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Robert Middleton (I) (1911–1977)

Despite the fact that hefty, beetle-browed character actor Robert Middleton (born Samuel G. Messer) was known for most of his career as a mop-faced villain capable of the most vicious and contemptible of crimes, the man himself was quite a happy and hearty gent who loved to play practical jokes, particularly on his family... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1977 Hunter (TV series)
 
1974 Remember When (TV movie)
Kraus, the Butcher
 
1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Marshal Ford
The Passion of Chen Yi (1974) … Marshal Ford
 
1973 Columbo (TV series)
Vic Norris
Double Exposure (1973) … Vic Norris
 
1973 The Harrad Experiment
Sidney Bower
 
1973 Even Angels Eat Beans
Angelo
 
1973 McCloud (TV series)
Elliott Jason
The Million Dollar Round Up (1973) … Elliott Jason
 
1973 Mannix (TV series)
Jake Coryell
The Man Who Wasn't There (1973) … Jake Coryell
 
1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Clavering
Underground (1972) … Clavering
 
1971-1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Grayson / Verle Wheelwright
Don't Get Mad, Get Even (1972) … Verle Wheelwright
The Bounty Hunter (1971) … Grayson
 
1972 Fair Play (TV movie)
Jova Purvis
 
1971 Company of Killers (TV movie)
Owen Brady
 
1970 Which Way to the Front?
Colonico
 
1970 Run, Jack, Run (TV movie)
Smiley John Grazioni
 
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club
Barkeeper - Great Plains Saloon
 
1970 Get Smart (TV series)
The Whip
I Am Curiously Yellow (1970) … The Whip
 
1967-1968 The Big Valley (TV series)
Judge Tyrone / Sidney Glover
Rimfire (1968) … Sidney Glover
Down Shadow Street (1967) … Judge Tyrone
 
1960-1967 Bonanza (TV series)
C.J. Shasta / Grizzly Martingale / Sam Bryant
The Greedy Ones (1967) … C.J. Shasta
King of the Mountain (1964) … Grizzly Martingale
Death at Dawn (1960) … Sam Bryant
 
1966-1967 The Monroes (TV series)
Barney Wales
To Break a Colt (1967) … Barney Wales
Mark of Death (1967) … Barney Wales
Range War (1966) … Barney Wales
Ordeal by Hope (1966) … Barney Wales
 
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Dennis Wilcox
 
1966 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Simon Brasher
The Gun (1966) … Simon Brasher
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Emir El Emid
The Night of the Grand Emir (1966) … Emir El Emid
 
1965-1966 Burke's Law (TV series)
Jed Hawkes / Ezekiel Kindworth aka 'Rocky Mountain' / Ragnar Windsor
Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 2 (1966) … Jed Hawkes
Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 1 (1966) … Jed Hawkes
Who Killed the Man on the White Horse? (1965) … Ragnar Windsor
Who Killed the Strangler? (1965) … Ezekiel Kindworth aka 'Rocky Mountain'
 
1963-1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Duke Aberdeen / Josh Green / Judge John Jefferson Hogan / …
Brush War at Buford (1965) … Duke Aberdeen
Incident at Deadhorse: Part I (1964) … Judge John Jefferson Hogan
Incident of the Travellin' Man (1963) … Matt Harger
Incident of the Mountain Man (1963) … Josh Green
 
1965 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Homer Ferguson
Alec Tate (1965) … Homer Ferguson
 
1958-1965 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Frank Davis / Dutch Mac
The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 2 (1965) … Dutch Mac
Texas John Slaughter: Ambush in Laredo (1958) … Frank Davis
Texas John Slaughter (1958) … Frank Davis
 
1964 The Rogues (TV series)
Mayor Ed Bramlette
The Project Man (1964) … Mayor Ed Bramlette
 
1964 For Those Who Think Young
Burford Sanford Cronin
 
1964 East Side/West Side (TV series)
Frank D'Angelo
The Beatnik and the Politician (1964) … Frank D'Angelo
 
1963 Cattle King
Clay Mathews
 
1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Judge Daniel Redmond
The Case of the Witless Witness (1963) … Judge Daniel Redmond
 
