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Robert Middlemass

Robert Middlemass

Birthday: 1883-09-03 | Place of Birth: New Britain, Connecticut, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1944
Lady in the Death House

as    State's Attorney

1943
The Black Raven

as    Tim Winfield

1942
Torpedo Boat

as    Mr. Townsend

1940
The Saint Takes Over

as    Captain Wade

1940
Little Old New York

as    Nicholas Roosevelt

1939
Coast Guard

as    Capt. Lyons

1939
The Arizona Kid

as    General Stark

1938
I Am the Law

as    Moss Kitchell

1937
Guns of the Pecos

as    Judge L.F. Blake

1936
Two Against the World

as    Bertram C. Reynolds

1936
You May Be Next!

as    Dan McMahon

1936
Muss 'em Up

as    Inspector Brock

1936
General Spanky

as    Overseer

1935
The Lone Wolf Returns

as    Chief of Detectives McGowan

1935
Air Hawks

as    Drewen

1935
Grand Exit

as    Fire Chief Mulligan

1932
The Studio Murder Mystery

as    Boris Seminoff