Robert Middlemass

Robert Middlemass

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.

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Movies starring Robert Middlemass (82)

Hold That Blonde! (1945)

Police Captain (Uncredited)

Main Street After Dark (1945)

Detective (Uncredited)

The Payoff (1942)

Lester Norris

Lady Scarface (1941)

Police Captain Lovell

Road to Zanzibar (1941)

Police Inspector

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Charlie, Camp Owner (Uncredited)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Minor Role (Uncredited)

Little Old New York (1940)

Nicholas Roosevelt

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Police Commissioner (Uncredited)

Drunk Driving (1939)

Inspector Doyle (Uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Radio Announcer #2 (Uncredited)

Espionage Agent (1939)

Militant American Tourist

Blackmail (1939)

Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Maisie (1939)

Doctor (Uncredited)

Hotel Imperial (1939)

General Von Schwartzberg

Idiot's Delight (1939)

Hospital Commandant

Kentucky (1938)

Track Official

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Newspaper Chief (Uncredited)

I Stand Accused (1938)

Norman L. Mitchell

Tarnished Angel (1938)

Police Chief Thomas

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

District Attorney (Uncredited)

I Am the Law (1938)

Moss Kitchell

Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)

Sergeant (Uncredited)

Blondes at Work (1938)

Boylan - Editor

Love Is a Headache (1938)

Police Commissioner (Uncredited)

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)

Academy Superintendent

Madame X (1937)

Prefect Of Police

The Last Train from Madrid (1937)

Militiaman (Uncredited)

Trapped (1937)

Sol Rothert

Guns of the Pecos (1936)

Judge L.f. Blake

Hats Off (1936)

Tex Connelly

Cain and Mabel (1936)

Cafe Proprietor

Two Against the World (1936)

Bertram C. Reynolds

F-Man (1936)

Chief Cartwright

Frankie and Johnnie (1936)

Undetermined Supporting Role

Muss 'em Up (1936)

Inspector Brock

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

Chief Of Detectives Mcgowan

If You Could Only Cook (1935)

Chief Inspector (Uncredited)

Grand Exit (1935)

Fire Chief Mulligan

The Black Room (1935)

The Prosecutor

Party Wire (1935)

Judge Stephen Stephenson

Movies Made by Robert Middlemass (1)

The Valiant (1929)

Theatre Play

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