1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Franchi
The Man Who Came Home Late (1963) … Franchi
 
1955-1962 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Dorf / Dutch George / Jake Worth
The Hunger (1962) … Dorf
Dutch George (1956) … Dutch George
Word of Honor (1955) … Jake Worth
 
1962 Kraft Mystery Theater (TV series)
Change of Heart (1962)
 
1961-1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Dolan / Frank Guido
The Blind Goddess (1962) … Dolan
The Million Dollar Dump (1961) … Frank Guido
 
1961 The New Breed (TV series)
Stanley Mannis
I Remember Murder (1961) … Stanley Mannis
 
1960-1961 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Bodie Seaton / Caleb Timmons / Kreegar
Man of Another Breed (1961) … Caleb Timmons
The Diamond Dude (1961) … Bodie Seaton
Leading Citizen (1960) … Bodie Seaton
Threat of Death (1960) … Kreegar
 
1961 The Investigators (TV series)
John DeLuca
De Luca (1961) … John DeLuca
 
1961 Thriller (TV series)
Monsieur de Paris / Ohrback
Guillotine (1961) … Monsieur de Paris
The Fingers of Fear (1961) … Ohrback
 
1960-1961 The Untouchables (TV series)
Mayor Anton J. Cermak / Barney Loomis / Mayer Wartel
The King of Champagne (1961) … Barney Loomis
The Masterpiece (1961) … Mayer Wartel
 
1961 The Americans (TV series)
Sen. Benjamin Wade
The Inquisitors (1961) … Sen. Benjamin Wade
 
1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Whitney 'Whit' Gaynor
Storm Over Eden (1961) … Whitney 'Whit' Gaynor
 
1961 The Law and Mr. Jones (TV series)
Accidental Tourist (1961)
 
1961 The Rebel (TV series)
Arthur Sutro
The Road to Jericho (1961) … Arthur Sutro
 
1961 Gold of the Seven Saints
Amos Gondora
 
1961 The Great Impostor
R.C. Brown
 
1961 Witchcraft (TV movie)
Martin Plomb
 
1960 The Tall Man (TV series)
Paul Mason
Garrett and the Kid (1960) … Paul Mason
 
1960 Wrangler (TV series)
Josiah Cunningham
A Time for Hanging (1960) … Josiah Cunningham
 
1960 The Detectives (TV series)
Big Jim Davis
Time and Tide (1960) … Big Jim Davis
 
1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Nat Burikett
The Tom Tuckett Story (1960) … Nat Burikett
 
1960 Hell Bent for Leather
Ambrose
 
1960 Wichita Town (TV series)
Sam Buhl
Bought (1960) … Sam Buhl
 
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Change of Heart (1960)
 
1959 Buick-Electra Playhouse (TV series)
The Killers (1959)
 
1959 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Howard Bailey
Paradise Lost (1959) … Howard Bailey
 
1959 The Real McCoys (TV series)
Jim Slade
The Politician (1959) … Jim Slade
 
1959 Don't Give Up the Ship
Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
Eagle in a Cage (1958)
 
1958 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Big Keel Roberts
Double Showdown (1958) … Big Keel Roberts
 
1958 No Place to Land
Buck LaVonne
 
1958 Bitter Heritage (TV movie)
Luke Crocker
 
1958 The Law and Jake Wade
Ortero
 
1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Sheriff Ed Mullen
The Town That Slept with the Lights On (1958) … Sheriff Ed Mullen
 
1957-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Luke Crocker / Perea
Bitter Heritage (1958) … Luke Crocker
The Death of Manolete (1957) … Perea
 
1958 Day of the Badman
Charlie Hayes
 
1956-1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Primo
Code of the Corner (1958) … Primo
 
