Willard Robertson [103620] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.0173 Birthplace: Runnels, Texas, USA Birthday: 1885-12-31 Deathday: 1948-04-05 Age: 62 years Movies: 128 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: 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. Fury at Furnace Creek1948-04-30 Sitting Pretty1948-03-10 Deep Valley1947-07-30 My Favorite Brunette1947-03-19 Gallant Journey1946-09-24 Renegades1946-06-13 The Virginian1946-05-05 Perilous Holiday1946-03-20 To Each His Own1946-03-12 Along Came Jones1945-07-19 Nine Girls1944-02-17 Background to Danger1943-07-03 No Time for Love1943-04-09 The Ox-Bow Incident1943-03-11 Air Force1943-03-20 Wake Island1942-08-11 Juke Girl1942-05-30 The Night of January 161941-11-28 Texas1941-10-09 Men of the Timberland1941-05-06 I Wanted Wings1941-03-26 The Monster and the Gir1941-02-28 North West Mounted Poli1940-10-22 Brigham Young1940-09-27 Lucky Cisco Kid1940-06-28 Castle on the Hudson1940-02-17 My Little Chickadee1940-02-09 Remember the Night1940-01-19 Main Street Lawyer1939-11-02 Two Bright Boys1939-09-21 Range War1939-09-08 Each Dawn I Die1939-08-19 Heritage of the Desert1939-06-23 Union Pacific1939-05-05 My Son Is a Criminal1939-02-22 Jesse James1939-01-14 Kentucky1938-12-30 Torchy Gets Her Man1938-11-12 Men with Wings1938-07-16 You and Me1938-06-01 Gangs of New York1938-05-23 Island in the Sky1938-04-01 Hot Water1937-09-24 Exclusive1937-08-06 Roaring Timber1937-07-03 This Is My Affair1937-05-28 The Go-Getter1937-05-22 Park Avenue Logger1937-03-16 John Meade's Woman1937-02-26 Larceny on the Air1937-01-11 That Girl from Paris1936-12-31 Wanted: Jane Turner1936-12-04 Winterset1936-12-03 The Man Who Lived Twice1936-09-25 The Gorgeous Hussy1936-08-28 The Last of the Mohican1936-07-02 I Married a Doctor1936-04-25 The First Baby1936-04-02 Three Godfathers1936-03-06 Dangerous Waters1936-02-10 Forced Landing1935-12-02 The Old Homestead1935-10-05 His Night Out1935-10-01 O'Shaughnessy's Boy1935-09-27 Dante's Inferno1935-08-23 Oil for the Lamps of Ch1935-06-08 Straight from the Heart1935-03-22 Laddie1935-03-18 Transient Lady1935-03-04 Biography of a Bachelor1935-01-04 Million Dollar Baby1934-12-29 The Secret Bride1934-12-22 Mills of the Gods1934-12-15 Elinor Norton1934-11-02 Death on the Diamond1934-09-14 Have a Heart1934-09-07 Housewife1934-08-11 Here Comes the Navy1934-07-21 Murder in the Private C1934-06-29 Operator 131934-06-08 Let's Talk It Over1934-06-01 He Was Her Man1934-06-16 One Is Guilty1934-05-03 I'll Tell the World1934-04-20 Upperworld1934-04-28 Whirlpool1934-04-10 Gambling Lady1934-03-08 Heat Lightning1934-03-01 Dark Hazard1934-01-31 Two Alone1934-01-26 Lady Killer1933-12-09 East of Fifth Avenue1933-11-28 Roman Scandals1933-11-27 Female1933-11-11 Ever in My Heart1933-10-28 Wild Boys of the Road1933-10-07 Tugboat Annie1933-08-04 Another Language1933-07-28 Supernatural1933-04-21 Trick for Trick1933-04-20 Central Airport1933-04-15 Destination Unknown1933-04-01 Frisco Jenny1933-01-14 Call Her Savage1932-11-24 If I Had a Million1932-11-18 Wild Girl1932-11-09 I Am a Fugitive from a 1932-11-09 Virtue1932-10-25 Okay, America!1932-09-08 Guilty as Hell1932-08-05 Doctor X1932-08-03 Tom Brown of Culver1932-06-30 The Texas Bad Man1932-06-29 The Rider of Death Vall1932-04-23 The Famous Ferguson Cas1932-04-19 The Broken Wing1932-03-25 Steady Company1932-03-13 Behind the Mask1932-02-25 The Gay Caballero1932-02-14 Sooky1931-12-26 The Cisco Kid1931-11-01 Graft1931-09-21 Shanghaied Love1931-09-20 Silence1931-08-29 Skippy1931-04-25 Fair Warning1931-02-01 The Last of the Duanes1930-08-31 Daughters of the Night1924-11-09