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Robert Middlemass

Sep 03, 1883 - Sep 10, 1949 (66 years old) in New Britain, Connecticut, USA

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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.

His best known play was a one-act melodrama written with Holworthy Hall (real name H. E. Porter, a college roommate) titled The Valiant, which was also made into a film of the same name in 1929, and as The Man Who Wouldn't Talk in 1940. The play became a favorite for amateur and local theater groups, and is still performed today.

Middlemass moved to Los Angeles around 1935, and began appearing in films. He died there in 1949.

Known For

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Radio Announcer #2 (uncredited)
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The Saint Takes Over
Captain Wade
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Grand Exit
Fire Chief Mulligan
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Main Street After Dark
Detective (uncredited)
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Too Tough to Kill
Hubbel
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F-Man
Chief Cartwright
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Maisie
Doctor (Uncredited)
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Blondie Brings Up Baby
Abner Cartwright
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Arsène Lupin Returns
Sergeant (uncredited)

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