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Portrait of Willard Robertson

Acting

Willard Robertson

Career

Active from 1921 to 1947, busiest in 1932 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Remember the Night
Remember the Night
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Willard Robertson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 7
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Kidnapping Plot 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • 1930s Drama 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • 1930s 2
  • Western 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Pre-Code Melodrama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

129
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

27 titles · average score 65
Deep Valley
Deep Valley (1947)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sheriff Akers

My Favorite Brunette
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
GoodWatch score 71

as Prison Warden

Perilous Holiday
Perilous Holiday (1946)

as Graeme

Along Came Jones
Along Came Jones (1945)
GoodWatch score 49

as Luke Packard

Background to Danger
Background to Danger (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

as McNamara

The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
GoodWatch score 86

as Sheriff Risley

Moontide
Moontide (1942)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel

The Night of January 16th
The Night of January 16th (1941)

as Inspector Donegan

Men of the Timberland
Men of the Timberland (1941)

as Tim MacGregor

Remember the Night
Remember the Night (1940)
GoodWatch score 81

as Francis X. O'Leary

Lucky Cisco Kid
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)

as Judge McQuade

Brigham Young
Brigham Young (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

as Heber Kimball

1930s

99 titles · average score 62
Torchy Gets Her Man
Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
GoodWatch score 62

as Charles Gilbert

Park Avenue Logger
Park Avenue Logger (1937)

as Ben Morton

Larceny on the Air
Larceny on the Air (1937)

as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald

Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

as Inspector Harris

Here Comes the Navy
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
GoodWatch score 67

as Executive Officer

Murder in the Private Car
Murder in the Private Car (1934)
GoodWatch score 43

as Hanks

I'll Tell the World
I'll Tell the World (1934)

as Hardwick

Central Airport
Central Airport (1933)
GoodWatch score 61

as Havana Airport Manager

Wild Girl
Wild Girl (1932)
GoodWatch score 64

as Red Pete

Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage (1932)
GoodWatch score 66

as Pete Springer

The Texas Bad Man
The Texas Bad Man (1932)

as Millard Keefe

Skippy
Skippy (1931)
GoodWatch score 62

as Herbert Skinner

1920s

3 titles
Why Women Love
Why Women Love (1925)

Theatre Play

Daughters of the Night
Daughters of the Night (1924)

as Prof. Woodbury

Big Game
Big Game (1921)

Screenplay