
Robert Middlemass
Actor
Born: September 3, 1883 (66 years old)
Died: September 10, 1949
Place of birth: New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Middlemass (3 September 1883, New Britain, Connecticut – 10 September 1949, Los Angeles, California) was an American playwright and stage actor, and later character actor with over 100 film appearances. usually playing detectives or policemen. Middlemass graduated from Harvard University in 1909 and initially went into the insurance business, but soon went on the stage, joining the Castle Square Theatre stock company in Boston. He debuted on Broadway in September 1914 in The Bludgeon at the Maxine Elliott Theatre. His best known play was a one-act melodrama written with Holworthy Hall (real name H. E. Porter, a college roommate) titled The Valiant, which was also made into a film of the same name in 1929, and as The Man Who Wouldn't Talk in 1940. The play became a favorite for amateur and local theater groups, and is still performed today. Middlemass moved to Los Angeles around 1935, and began appearing in films. He died there in 1949.
Filmography (50)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939, ★ 7.8)
- Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939, ★ 6.5)
- A Day at the Races (1937, ★ 7.1)
- If You Could Only Cook (1935, ★ 7.4)
- The Cowboy and the Lady (1938, ★ 6.3)
- Grand Exit (1935, ★ 6.3)
- The Saint Takes Over (1940, ★ 6.4)
- I Am the Law (1938, ★ 6.8)
- The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936, ★ 6.8)
- Miracle Money (1938, ★ 5.6)
- Cain and Mabel (1936, ★ 6.1)
- Air Hawks (1935, ★ 6.1)
- The Lone Wolf Returns (1935, ★ 5.9)
- Madame X (1937, ★ 5.8)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939, ★ 5.8)
- Idiot's Delight (1939, ★ 5.9)
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939, ★ 6.3)
- Blackmail (1939, ★ 6.4)
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940, ★ 6.8)
- Gold Rush Maisie (1940, ★ 6.5)
- Road to Zanzibar (1941, ★ 6.3)
- The Mad Miss Manton (1938, ★ 6.4)
- The Black Room (1935, ★ 6.5)
- Lady in the Death House (1944, ★ 5.4)
- The Black Raven (1943, ★ 5.2)
- Meet the Boy Friend (1937, ★ 5.2)
- Blondes at Work (1938, ★ 6.1)
- Hold That Blonde! (1945, ★ 6)
- The Valiant (1929, ★ 6)
- No Hands on the Clock (1941, ★ 4.9)