Robert Middlemass

Robert Middlemass

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New Britain, Connecticut, USA, 1883-09-03

Died: 1949-09-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	Excuse the Pardon		0
2	1932	The Studio Murder Mystery	Boris Seminoff	60
3	1934	Good Luck - Best Wishes		0
4	1935	Party Wire	Judge Stephen Stephenson	80
5	1935	Air Hawks	Drewen	56
6	1935	The Awakening of Jim Burke	Bill Duke	0
7	1935	After the Dance	King	60
8	1935	The Black Room	The Prosecutor	64
9	1935	Atlantic Adventure	Harry Van Dieman	55
10	1935	The Public Menace	Frentrup	50
11	1935	She Couldn't Take It	Desk Sergeant	45
12	1935	Grand Exit	Fire Chief Mulligan	64
13	1935	One Way Ticket	Bender	50
14	1935	Too Tough to Kill	Hubbel	0
15	1935	If You Could Only Cook	Chief Inspector (uncredited)	74
16	1935	The Lone Wolf Returns	Chief of Detectives McGowan	59
17	1936	You May Be Next!	Dan McMahon	25
18	1936	Muss 'em Up	Inspector Brock	55
19	1936	Frankie and Johnnie	Undetermined Supporting Role	50
20	1936	F-Man	Chief Cartwright	0
21	1936	The Case of the Velvet Claws	Wilbur Hoffman	68
22	1936	Two Against the World	Bertram C. Reynolds	58
23	1936	A Son Comes Home	Sheriff	10
24	1936	Cain and Mabel	Cafe Proprietor	61
25	1936	Hideaway Girl	Capt. Dixon	0
26	1936	Hats Off	Tex Connelly	37
27	1936	General Spanky	Overseer	54
28	1936	Guns of the Pecos	Judge L.F. Blake	62
29	1937	A Day at the Races	Sheriff	71
30	1937	The Last Train from Madrid	Militiaman (uncredited)	47
31	1937	Meet the Boy Friend	McGrath	52
32	1937	Madame X	Prefect of Police	62
33	1937	Navy Blue and Gold	Academy Superintendent	59
34	1938	Love Is a Headache	Police Commissioner (uncredited)	57
35	1938	Blondes at Work	Boylan - Editor	61
36	1938	Arsène Lupin Returns	Sergeant (uncredited)	58
37	1938	Miracle Money	Hartney Drew	56
38	1938	Highway Patrol	J.W. Brady	0
39	1938	I Am the Law	Moss Kitchell	66
40	1938	The Mad Miss Manton	District Attorney (uncredited)	64
41	1938	Tarnished Angel	Police Chief Thomas	53
42	1938	I Stand Accused	Norman L. Mitchell	0
43	1938	The Cowboy and the Lady	Newspaper Chief (uncredited)	61
44	1938	While New York Sleeps	Sawyer	0
45	1938	Kentucky	Track Official	58
46	1939	Stand Up and Fight	Harkrider	58
47	1939	Idiot's Delight	Hospital Commandant	61
48	1939	Hotel Imperial	General Von Schwartzberg	60
49	1939	Maisie	Doctor (Uncredited)	47
50	1939	The Magnificent Fraud	Morales	0
51	1939	Coast Guard	Capt. Lyons	50
52	1939	Indianapolis Speedway	Edward Hart	50
53	1939	Stanley and Livingstone	Carmichael	64
54	1939	Blackmail	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	64
55	1939	The Arizona Kid	General Stark	58
56	1939	Espionage Agent	Militant American Tourist	59
57	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)	79
58	1939	Drunk Driving	Inspector Doyle (uncredited)	54
59	1939	Blondie Brings Up Baby	Abner Cartwright	65
60	1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Police Commissioner (uncredited)	58
61	1939	Slightly Honorable	Sen. Berry	47
62	1940	Little Old New York	Nicholas Roosevelt	40
63	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Minor Role (uncredited)	70
64	1940	The Saint Takes Over	Captain Wade	63
65	1940	Pop Always Pays	Mr. Oberton	0
66	1940	Gold Rush Maisie	Charlie, Camp Owner (Uncredited)	65
67	1941	Road to Zanzibar	Police Inspector	63
68	1941	Lady Scarface	Police Captain Lovell	51
69	1941	No Hands on the Clock	Police Chief Bates	49
70	1942	Torpedo Boat	Mr. Townsend	60
71	1942	Klondike Fury	Sam Armstrong	42
72	1942	The Payoff	Lester Norris	58
73	1942	Johnny Doughboy	V.J.	54
74	1943	Bombardier	Officer	55
75	1943	The Black Raven	Tim Winfield	54
76	1944	Lady in the Death House	State's Attorney	54
77	1945	Main Street After Dark	Detective (uncredited)	48
78	1945	A Sporting Chance	William Reardon	0
79	1945	Hold That Blonde!	Police Captain (uncredited)	64

Robert Middlemass

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