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Robert Middlemass

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1883-09-03

Deathday: 1949-09-10 (66 years old)

Biography

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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

all 79

Movies 79

Robert Middlemass

Biography

Filmography

all 79

Movies 79

Writer 1

A Sporting Chance (1945)

Main Street After Dark (1945)

Lady in the Death House (1944)

Black Raven (1943)

Bombardier (1943)

Johnny Doughboy (1942)

Klondike Fury (1942)

Torpedo Boat (1942)

No Hands on the Clock (1941)

Lady Scarface (1941)

Road to Zanzibar (1941)

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Pop Always Pays (1940)

The Saint Takes Over (1940)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Little Old New York (1940)

Slightly Honorable (1939)

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

Drunk Driving (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Espionage Agent (1939)

The Arizona Kid (1939)

Blackmail (1939)

Stanley and Livingstone (1939)

Indianapolis Speedway (1939)

Coast Guard (1939)

The Magnificent Fraud (1939)

Maisie (1939)

Hotel Imperial (1939)

Idiot's Delight (1939)

Stand Up and Fight (1939)

Kentucky (1938)

While New York Sleeps (1938)

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

I Stand Accused (1938)

Tarnished Angel (1938)

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

I Am the Law (1938)

Miracle Money (1938)

Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)

Blondes at Work (1938)

Love Is a Headache (1938)

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)

Madame X (1937)

Meet the Boy Friend (1937)

A Day at the Races (1937)

Trapped (1937)

Guns of the Pecos (1936)

General Spanky (1936)

Hats Off (1936)

Hideaway Girl (1936)

Cain and Mabel (1936)

Two Against the World (1936)

The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)

F-Man (1936)

Frankie and Johnnie (1936)

Muss 'em Up (1936)

You May Be Next! (1936)

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

If You Could Only Cook (1935)

Too Tough to Kill (1935)

Super Speed (1935)

One Way Ticket (1935)

Grand Exit (1935)

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

The Public Menace (1935)

Atlantic Adventure (1935)

The Black Room (1935)

After the Dance (1935)

The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)

Air Hawks (1935)

Party Wire (1935)

Mr. Widget (1935)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1883-09-03

Deathday
1949-09-10 (66 years old)

Birth Place
New Britain, Connecticut, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Robert Middlemas, Bob Middlemass, Robert M. Middlemass