Robert Greig

Personal Info

Birthday

December 26, 1879

Day of Death

1958-06-27

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Also Known As

Robert Grieg

Arthur Alfred Bede Greig

Robert Greig

Biography

Robert Greig (December 27, 1879 – June 27, 1958) was an Australian-American actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1930 and 1949, usually as the dutiful butler.

Known For

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sullivan's Travels

You Can't Take It with You

Unfaithfully Yours

The Lady Eve

The Thief of Bagdad

Les Misérables

Trouble in Paradise

Filmography

1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1949
Bride of Vengeance
as Councillor
1948
Unfaithfully Yours
as Jules
1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Algernon McNiff
1945
Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Charles, the Butler
The Cheaters
as MacFarland
Hollywood and Vine
as Jenkins
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Vonce the Butler
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Thomas
1944
Mrs. Parkington
as Mr. Orlando (uncredited)
Summer Storm
as Gregory
Million Dollar Kid
as Spevin
1943
Three Hearts for Julia
as Cairns, Anton's Butler (uncredited)
1942
Arabian Nights
as Eunuch
Laugh Your Blues Away
as Wilfred
I Married a Witch
as Town Crier (uncredited)
Girl Trouble
as Fields
The Palm Beach Story
as Third Member Ale and Quail Club
The Mad Martindales
as Wallace Butler
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Judge
1941
Sullivan's Travels
as Burroughs
Moon Over Miami
as Brearley, Boulton's Butler
The Lady Eve
as Burrows
Hudson's Bay
as Sir Robert
1940
No Time for Comedy
as Robert
The Thief of Bagdad
as Man of Basra (uncredited)
1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as 2nd Buther
Tower of London
as Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Mr. Borst
Way Down South
as Judge Ravenal
It Could Happen to You
as Pedley
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Lord Melville (uncredited)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Chamberlain
Midnight Intruder
as Willetts
Algiers
as Giraux
1937
Lady Behave!
as Alfred
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as The Major Domo
Easy Living
as Butler
Michael O'Halloran
as Craig, the Butler
1936
Stowaway
as Captain
Lloyd's of London
as Lord Drayton
Theodora Goes Wild
as Uncle John
Easy to Take
as Judd
The Devil-Doll
as Emil Coulvet
Trouble for Two
as Fat Man
Small Town Girl
as Childers, Dakin's Butler
The Unguarded Hour
as Henderson
The Great Ziegfeld
as Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited)
Rose Marie
as Hotel Manager
Three Live Ghosts
as John Ferguson, Brockton's Butler
1935
I Live for Love
as Nightclub patron
The Gay Deception
as Adolph
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Rosalind
Woman Wanted
as Peedles
Mark of the Vampire
as Fat Man (uncredited)
Les Misérables
as Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)
Folies Bergère
as Henri
Clive of India
as Mr. Pemberton
1934
One More River
as Blore
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as The Duke
Stingaree
as The Innkeeper
Upperworld
as Marc Caldwell
Easy to Love
as Andrews
1933
Female
as James, Alison's Main Butler (Uncredited)
Meet the Baron
as Explorer (uncredited)
Broadway to Hollywood
as 'Diamond Jim' Brady
It's Great to Be Alive
as Perkins
Midnight Mary
as Tom's Butler Potter (uncredited)
Peg o' My Heart
as Jarvis (butler)
Pleasure Cruise
as Crum
The Mind Reader
as Swami (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
as White
Men Must Fight
as Albert
They Just Had to Get Married
as Radcliff
Wonderland of California
as Self
1932
Robbers' Roost
as Tulliver the Butler
Jitters the Butler
as Jitters, the butler
Trouble in Paradise
as Jacques (the Butler)
Horse Feathers
as Biology Professor (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
as Major Domo Flammand
Jewel Robbery
as Man Reading 'Wiener Journal' (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Baritone Bartender (uncredited)
The Tenderfoot
as Mack
Beauty and the Boss
as Chappel
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Chesterfield
1931
Born to Love
as Hansom Cabby (uncredited)
Tonight or Never
as Conrad
1930
Animal Crackers
as Hives