Cast
Robert Middlemass
Acting
Cast
Robert Middlemass
Known for
Acting
Born
1883-09-03
From
New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Died
1949-09-10
Also known as Robert Middlemas, Bob Middlemass, Robert M. Middlemass
Biography
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
★7.8
MOVIE1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1935
Unknown Woman
as Hammacher
★6.4
MOVIE1939
Stanley and Livingstone
as Carmichael
★7.5
MOVIE1935
If You Could Only Cook
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1937
A Day at the Races
as Sheriff
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Super Speed
as Wilson Gale
★7.1
MOVIE1938
I Am the Law
as Moss Kitchell
★5.3
MOVIE1938
Tarnished Angel
as Police Chief Thomas
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Love Is a Headache
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1945
Main Street After Dark
as Detective (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1938
The Mad Miss Manton
as District Attorney (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1935
The Black Room
as The Prosecutor
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1938
While New York Sleeps
as Sawyer
★6.2
MOVIE1936
Two Against the World
as Bertram C. Reynolds
★5.7
MOVIE1943
Bombardier
as Officer
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Idiot's Delight
as Hospital Commandant
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Espionage Agent
as Militant American Tourist
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Harkrider
★6.3
MOVIE1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Sergeant (uncredited)
★8.3
MOVIE1935
Party Wire
as Judge Stephen Stephenson
★5.7
MOVIE1936
General Spanky
as Overseer
★6.1
MOVIE1938
Kentucky
as Track Official
★5.9
MOVIE1942
The Payoff
as Lester Norris
★4.8
MOVIE1937
The Last Train from Madrid
as Militiaman (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1941
Road to Zanzibar
as Police Inspector
★5.1
MOVIE1939
Slightly Honorable
as Sen. Berry
★5.6
MOVIE1941
No Hands on the Clock
as Police Chief Bates
★5.7
MOVIE1944
Lady in the Death House
as State's Attorney
★6.1
MOVIE1937
Madame X
as Prefect of Police
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Little Old New York
as Nicholas Roosevelt
★9.0
MOVIE1939
The Magnificent Fraud
as Morales
★6.1
MOVIE1935
The Lone Wolf Returns
as Chief of Detectives McGowan
★6.0
MOVIE1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1940
The Saint Takes Over
as Captain Wade
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Pop Always Pays
as Mr. Oberton
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Hideaway Girl
as Capt. Dixon
★4.8
MOVIE1939
Maisie
as Doctor (Uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Miracle Money
as Hartney Drew
★5.4
MOVIE1941
Lady Scarface
as Police Captain Lovell
★6.2
MOVIE1945
Hold That Blonde!
as Police Captain (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1935
She Couldn't Take It
as Desk Sergeant
★6.9
MOVIE1939
Blackmail
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1942
Torpedo Boat
as Mr. Townsend
★5.4
MOVIE1943
The Black Raven
as Tim Winfield
★6.2
MOVIE1935
Air Hawks
as Drewen
★7.2
MOVIE1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Wilbur Hoffman
★5.8
MOVIE1937
Navy Blue and Gold
as Academy Superintendent
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Coast Guard
as Capt. Lyons
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Gold Rush Maisie
as Charlie, Camp Owner (Uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Hotel Imperial
as General Von Schwartzberg
★6.9
MOVIE1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Abner Cartwright
★6.4
MOVIE1936
Cain and Mabel
as Cafe Proprietor
★6.1
MOVIE1939
The Arizona Kid
as General Stark
★6.0
MOVIE1935
Atlantic Adventure
as Harry Van Dieman
★6.2
MOVIE1936
Muss 'em Up
as Inspector Brock
★6.3
MOVIE1938
Blondes at Work
as Boylan - Editor
★5.8
MOVIE1939
Drunk Driving
as Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1936
Hats Off
as Tex Connelly
★9.0
MOVIE1938
Highway Patrol
as J.W. Brady
★5.6
MOVIE1942
Johnny Doughboy
as V.J.
★5.6
MOVIE1939
Indianapolis Speedway
as Edward Hart
★7.0
MOVIE1936
F-Man
as Chief Cartwright
★4.0
MOVIE1936
A Son Comes Home
as Sheriff
★6.0
MOVIE1935
The Public Menace
as Frentrup
★6.5
MOVIE1936
Frankie and Johnnie
as Undetermined Supporting Role
★5.1
MOVIE1942
Klondike Fury
as Sam Armstrong
★9.0
MOVIE1938
I Stand Accused
as Norman L. Mitchell
★6.9
MOVIE1936
Guns of the Pecos
as Judge L.F. Blake
★6.5
MOVIE1935
After the Dance
as King
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Too Tough to Kill
as Hubbel
★4.8
MOVIE1936
You May Be Next!
as Dan McMahon
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Meet the Boy Friend
as McGrath
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Grand Exit
as Fire Chief Mulligan
★6.0
MOVIE1935
One Way Ticket
as Bender
★9.0
MOVIE1937
Trapped
as Sol Rothert
★9.0
MOVIE1935
The Awakening of Jim Burke
as Bill Duke
★7.5
MOVIE1932
The Studio Murder Mystery
as Boris Seminoff
★10.0
MOVIE1945
A Sporting Chance
as William Reardon
MOVIE1934
Good Luck – Best Wishes
MOVIE1930