
Willard Robertson
Born: 1885-12-31
Place of Birth: Runnels, Texas, USA
Biography
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.
Known For

No Time for Love

Roman Scandals

Have a Heart

Air Force

Straight from the Heart

Range War

Jesse James

Forced Landing

Roaring Timber

Sitting Pretty

Tugboat Annie

Texas

The Virginian

Hot Water

The Old Homestead

Shanghaied Love

Doctor X

Okay, America!

Graft

Female

Renegades

Wake Island

Kentucky

The Cisco Kid

Brigham Young

Skippy

Destination Unknown

Deep Valley

Wild Girl

Frisco Jenny

Housewife

Upperworld

The Ox-Bow Incident

Heritage of the Desert

Silence

Supernatural

Virtue

Transient Lady

Exclusive

Nine Girls

Mills of the Gods

Sooky

Winterset

Elinor Norton

Along Came Jones

Lady Killer

Fury at Furnace Creek

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

Here Comes the Navy

I'll Tell the World

Steady Company

Let's Talk It Over

Juke Girl

Ever in My Heart

Central Airport

The Secret Bride

Call Her Savage

The Last of the Mohicans

Dante's Inferno

The Famous Ferguson Case

Gambling Lady

I Married a Doctor

One Is Guilty

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Park Avenue Logger

Lucky Cisco Kid

My Little Chickadee

I Wanted Wings

You and Me

If I Had a Million

Union Pacific

To Each His Own

This Is My Affair

Remember the Night

The Gay Caballero

Main Street Lawyer

North West Mounted Police

The Night of January 16th

My Favorite Brunette

That Girl from Paris

The Go-Getter

Tom Brown of Culver

Background to Danger

His Night Out

The Gorgeous Hussy

He Was Her Man

The Monster and the Girl

Two Alone

Men with Wings

Wild Boys of the Road

Each Dawn I Die

The Lawyer's Secret

John Meade's Woman

East of Fifth Avenue

Gangs of New York

Three Godfathers

Perilous Holiday

Heat Lightning

Two Bright Boys

The Last of the Duanes

Torchy Gets Her Man

The Rider of Death Valley

Death on the Diamond

Island in the Sky

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Behind the Mask

The First Baby

Castle on the Hudson

Operator 13

Laddie

Another Language

Gallant Journey

Whirlpool

Dark Hazard

Fair Warning

Larceny on the Air

Million Dollar Baby

The Texas Bad Man

Wanted: Jane Turner

Daughters of the Night

The Broken Wing

Guilty as Hell

The Man Who Lived Twice

Murder in the Private Car

Oil for the Lamps of China

Men of the Timberland
