Willard Robertson
1885-12-31 ( 139 years old ) in 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.

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Fury at Furnace Creek 1948-04-30
Sitting Pretty 1948-03-10
Deep Valley 1947-07-30
My Favorite Brunette 1947-03-19
Gallant Journey 1946-09-24
Renegades 1946-06-13
The Virginian 1946-05-05
Perilous Holiday 1946-03-20
To Each His Own 1946-03-12
Along Came Jones 1945-07-19
Nine Girls 1944-02-17
Background to Danger 1943-07-03
No Time for Love 1943-04-09
Air Force 1943-03-20
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943-03-11
Wake Island 1942-08-11
Juke Girl 1942-05-30
The Night of January 16th 1941-11-28
Texas 1941-10-09
Men of the Timberland 1941-05-06
I Wanted Wings 1941-03-26
The Monster and the Girl 1941-02-28
North West Mounted Police 1940-10-22
Brigham Young 1940-09-27
Lucky Cisco Kid 1940-06-28
Castle on the Hudson 1940-02-17
My Little Chickadee 1940-02-09
Remember the Night 1940-01-19
Main Street Lawyer 1939-11-02
Two Bright Boys 1939-09-21
Range War 1939-09-08
Each Dawn I Die 1939-08-19
Heritage of the Desert 1939-06-23
Union Pacific 1939-05-05
My Son Is a Criminal 1939-02-22
Jesse James 1939-01-14
Kentucky 1938-12-30
Torchy Gets Her Man 1938-11-12
Men with Wings 1938-07-16
You and Me 1938-06-01
Gangs of New York 1938-05-23
Island in the Sky 1938-04-01
Hot Water 1937-09-24
Exclusive 1937-08-06
Roaring Timber 1937-07-03
This Is My Affair 1937-05-28
The Go-Getter 1937-05-22
Park Avenue Logger 1937-03-16
John Meade's Woman 1937-02-26
Larceny on the Air 1937-01-11
That Girl from Paris 1936-12-31
Wanted: Jane Turner 1936-12-04
Winterset 1936-12-03
The Man Who Lived Twice 1936-09-25
The Gorgeous Hussy 1936-08-28
The Last of the Mohicans 1936-07-02
I Married a Doctor 1936-04-25
The First Baby 1936-04-02
Three Godfathers 1936-03-06
Dangerous Waters 1936-02-10
Forced Landing 1935-12-02
The Old Homestead 1935-10-05
His Night Out 1935-10-01
O'Shaughnessy's Boy 1935-09-27
Dante's Inferno 1935-08-23
Oil for the Lamps of China 1935-06-08
Straight from the Heart 1935-03-22
Laddie 1935-03-18
Transient Lady 1935-03-04
Biography of a Bachelor Girl 1935-01-04
Million Dollar Baby 1934-12-29
The Secret Bride 1934-12-22
Mills of the Gods 1934-12-15
Elinor Norton 1934-11-02
Death on the Diamond 1934-09-14
Have a Heart 1934-09-07
Housewife 1934-08-11
Here Comes the Navy 1934-07-21
Murder in the Private Car 1934-06-29
He Was Her Man 1934-06-16
Operator 13 1934-06-08
Let's Talk It Over 1934-06-01
One Is Guilty 1934-05-03
Upperworld 1934-04-28
I'll Tell the World 1934-04-20
Whirlpool 1934-04-10
Gambling Lady 1934-03-08
Heat Lightning 1934-03-01
Dark Hazard 1934-01-31
Two Alone 1934-01-26
Lady Killer 1933-12-09
East of Fifth Avenue 1933-11-28
Roman Scandals 1933-11-27
Female 1933-11-11
Ever in My Heart 1933-10-28
Wild Boys of the Road 1933-10-07
Tugboat Annie 1933-08-04
Another Language 1933-07-28
Supernatural 1933-04-21
Trick for Trick 1933-04-20
Central Airport 1933-04-15
Destination Unknown 1933-04-01
Frisco Jenny 1933-01-14
Call Her Savage 1932-11-24
If I Had a Million 1932-11-18
Wild Girl 1932-11-09
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932-11-09
Virtue 1932-10-25
Okay, America! 1932-09-08
Guilty as Hell 1932-08-05
Doctor X 1932-08-03
Tom Brown of Culver 1932-06-30
The Texas Bad Man 1932-06-29
The Rider of Death Valley 1932-04-23
The Famous Ferguson Case 1932-04-19
The Broken Wing 1932-03-25
Steady Company 1932-03-13
Behind the Mask 1932-02-25
The Gay Caballero 1932-02-14
Sooky 1931-12-26
The Cisco Kid 1931-11-01
Graft 1931-09-21
Shanghaied Love 1931-09-20
Silence 1931-08-29
Skippy 1931-04-25
Fair Warning 1931-02-01
The Last of the Duanes 1930-08-31
Daughters of the Night 1924-11-09

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