Portrait of Bill Robinson

Acting

Bill Robinson

Career

Active from 1929 to 1943, busiest in 1938 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bill Robinson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Mystery
    1.1, average 4.0
  • Violence
    1.6, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.3, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

14
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

1 title ยท average score 84
Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather (1943)
GoodWatch score 84

as Bill Williamson

1930s

12 titles ยท average score 63
Just Around the Corner
Just Around the Corner (1938)
GoodWatch score 61

as Samuel G. Henshaw

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
GoodWatch score 69

as Aloysius

Road Demon
Road Demon (1938)

as Zephyr

Up the River
Up the River (1938)

as Memphis Jones

One Mile from Heaven
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

as Officer Joe Dudley

The Littlest Rebel
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
GoodWatch score 78

as Uncle Billy

The Little Colonel
The Little Colonel (1935)
GoodWatch score 71

as Walker

The Big Broadcast of 1936
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
GoodWatch score 54

as Specialty

In Old Kentucky
In Old Kentucky (1935)

as Wash Jackson / Greyboy

King for a Day
King for a Day (1934)
GoodWatch score 69

as Bill Green

Harlem Is Heaven
Harlem Is Heaven (1932)

as Bill

Dixiana
Dixiana (1930)
GoodWatch score 37

as Specialty Dancer

1920s

1 title
The Delicatessen Kid
The Delicatessen Kid (1929)

as Bill Robinson