Willard Robertson(1886-1948)

Actor
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À chaque aube je meurs (1939)

Lawyer who abandoned his profession to take up the actor's calling - although lawyer and actor are essentially kindred spirits, each deriving his livelihood from the art of pretending. Robertson acted in Hollywood films from 1930 until the year he died, typically portraying men of authority such as doctors, elected officials, military officers and - yes - lawyers.

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Clara Bow, Willard Robertson, and Estelle Taylor in Fille de feu (1932)

Gary Cooper, Willard Robertson, and Loretta Young in Le grand Bill (1945)

Willard Robertson in Le grand Bill (1945)

Richard Bennett, Willard Robertson, John St. Polis, Larry Steers, and Frederick Sullivan in Si j'avais un million (1932)

Willard Robertson in Les carrefours de la ville (1931)

El Brendel, Janet Chandler, and Willard Robertson in Born to Fight (1932)

Janet Chandler and Willard Robertson in Born to Fight (1932)

Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, and Willard Robertson in Once a Sinner (1931)

Known for:

Docteur X

6.4

Detective O'Halloran

1932

L'étrange incident

8.0

Sheriff Risley

1942

Mon fils a tué

5.3

Tom Halloran Sr.

1939

Lucille Ball, Bonnie Bannon, Myrla Bratton, Eddie Cantor, Dolores Casey, Rosaline Fromson, June Gale, The Goldwyn Girls, and Marguerite Caverley in Scandales romains (1933)

Scandales romains

6.6

Warren Finley Cooper

1933

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Massacre à Furnace Creek
6.8
- Gen. Leads
- 1948
Bonne à tout faire
7.4
- Mr. Ashcroft
- 1948
Deep Valley
6.8
- Sheriff
- 1947
La brune de mes rêves
6.7
- Prison Warden
- 1947
Gallant Journey
6.3
- Zachary Montgomery
- 1946
Le Traître du Far-West
6.4
- Judge Henry (uncredited)
- 1946
Les indomptés
5.9
- Nathan Brockway
- 1946
Perilous Holiday
5.9
- Graeme
- 1946
À chacun son destin
7.6
- Dr. Hunt
- 1946
Le grand Bill
6.4
- Luke Packard
- 1945
Nine Girls
6.6
- Capt. Brooks
- 1944
Intrigues en Orient
6.4
- McNamara
- 1943
La Dangereuse Aventure
6.8
- Construction Company President (uncredited)
- 1943
Air Force
7.0
- Colonel at Hickam Field
- 1943
L'étrange incident
8.0
- Sheriff Risley
- 1942

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Height
- 1.85 m
Born
- January 1, 1886
- Runnels, Texas, USA
Died
- April 5, 1948
- Hollywood, California, USA
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Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "The Builders" on Broadway. Written by Marion Fairfax. Astor Theatre: 20 May 1907-Jun 1907 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Charles Dow Clark, John J. Collins, Master Richard Cubitt, Margaret Ellsworth, Marion Fairfax, John Fenton, Amelia Gardner, William Ingersoll (as "Roger Grant"), Harry Mainhall, Tully Marshall, Albert Meyer, Theodore Morris, Milano Cary Tilden, Henry J. West. Produced by The Tully Marshall Co.