Willard Robertson
Acting
Born December 31, 1885 · Runnels, Texas, USA
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.
Films (129)
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
Sitting Pretty
1948
Deep Valley
1947
My Favorite Brunette
1947
Gallant Journey
1946
Renegades
1946
The Virginian
1946
Perilous Holiday
1946
To Each His Own
1946
Along Came Jones
1945
Nine Girls
1944
Background to Danger
1943
No Time for Love
1943
Air Force
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
Wake Island
1942
Juke Girl
1942
The Night of January 16th
1941
Texas
1941
Men of the Timberland
1941
I Wanted Wings
1941
The Monster and the Girl
1941
North West Mounted Police
1940
Brigham Young
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
Castle on the Hudson
1940
My Little Chickadee
1940
Remember the Night
1940
Main Street Lawyer
1939
Two Bright Boys
1939
Range War
1939
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Heritage of the Desert
1939
Union Pacific
1939
My Son Is a Criminal
1939
Jesse James
1939
Kentucky
1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
Men with Wings
1938
You and Me
1938
Gangs of New York
1938
Island in the Sky
1938
Hot Water
1937
Exclusive
1937
Roaring Timber
1937
This Is My Affair
1937
The Go-Getter
1937
Park Avenue Logger
1937
John Meade's Woman
1937
Larceny on the Air
1937
That Girl from Paris
1936
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
Winterset
1936
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
The Last of the Mohicans
1936
I Married a Doctor
1936
The First Baby
1936
Three Godfathers
1936
Dangerous Waters
1936
Forced Landing
1935
The Old Homestead
1935
His Night Out
1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
Dante's Inferno
1935
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
Straight from the Heart
1935
Laddie
1935
Transient Lady
1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
Million Dollar Baby
1934
The Secret Bride
1934
Mills of the Gods
1934
Elinor Norton
1934
Death on the Diamond
1934
Have a Heart
1934
Housewife
1934
Here Comes the Navy
1934
Murder in the Private Car
1934
He Was Her Man
1934
Operator 13
1934
Let's Talk It Over
1934
One Is Guilty
1934
Upperworld
1934
I'll Tell the World
1934
Whirlpool
1934
Gambling Lady
1934
Heat Lightning
1934
Dark Hazard
1934
Two Alone
1934
Lady Killer
1933
East of Fifth Avenue
1933
Roman Scandals
1933
Female
1933
Ever in My Heart
1933
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
Tugboat Annie
1933
Another Language
1933
Supernatural
1933
Trick for Trick
1933
Central Airport
1933
Destination Unknown
1933
Frisco Jenny
1933
Call Her Savage
1932
If I Had a Million
1932
Wild Girl
1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
Virtue
1932
Okay, America!
1932
Guilty as Hell
1932
Doctor X
1932
Tom Brown of Culver
1932
The Texas Bad Man
1932
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
The Broken Wing
1932
Steady Company
1932
Behind the Mask
1932
The Gay Caballero
1932
Sooky
1931
The Cisco Kid
1931
Graft
1931
Shanghaied Love
1931
Silence
1931
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
Skippy
1931
Fair Warning
1931
The Last of the Duanes
1930
Daughters of the Night
1924