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Birthday
September 3, 1883
Day of Death
1949-09-10
(66 years old)
Place of Birth
New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
Robert Middlemas
Bob Middlemass
Robert M. 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.
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1939
Slightly Honorable
as Sen. Berry
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Abner Cartwright
Drunk Driving
as Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
Espionage Agent
as Militant American Tourist
The Arizona Kid
as General Stark
Blackmail
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Carmichael
Indianapolis Speedway
as Edward Hart
Coast Guard
as Capt. Lyons
The Magnificent Fraud
as Morales
Maisie
as Doctor (Uncredited)
Hotel Imperial
as General Von Schwartzberg
Idiot's Delight
as Hospital Commandant
Stand Up and Fight
as Harkrider
1938
Kentucky
as Track Official
While New York Sleeps
as Sawyer
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
I Stand Accused
as Norman L. Mitchell
Tarnished Angel
as Police Chief Thomas
The Mad Miss Manton
as District Attorney (uncredited)
I Am the Law
as Moss Kitchell
Highway Patrol
as J.W. Brady
Miracle Money
as Hartney Drew
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Blondes at Work
as Boylan - Editor
Love Is a Headache
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
1937
1936
Guns of the Pecos
as Judge L.F. Blake
General Spanky
as Overseer
Hats Off
as Tex Connelly
Hideaway Girl
as Capt. Dixon
Cain and Mabel
as Cafe Proprietor
A Son Comes Home
as Sheriff
Two Against the World
as Bertram C. Reynolds
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Wilbur Hoffman
F-Man
as Chief Cartwright
Frankie and Johnnie
as Undetermined Supporting Role
Muss 'em Up
as Inspector Brock
You May Be Next!
as Dan McMahon
1935
The Lone Wolf Returns
as Chief of Detectives McGowan
If You Could Only Cook
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Too Tough to Kill
as Hubbel
One Way Ticket
as Bender
Grand Exit
as Fire Chief Mulligan
She Couldn't Take It
as Desk Sergeant
The Public Menace
as Frentrup
Atlantic Adventure
as Harry Van Dieman
The Black Room
as The Prosecutor
After the Dance
as King
The Awakening of Jim Burke
as Bill Duke
Air Hawks
as Drewen
Party Wire
as Judge Stephen Stephenson
1932
