Robert Middlemass
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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Acting
Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
1939
Movie
A Day at the Races
as Sheriff
1937
Movie
The Black Room
as The Prosecutor
1935
Movie
The Mad Miss Manton
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Road to Zanzibar
as Police Inspector
1941
Movie
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Stanley and Livingstone
as Carmichael
1939
Movie
Bombardier
as Officer
1943
Movie
If You Could Only Cook
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
1935
Movie
The Black Raven
as Tim Winfield
1943
Movie
Idiot's Delight
as Hospital Commandant
1939
Movie
Cain and Mabel
as Cafe Proprietor
1936
Movie
Lady in the Death House
as State's Attorney
1944
Movie
The Saint Takes Over
as Captain Wade
1940
Movie
Kentucky
as Track Official
1938
Movie
Lady Scarface
as Police Captain Lovell
1941
Movie
Hold That Blonde!
as Police Captain (uncredited)
1945
Movie
I Am the Law
as Moss Kitchell
1938
Movie
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
1939
Movie
The Last Train from Madrid
as Militiaman (uncredited)
1937
Movie
Navy Blue and Gold
as Academy Superintendent
1937
Movie
Slightly Honorable
as Sen. Berry
1939
Movie
Espionage Agent
as Militant American Tourist
1939
