Robert Middlemass
AKA: Robert Middlemas
Birthday: 1883-09-03
Died: 1949-09-10
Birthplace: New Britain, Connecticut, USA
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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.
Filmography
Character: Abner Cartwright
Character: State's Attorney
Character: Fire Chief Mulligan
Character: Police Chief Bates
Character: Wilbur Hoffman
Character: Cafe Proprietor
Character: Nicholas Roosevelt
Character: Harry Van Dieman
Character: General Von Schwartzberg
Character: Boris Seminoff
Character: Chief of Detectives McGowan
Character: Judge Stephen Stephenson
Character: Prefect of Police
Character: Police Chief Thomas
Character: Judge L.F. Blake
Character: Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Character: Doctor (Uncredited)
Character: Undetermined Supporting Role
Character: Hospital Commandant
Character: Academy Superintendent
Character: Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
Character: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Character: Militant American Tourist
Character: Sergeant (uncredited)
Character: Track Official
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Character: Bertram C. Reynolds
Character: Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Character: Inspector Brock
Character: Boylan - Editor
Character: Police Captain Lovell
Character: Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Character: Charlie, Camp Owner (Uncredited)
Character: Police Inspector
Character: Inspector Doyle (uncredited)
Character: District Attorney (uncredited)
Character: The Prosecutor
Character: William Reardon
Character: Chief Cartwright
Character: Norman L. Mitchell
Character: Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
Character: Detective (uncredited)