Actor
Robert Middlemass
September 3, 1883 · New Britain, Connecticut, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Douglass Dumbrille
3 titles together
A Day at the Races, Road to Zanzibar, Kentucky
Walter Brennan
3 titles together
The Cowboy and the Lady, Stanley and Livingstone, Kentucky
Stanley Andrews
3 titles together
Bombardier, The Last Train from Madrid, Lady Scarface
Jean Arthur
2 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, If You Could Only Cook
Edward Arnold
2 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Idiot's Delight
Ruth Donnelly
2 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Cain and Mabel
Full filmography · 81
Hold That Blonde!
as Police Captain (uncredited)
1945
A Sporting Chance
as William Reardon
1945
Main Street After Dark
as Detective (uncredited)
1945
Lady in the Death House
as State's Attorney
1944
The Black Raven
as Tim Winfield
1943
Bombardier
as Officer
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Johnny Doughboy
as V.J.
1942
The Payoff
as Lester Norris
1942
Klondike Fury
as Sam Armstrong
1942
Torpedo Boat
as Mr. Townsend
1942
No Hands on the Clock
as Police Chief Bates
1941
Lady Scarface
as Police Captain Lovell
1941