916 Won by Valor (short)
 
1916 Temptation and the Man
 
1916 The Crystal's Warning (short)
 
1916 The Rogue with a Heart (short)
 
1916 The Unconventional Girl (short)
 
1916 Claudia (short)
 
1916 Just Kitty (short)
 
1916 The Doctor of the Afternoon Arm (short)
 
1916 Cinders (short)
 
1916 The Trail of the Wild Wolf (short)
 
Show ShowActor (51 titles)
1950 Bunco Squad
Preacher (uncredited)
 
1945 Flaming Bullets
Ranger Captain (uncredited)
 
1945 I'll Remember April
Board Member (uncredited)
 
1944 Block Busters
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1944 Fuzzy Settles Down
Jones - Bidder for Newspaper (as Robert Hill)
 
1944 The Drifter
Banker Thomas Barton (uncredited)
 
1944 Cover Girl
Headwaiter (uncredited)
 
1944 Men on Her Mind
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1943 Calling Dr. Death
Judge (uncredited)
 
1943 Boss of Rawhide
Ranger Captain John Wyatt (as Robert Hill)
 
1943 Son of Dracula
Deputy Shooting at Frank (uncredited)
 
1943 Trail of Terror
Captain Curtis (as Robert Hill)
 
1943 Blazing Frontier
Railroad Official John Trainor (uncredited)
 
1943 Ghosts on the Loose
Minister at Wedding (uncredited)
 
1943 Law of the Saddle
Tom (uncredited)
 
1943 Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Myers (uncredited)
 
1943 Wolves of the Range
Judge Brandon (as Bob Hill)
 
1943 Girls in Chains
Dr. Orchard (uncredited)
 
1943 Western Cyclone
Judge (uncredited)
 
1943 Redhead from Manhattan
Counterman (uncredited)
 
1943 Keep 'Em Slugging
Personnel Manager, as Bob Hill on cast sheet (uncredited)
 
1943 The More the Merrier
Headwaiter (uncredited)
 
1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Warden (uncredited)
 
1943 Wild Horse Rustlers
Judge (as Robert Allen)
 
1942 Little Joe, the Wrangler
Mr. Hammond (uncredited)
 
1941 Dynamite Canyon
John Reed (uncredited)
 
1941 Flying Wild
Mr. Woodward (as Bob Hill)
 
1940 East Side Kids
Man in Telephone Montage (uncredited)
 
1937 Flying Fists
Health Camp Instructor (uncredited)
 
1937 Mystery Range
The Chief (uncredited)
 
1937 The Feud of the Trail
Association Chief Watson (uncredited)
 
1937 Cheyenne Rides Again
Bartender Ed (uncredited)
 
1936 Silks and Saddles
Stableman (uncredited)
 
1936 The Phantom of the Range
Auctioneer Robert (uncredited)
 
1936/I Shadow of Chinatown
Pedestrian [Ch. 14] (uncredited)
 
1936/II Shadow of Chinatown
Rooftop Fight Spectator (uncredited)
 
1936 Put on the Spot
Jailer (uncredited)
 
1936 West of Nevada
Cafe Diner (uncredited)
 
1936 A Face in the Fog
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1935 Danger Trails
The Father (uncredited)
 
1935 The Texas Rambler
The Phantom (uncredited)
 
1935 Six Gun Justice
Bill Slade (Jim's Father) (uncredited)
 
1934 Cowboy Holiday
Mr. Hopkins, Ruth's Father (uncredited)
 
1934 Frontier Days
Chief Burrows (uncredited)
 
1934 Inside Information
Police Chief Gallagher (as Bob Hill)
 
1934 A Demon for Trouble
Rancher (uncredited)
 
1932 Love Bound
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
 
1917 The Girl by the Roadside
Rayban
 
1917 The Raggedy Queen
Tom Brennon
 
1916 The Little Fraud (short)
Jim (as Bob Hill)
 
1915 Li'l Nor'wester (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (50 titles)
1952 Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (TV series)
– Romance (1952) (story / teleplay)
 
1937 Flying Fists (story / as Rock Hawkey)
 
1937/II Blake of Scotland Yard (original story / as Rock Hawley)
 
1937/I Blake of Scotland Yard (story / as Rock Hawkey)
 
1936 Law and Lead (story / as Rock Hawkey)
 
1936/II Shadow of Chinatown (original story / as Rock Hawkey)
 
1936/I Shadow of Chinatown (original story / as Rock Hawkey)
 
1936 West of Nevada (screenplay / as Rock Hawkey)
 
1936 Too Much Beef (screenplay / as Rock Hawkey)
 
1935 Danger Trails (as Rock Hawkey)
 
1934 Cowboy Holiday (story / as 'Roc' Hawkey)
 
1934 Frontier Days (screen play / as Jimmy Hawkey)
 
1932 The Last Frontier (dialogue)
 
1932 Love Bound (adaptation and dialogue)
 
1932 The Black Ghost
 
1931/I Trapped (short) (scenario)
 
1931 Sundown Trail (dialogue / as Robt. F. Hill / story / as Robt. F. Hill)
 
1929 Melody Lane (adaptation)
 
1929 The Last Warning (adaptation)
 
1927 The Cat and the Canary (adaptation)
 
1927 Blake of Scotland Yard
 
1927 Range Courage (adaptation)
 
1927 Hands Off (adaptation)
 
1927 Blazing Days
 
1926 The Stolen Ranch (story)
 
1923 Crooked Alley (adaptation)
 
1922 Desperation (short) (story)
 
1921 The Adventures of Tarzan (scenario)
 
1919 Upstairs (writer)
 
1919 The Tea Hound (short) (scenario / story)
 
1919 Happy Returns (short) (story)
 
1919 Full of Pep (story)
 
1918 Crown Jewels (screenplay / as Robert Hill / story / as Robert Hill)
 
1918 The Reckoning Day (screenplay / as Bob Hill / story / as Bob Hill)
 
1918 The Trap (story)
 
1918 Nancy Comes Home (writer)
 
1918 Heiress for a Day (writer)
 
1917 The Seeds of Redemption (short) (scenario)
 
1916 It Didn't Work Out Right (short) (scenario)
 
1916/I Ashes (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Mantle of Deceit (short) (scenario)
 
1916 A Knight of the Night (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Jim Slocum No. 46393 (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Unconventional Girl (short) (scenario / story)
 
1916 Claudia (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Doctor of the Afternoon Arm (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Cinders (short) (scenario)
 
1915 The Taming of Mary (short) (scenario)
 
1915 Destiny's Trump Card (short) (story)
 
1915/I The Destroyer (short) (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1937 Sky Racket (associate producer - uncredited)
 
1917 A Dangerous Double (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1932 The Last Frontier (continuity)
 
1927 The Cat and the Canary (assistant to Paul Leni - uncredited)
 
1946 Centennial Summer (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1937 Sky Racket (production supervisor - as Bob Stillman)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1931 Sundown Trail (lyrics: "I Built a Gal" 1931)
 

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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Robert Allen | 'Roc' Hawkey | Jimmy Hawkey | Rock Hawkey | Rock Hawley | Bob Hill | Robert E. Hill | Robert Hill | Robt. F. Hill | Bob Stillman

Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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Trivia:

Hill was sent by Universal Pictures to Japan to open a movie studio, where he made friends with a young American consul. The consul told him that other people had tried to open up studios in Japan, only to be scared away by the locals, who faked an uprising and then took over the studio when the Americans had gone back home... See more »

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Star Sign:

Aries