Robert Middlemass
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 3, 1883
Day of Death: September 10, 1949 (66 years old)
Place of Birth: New Britain, Connecticut, USA
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.
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Actor Abner Cartwright
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Actor Edward Hart
Indianapolis Speedway
Actor General Von Schwartzberg
Hotel Imperial
Actor Police Commissioner (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Actor Harkrider
Stand Up and Fight
Actor Hospital Commandant
Idiot's Delight
Actor Carmichael
Stanley and Livingstone
Actor Capt. Lyons
Coast Guard
Actor Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Actor Sen. Berry
Slightly Honorable
Actor Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Blackmail
Actor Militant American Tourist
Espionage Agent
Actor General Stark
The Arizona Kid
Actor Doctor (Uncredited)
Maisie
Actor Morales
The Magnificent Fraud
Actor Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
Drunk Driving
1938
Actor Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
Actor Moss Kitchell
I Am the Law
Actor Sawyer
While New York Sleeps
Actor Hartney Drew
Miracle Money
Actor Norman L. Mitchell
I Stand Accused
Actor Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
Actor Police Chief Thomas
Tarnished Angel
Actor Sergeant (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
Actor Track Official
Kentucky
Actor J.W. Brady
Highway Patrol
Actor Boylan - Editor
Blondes at Work
Actor District Attorney (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
1937
1936
Actor Capt. Dixon
Hideaway Girl
Actor Wilbur Hoffman
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Actor Cafe Proprietor
Cain and Mabel
Actor Dan McMahon
You May Be Next!
Actor Tex Connelly
Hats Off
Actor Chief Cartwright
F-Man
Actor Judge L.F. Blake
Guns of the Pecos
Actor Undetermined Supporting Role
Frankie and Johnnie
Actor Sheriff
A Son Comes Home
Actor Bertram C. Reynolds
Two Against the World
Actor Overseer
General Spanky
Actor Inspector Brock
Muss 'em Up
1935
Actor Bender
One Way Ticket
Actor Fire Chief Mulligan
Grand Exit
Actor Drewen
Air Hawks
Actor Harry Van Dieman
Atlantic Adventure
Actor Chief of Detectives McGowan
The Lone Wolf Returns
Actor Judge Stephen Stephenson
Party Wire
Actor King
After the Dance
Actor Bill Duke
The Awakening of Jim Burke
Actor Desk Sergeant
She Couldn't Take It
Actor Chief Inspector (uncredited)
If You Could Only Cook
Actor Hubbel
Too Tough to Kill
Actor Frentrup
The Public Menace
Actor The Prosecutor
The Black Room
