Robert Middlemass
ActingAlso Known As
Robert Middlemas, Bob Middlemass, Robert M. Middlemass
Biography
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.
Movies
(82 total)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
A Day at the Races
as Sheriff
The Black Room
as The Prosecutor
The Mad Miss Manton
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Road to Zanzibar
as Police Inspector
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Carmichael
Bombardier
as Officer
The Black Raven
as Tim Winfield
If You Could Only Cook
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
as Hospital Commandant
Cain and Mabel
as Cafe Proprietor
Lady in the Death House
as State's Attorney
The Saint Takes Over
as Captain Wade
Kentucky
as Track Official
Lady Scarface
as Police Captain Lovell
I Am the Law
as Moss Kitchell
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid
as Militiaman (uncredited)