Willard Robertson [103620] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.3003 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 1948-04-30 Sitting Pretty1948-03-10 Deep Valley1947-07-30 My Favorite Brun1947-03-19 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 Da1943-07-03 No Time for Love1943-04-09 The Ox-Bow Incid1943-03-11 Air Force1943-03-20 Wake Island1942-08-11 Juke Girl1942-05-30 The Night of Jan1941-11-28 Texas1941-10-09 Men of the Timbe1941-05-06 I Wanted Wings1941-03-26 The Monster and 1941-02-28 North West Mount1940-10-22 Brigham Young1940-09-27 Lucky Cisco Kid1940-06-28 Castle on the Hu1940-02-17 My Little Chicka1940-02-09 Remember the Nig1940-01-19 Main Street Lawy1939-11-02 Two Bright Boys1939-09-21 Range War1939-09-08 Each Dawn I Die1939-08-19 Heritage of the 1939-06-23 Union Pacific1939-05-05 My Son Is a Crim1939-02-22 Jesse James1939-01-14 Kentucky1938-12-30 Torchy Gets Her 1938-11-12 Men with Wings1938-07-16 You and Me1938-06-01 Gangs of New Yor1938-05-23 Island in the Sk1938-04-01 Hot Water1937-09-24 Exclusive1937-08-06 Roaring Timber1937-07-03 This Is My Affai1937-05-28 The Go-Getter1937-05-22 Park Avenue Logg1937-03-16 John Meade's Wom1937-02-26 Larceny on the A1937-01-11 That Girl from P1936-12-31 Wanted: Jane Tur1936-12-04 Winterset1936-12-03 The Man Who Live1936-09-25 The Gorgeous Hus1936-08-28 The Last of the 1936-07-02 I Married a Doct1936-04-25 The First Baby1936-04-02 Three Godfathers1936-03-06 Dangerous Waters1936-02-10 Forced Landing1935-12-02 The Old Homestea1935-10-05 His Night Out1935-10-01 O'Shaughnessy's 1935-09-27 Dante's Inferno1935-08-23 Oil for the Lamp1935-06-08 Straight from th1935-03-22 Laddie1935-03-18 Transient Lady1935-03-04 Biography of a B1935-01-04 Million Dollar B1934-12-29 The Secret Bride1934-12-22 Mills of the God1934-12-15 Elinor Norton1934-11-02 Death on the Dia1934-09-14 Have a Heart1934-09-07 Housewife1934-08-11 Here Comes the N1934-07-21 Murder in the Pr1934-06-29 Operator 131934-06-08 Let's Talk It Ov1934-06-01 He Was Her Man1934-06-16 One Is Guilty1934-05-03 I'll Tell the Wo1934-04-20 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 Av1933-11-28 Roman Scandals1933-11-27 Female1933-11-11 Ever in My Heart1933-10-28 Wild Boys of the1933-10-07 Tugboat Annie1933-08-04 Another Language1933-07-28 Supernatural1933-04-21 Trick for Trick1933-04-20 Central Airport1933-04-15 Destination Unkn1933-04-01 Frisco Jenny1933-01-14 Call Her Savage1932-11-24 If I Had a Milli1932-11-18 Wild Girl1932-11-09 I Am a Fugitive 1932-11-09 Virtue1932-10-25 Okay, America!1932-09-08 Guilty as Hell1932-08-05 Doctor X1932-08-03 Tom Brown of Cul1932-06-30 The Texas Bad Ma1932-06-29 The Rider of Dea1932-04-23 The Famous Fergu1932-04-19 The Broken Wing1932-03-25 Steady Company1932-03-13 Behind the Mask1932-02-25 The Gay Caballer1932-02-14 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 1930-08-31 Daughters of the1924-11-09