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Robert Middlemass

Actor • Born 1883

Robert Middlemass

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About

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...

Known for

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington posterMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonMovie • 1939A Day at the Races posterA Day at the RacesMovie • 1937Bombardier posterBombardierMovie • 1943Stanley and Livingstone posterStanley and LivingstoneMovie • 1939The Mad Miss Manton posterThe Mad Miss MantonMovie • 1938If You Could Only Cook posterIf You Could Only CookMovie • 1935The Black Room posterThe Black RoomMovie • 1935The Cowboy and the Lady posterThe Cowboy and the LadyMovie • 1938Abe Lincoln in Illinois posterAbe Lincoln in IllinoisMovie • 1940Road to Zanzibar posterRoad to ZanzibarMovie • 1941The Black Raven posterThe Black RavenMovie • 1943