Portrait of Robert Sterling

Acting

Robert Sterling

Career

Active from 1940 to 1973, busiest in 1941 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Show Boat
Show Boat
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Sterling Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Dark Humor
    1.8, average 2.8
  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Sitcom 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Intriguing Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 55
Blood Car
Blood Car (2007)
GoodWatch score 55

as Couple in horror

1980s

4 titles ยท average score 62
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Ben Shipley

Masquerade
Masquerade (1983)

TV show ยท as Jacques Marchand

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Mr. Jenks

Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon (1981)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

1970s

4 titles ยท average score 69
Beggarman, Thief
Beggarman, Thief (1979)

TV show ยท as Colonel Day

Letters from Three Lovers
Letters from Three Lovers (1973)

as Bob

The Brian Keith Show
The Brian Keith Show (1972)

TV show

Nanny and the Professor
Nanny and the Professor (1970)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 50
A Global Affair
A Global Affair (1964)
GoodWatch score 46

as Randy Sterling

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Ray Roscoe

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
GoodWatch score 49

as Captain Lee Crane

Ichabod and Me
Ichabod and Me (1961)

TV show

Return to Peyton Place
Return to Peyton Place (1961)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mike Rossi

1950s

18 titles ยท average score 65
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Douglas Winter

Naked City
Naked City (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Jason Colwell

Dearest Enemy
Dearest Enemy (1955)

as John Copeland

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Husband

Topper
Topper (1953)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Column South
Column South (1953)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lee Whitlock

The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Hank Holloway

Show Boat
Show Boat (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

as Steven Baker

The Sundowners
The Sundowners (1950)
GoodWatch score 44

as Tom Cloud

Bunco Squad
Bunco Squad (1950)
GoodWatch score 46

as Det. Sgt. Steve Johnson

The Man Who Had Influence
The Man Who Had Influence (1950)

as David Grant

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV show ยท as Richard Clyde / Peter Putnam

1940s

23 titles ยท average score 61
Roughshod
Roughshod (1949)
GoodWatch score 58

as Clay Phillips

The Secret Heart
The Secret Heart (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

as Chase N. Addams

Front Row Center
Front Row Center (1945)

TV show

Somewhere I'll Find You
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
GoodWatch score 61

as Kirk 'Junior' Davis

This Time for Keeps
This Time for Keeps (1942)

as Lee White

Ringside Maisie
Ringside Maisie (1941)
GoodWatch score 51

as Terry Dolan, aka Young O'Hara

I'll Wait for You
I'll Wait for You (1941)
GoodWatch score 66

as 'Lucky' Wilson

The Get-Away
The Get-Away (1941)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jeff Crane

Johnny Eager
Johnny Eager (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

as Jimmy Courtney

Two-Faced Woman
Two-Faced Woman (1941)
GoodWatch score 40

as Dick 'Dickie' Williams

Nothing But Pleasure
Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
GoodWatch score 60

as Gangster at Cozy Auto Court

The Gay Caballero
The Gay Caballero (1940)

as Billy Brewster

1930s

16 titles ยท average score 70
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
GoodWatch score 83

as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Only Angels Have Wings
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
GoodWatch score 84

as (uncredited)

Beware Spooks!
Beware Spooks! (1939)

as Bellboy (uncredited)

Golden Boy
Golden Boy (1939)
GoodWatch score 70

as Elevator Boy

The Man They Could Not Hang
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
GoodWatch score 70

as First Reporter (uncredited)

The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Good Girls Go to Paris
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
GoodWatch score 69

as Student (uncredited)

Blondie Meets the Boss
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
GoodWatch score 69

as Office Worker / Man Dancing with Millie (uncredited)

Pest from the West
Pest from the West (1939)
GoodWatch score 67

as Cigarette Customer at Adjacent Table (uncredited)

Those High Grey Walls
Those High Grey Walls (1939)

as Convict (uncredited)

Blondie Brings Up Baby
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dithers' Employee (uncredited)

Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician (1939)
GoodWatch score 61

as Henchman