Actor
Robert Middleton
May 13, 1911 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Robert Middleton, born Samuel G. Messer (May 13, 1911 – June 14, 1977), was an American film and television actor known for his large size and beetle-like brow. With a deep, booming voice, Middleton trained for a musical career at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked steadily as a radio announcer and actor.
One of his early works was as the narrator of the educational film "Duck and Cover". After appearing on the Broadway stage and live television, Middleton began appearing in films in 1954. He's also remembered on television as the boss Mr. Marshall on The Jackie Gleason Show and in film opposite Humphrey Bogart in The Desperate Hours (1955), Gary Cooper in Friendly Persuasion (1956), Richard Egan and Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender (1956), Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack in The Tarnished Angels (1958), and Dean Martin in Career (1959).
Notable work
Often works with
Ray Teal
3 titles together
Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Desperate Hours
William Schallert
3 titles together
Get Smart, The Tarnished Angels, The Wild Wild West
- R
Rudy Doucette
3 titles together
Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West
- R
Roy Engel
3 titles together
Bonanza, The Wild Wild West, The Law and Jake Wade
Victor Sen Yung
2 titles together
Bonanza, Kung Fu
Bing Russell
2 titles together
Bonanza, The Big Valley
Full filmography · 86
Hunter
cast
1977
Kung Fu
as Marshal Ford
19727.7
Columbo
as Victor Norris
19718.1
Alias Smith and Jones
cast
19717
McCloud
as Elliott Jason
19707.2
Mannix
as Jake Coryell
19676.8
Mission: Impossible
as Clavering
19667.6
The Monroes
cast
1966
Get Smart
as The Whip
19658
The Wild Wild West
as Emir El Emid
19657.6
The Big Valley
as Judge Tyrone and as Sidney Glover
19656.2
The Adventures of Gallegher
as Dutch Mac
1965