1957 Suspicion (TV series)
Jim Adams
Doomsday (1957) … Jim Adams
 
1957 The Walter Winchell File (TV series)
Aaron Benjamin
The Law and Aaron Benjamin (1957) … Aaron Benjamin
 
1957 The Tarnished Angels
Matt Ord
 
1957 So Lovely... So Deadly
Eddie Rocco (as Bob Middleton)
 
1957 The Lonely Man
Ben Ryerson
 
1956-1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Cato Stone / Louis Koster / Sam Klinker
The Indestructible Mr. Weems (1957) … Cato Stone
The Better Bargain (1956) … Louis Koster
Crack of Doom (1956) … Sam Klinker
 
1957 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV series)
Tichborne
The Tichborne Claimant (1957) … Tichborne
 
1955-1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Innkeeper / Lt. Toler
A Child Is Born (1956) … Innkeeper
A Child Is Born (1955) … Innkeeper
The Blond Dog (1955) … Lt. Toler
 
1956 Studio 57 (TV series)
Challenge (1956)
 
1956 Love Me Tender
Mr. Siringo
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Titus Semple
Flamingo Road (1956) … Titus Semple
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series)
Heinrich Schliemann
 
1956 The Proud Ones
Honest John Barrett
 
1956 Red Sundown
Rufus Henshaw
 
1956 Front Row Center (TV series)
The Morals Squad (1956)
 
1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Maggio
Big Joe's Comin' Home (1955) … Maggio
 
1955 The Court Jester
Sir Griswold
 
1955 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
Santa is no Saint (1955)
 
1955 Trial
A.A. 'Fats' Sanders
 
1955 The Desperate Hours
Sam Kobish
 
1955 Star Stage (TV series)
On Trial (1955)
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
Sheriff
The Dance (1955) … Sheriff
 
1955 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
 
1955 The Big Combo
Police Capt. Peterson
 
1954 The Silver Chalice
Idbash
 
1954 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
William Harper
The Great Gamble (1954) … William Harper
 
1954 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Henry Tremaine
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1954) … Henry Tremaine
 
1954 The Man Behind the Badge (TV series)
Lorenz C. Schmuhl
The Indiana State Prison Story (1954) … Lorenz C. Schmuhl
 
1954 Man Against Crime (TV series)
Joseph Merko
Target with Two T's (1954) … Joseph Merko
 
1953 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
J.J. Marshall / John J. Marshall / Police Captain / …
The Honeymooners: New Year's Eve Party (1953) … John J. Marshall (uncredited)
Santa and the Bookies (1953) … Police Detective
Finger Man (1953) … Police Chief Brady
The Honeymooners: Letter to the Boss (1953) … J.J. Marshall
Anniversary Gift (1953) … Police Captain (uncredited)
 
1953 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
No Visible Means (1953)
 
1953 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
The Manager
Confessions of a Nervous Man (1953) … The Manager
 
1953 The Big Story (TV series)
The Cat
The Cat (1953) … The Cat
The Cat … The Cat
 
1953 Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series)
Sloane
Something for an Empty Briefcase (1953) … Sloane
 
1953 Suspense (TV series)
Bill West
The Quarry (1953) … Bill West
 
1953 Tales of Tomorrow (TV series)
Dr. John Borrow
Another Chance (1953) … Dr. John Borrow
 
1952 The Adventures of Ellery Queen (TV series)
Tim Hadden
Buck Fever (1952) … Tim Hadden
 
1952 Duck and Cover (short)
Narrator (uncredited)
 
1951 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Make Believe (1951)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 James Dean: Forever Young (documentary)
Himself
 
1960 The Gun of Zangara (TV movie)
Mayor Anton J. Cermak
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1965 he co-starred in an unsold pilot for a proposed ABC dramatic series called "Will Banner" about a prizefighter-turned-sheriff. Steve Forrest played the title role. See more »

Alternate Names:

Bob Middleton

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Star Sign:

Taurus