Robert Sterling

Robert Sterling

Robert Sterling, born William Sterling Hart (November 13, 1917 – May 30, 2006) was an American film and television actor. The son of baseball player and umpire Bill Hart, he was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and worked as a clothing salesman before pursuing an acting career. After signing with Columbia Pictures in 1939, he changed his name to Robert Sterling to avoid confusion with silent western star William S. Hart. In 1941, Sterling went to MGM. He worked steadily as a supporting player for several years. After serving in World War II as an Army Air Force flight instructor, he returned to Hollywood, but by the end of the decade, his film career had faltered. He did, however, play the non-singing role of Steve Baker, opposite Ava Gardner as Julie, in the hit MGM 1951 film version of Show Boat. Sterling later revived his acting career on the small screen with numerous appearances on Television.

Known For: Acting

Born: New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA, 1917-11-13

Died: 2006-05-30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1939	Blondie Meets the Boss	Office Worker / Man Dancing with Millie (uncredited)	58
2	1939	Outside These Walls	Reporter (uncredited)	75
3	1939	Sorority House	Soda Shop Extra	68
4	1939	Mandrake the Magician	Henchman	56
5	1939	Only Angels Have Wings	Bit Role	73
6	1939	Pest from the West	Cigarette Customer at Adjacent Table (uncredited)	70
7	1939	Good Girls Go to Paris	Student (uncredited)	71
8	1939	The Man They Could Not Hang	First Reporter (uncredited)	66
9	1939	Golden Boy	Elevator Boy	65
10	1939	Those High Grey Walls	Convict (uncredited)	62
11	1939	A Woman is the Judge	Reporter (uncredited)	0
12	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Senate Reporter (uncredited)	79
13	1939	Beware Spooks!	Bellboy (uncredited)	70
14	1939	Blondie Brings Up Baby	Dithers' Employee (uncredited)	65
15	1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Elevator Boy (uncredited)	58
16	1939	Glove Slingers	Warehouseman Taking Fight Pool Money (uncredited)	40
17	1940	Mandrake the Magician	Henchman	50
18	1940	Nothing But Pleasure	Gangster at Cozy Auto Court	58
19	1940	The Heckler	Trophy Presenter	50
20	1940	Manhattan Heartbeat	Johnny Farrell	0
21	1940	Yesterday's Heroes		0
22	1940	The Gay Caballero	Billy Brewster	52
23	1941	The Penalty	Edward McCormick	60
24	1941	I'll Wait for You	'Lucky' Wilson	68
25	1941	The Get-Away	Jeff Crane	54
26	1941	Ringside Maisie	Terry Dolan, aka Young O'Hara	70
27	1941	Johnny Eager	Jimmy Courtney	61
28	1941	Two-Faced Woman	Dick 'Dickie' Williams	64
29	1942	Personalities	(uncredited)	0
30	1942	Dr. Kildare's Victory	Dr. Donald 'Don' Winthrop	58
31	1942	This Time for Keeps	Lee White	60
32	1942	Somewhere I'll Find You	Kirk 'Junior' Davis	59
33	1945	A-26 Flying Tips	Captain	0
34	1946	The Secret Heart	Chase N. Addams	63
35	1949	Roughshod	Clay Phillips	53
36	1950	The Sundowners	Tom Cloud	54
37	1950	The Man Who Had Influence	David Grant	80
38	1950	Bunco Squad	Det. Sgt. Steve Johnson	59
39	1951	Show Boat	Steven Baker	61
40	1953	Column South	Lee Whitlock	60
41	1955	Dearest Enemy	John Copeland	0
42	1961	Return to Peyton Place	Mike Rossi	67
43	1961	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Captain Lee Crane	57
44	1964	A Global Affair	Randy Sterling	45
45	1973	Letters from Three Lovers	Bob	60
46	1979	Beggarman, Thief	Colonel Day	60
47	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
48	2007	Blood Car	Couple in horror	49

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1945	Front Row Center		40
2	1948	Studio One		50
3	1948	Studio One	David Grant	50
4	1948	Studio One	Jeff Troy	50
5	1949	Suspense		49
6	1949	Lights Out		53
7	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		56
8	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Richard Clyde	56
9	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Peter Putnam	56
10	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
11	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Alan	63
12	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Theodore Drew III	63
13	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Pete	63
14	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Lew Davis	63
15	1950	Lux Video Theatre	David	63
16	1952	Cavalcade of America	Charles Jerrold	35
17	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Hank Holloway	73
18	1953	General Electric Theater	Robert Major (uncredited)	63
19	1953	Letter to Loretta	Markle	65
20	1953	Topper		60
21	1954	Climax!	Husband	33
22	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Steve Buchanan	54
23	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Night Club Duo	56
24	1958	Love That Jill		0
25	1958	Naked City	Jason Colwell	55
26	1959	The Twilight Zone	Douglas Winter	85
27	1961	Ichabod and Me		50
28	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Ray Roscoe	78
29	1970	Nanny and the Professor		60
30	1972	The Brian Keith Show		50
31	1981	Simon & Simon		67
32	1982	Hotel		68
33	1983	Masquerade		50
34	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Ben Shipley	75

Robert Sterling

Film

Television