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name: "Robert McWade"
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born: "23 January 1872"
died: "19 January 1938"
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# Robert McWade

Actor. Born 23 January 1872 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Died 19 January 1938.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 January 1872, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Died:** 19 January 1938
- **Active:** 1932–1933
- **Also known as:** Robert McWade Jr., Robert Mc Wade
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McWade, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1833058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574743/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30007

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*42nd Street*](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md) (82)

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## Biography

Robert McWade (also credited as Robert McWade Jr.) was an American stage and film actor. Born in Buffalo, New York, he was the third generation of actors in his family to bear the name. He began his professional stage career in 1902 with the Murray Hill Stock Company and appeared in at least 38 Broadway productions between 1903 and 1927.

McWade appeared in 83 films between 1924 and 1938. His screen credits include *Cimarron* (1931), *Grand Hotel* (1932), *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), *42nd Street* (1933) as Jones, *The Kennel Murder Case* (1933) and *Ladies They Talk About* (1933). He was the older brother of character actor Edward McWade and was married to Minnie Lee; they had two sons. He died of heart disease in Culver City, California, in 1938.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *42nd Street* (1933), Fi1m 82, as Jones — [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Fi1m 85, as F.E. Ramsey — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gold Is Where You Find It* (1938), as Mr. Crouch
- *Of Human Hearts* (1938), as Dr. Lupus Crumm
- *On Such a Night* (1937), as Col. Fentridge
- *This Is My Affair* (1937), as Admiral Dewey
- *Mountain Justice* (1937), as Horace Bamber
- *The Good Old Soak* (1937), as Webster Parsons
- *California Straight Ahead* (1937), as Corrigan
- *We're on the Jury* (1937), as Henry Prime
- *Mister Cinderella* (1936), as Mr. J.J. Gates
- *15 Maiden Lane* (1936), as John Graves
- *Old Hutch* (1936), as Mr. Jolly
- *High Tension* (1936), as Willard Stone
- *Bunker Bean* (1936), as J.C. Kent
- *Early to Bed* (1936), as Burgess Frisbie
- *Moonlight Murder* (1936), as Quinlan
- *Next Time We Love* (1936), as Frank Carteret
- *Anything Goes* (1936), as Elisha J. Whitney
- *Frisco Kid* (1935), as Judge Stephen Crawford
- *His Night Out* (1935), as Davis
- *Cappy Ricks Returns* (1935), as Alden 'Cappy' Ricks
- *Diamond Jim* (1935), as A.E. Moore
- *Here Comes the Band* (1935), as Judge
- *The Healer* (1935), as Mr. Bradshaw
- *Mary Jane's Pa* (1935), as John Wagner
- *Straight from the Heart* (1935), as Boss Tim Reglan
- *Society Doctor* (1935), as Harris Snowden
- *College Rhythm* (1934), as Herman Whimple
- *The President Vanishes* (1934), as Vice Presient Molleson
- *No Ransom* (1934), as John Winfield
- *The Dragon Murder Case* (1934), as District Attorney Markham
- *Midnight Alibi* (1934), as Senator
- *Operator 13* (1934), as Colonel Sharpe
- *Thirty Day Princess* (1934), as Managing Editor
- *Let’s Be Ritzy* (1934), as Splevin
- *Hold That Girl* (1934), as McCloy
- *The Countess of Monte Cristo* (1934), as Hotel Manager
- *Cross Country Cruise* (1934), as The Grouch
- *Fog* (1933), as Alonzo Holt
- *The Prizefighter and the Lady* (1933), as Adopted Son
- *Only Yesterday* (1933), as Harvey Miles
- *The Kennel Murder Case* (1933), as District Attorney Markham
- *I Loved a Woman* (1933), as Larkin
- *The Solitaire Man* (1933), as Mr. Peabody
- *Heroes for Sale* (1933), as Dr. Briggs
- *The Big Cage* (1933), as Henry Cameron
- *Pick-up* (1933), as Jerome Turner
- *42nd Street* (1933), as Jones — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Ladies They Talk About* (1933), as District Attorney Walter Simpson
- *Hard to Handle* (1933), as Charles Reeves
- *The Match King* (1932), as Mr. Larsen
- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), as F.E. Ramsey — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)
- *The Phantom of Crestwood* (1932), as Herbert Walcott
- *Flaming Gold* (1932), as Bill Conway
- *Movie Crazy* (1932), as Wesley Kitterman
- *Grand Hotel* (1932), as Meierheim
- *Back Street* (1932), as Uncle Felix
- *The First Year* (1932), as Fred Livingston
- *Madame Racketeer* (1932), as James Butterworth
- *Ladies of the Jury* (1932), as Judge Henry Fish
- *Girls About Town* (1931), as Simms
- *Skyline* (1931), as Judge West
- *New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford* (1931), as Mr. Tuttle
- *Too Many Cooks* (1931), as Uncle George
- *It's a Wise Child* (1931), as G. A. Appleby
- *Kept Husbands* (1931), as Arthur Parker
- *Cimarron* (1931), as Louis Hefner
- *Feet First* (1930), as John Quincy Tanner
- *The Pay-Off* (1930), as Frank
- *Night Work* (1930), as Phil Reisman
- *Good Intentions* (1930), as Cyrus Holt
- *The Sins of the Children* (1930), as Joe Higginson
- *The Home Towners* (1928), as P. H. Bancroft
- *New Brooms* (1925), Actor
- *Second Youth* (1924), as Department Store Clerk

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