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name: "Robert Milasch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-milasch"
fi1m_id: "robert-milasch"
imdb_id: "nm0586903"
tmdb_id: 1291267
wikidata_id: "Q63283405"
roles: []
born: "18 April 1885"
died: "14 November 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T23:23:32.633962+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Milasch

## Identity

Robert Milasch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-milasch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-milasch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0586903
- **TMDB ID:** 1291267
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63283405
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Milasch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63283405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291267

Actor. Born 18 April 1885 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 14 November 1954.

## Details

- **Born:** 18 April 1885, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 14 November 1954
- **Also known as:** Robert E. Milasch, R.E. Milasch, Robert Milash, R.E. Milash, R. Milash, Robert Milach, Roland Milasch
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1900s 70 (1), 1930s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Milasch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63283405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291267

## Biography

Robert Milasch (also credited as Robert E. Milasch, R.E. Milasch, Robert Milash and R.E. Milash) was an American character actor active from 1903 to 1951. Born in New York City, he began his working life in circuses before joining the Edison Manufacturing Company, where he appeared in two roles in the 1903 short *The Great Train Robbery*.

In the silent era he took credited parts in films including *Under the Greenwood Tree* (1918), *Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch* (1919) and *Peter Pan* (1924). During the sound period his appearances were almost entirely uncredited, among them roles in *Frankenstein* (1931), *Island of Lost Souls* (1932), *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), *Sergeant York* (1941), *My Darling Clementine* (1946) and *They Were Expendable* (1945). He claimed to have appeared in around 3,000 films.

Milasch died in 1954 in California.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Ruggles of Red Gap* (1935), Fi1m 84, as Driver — [page](https://film.one/film/ruggles-of-red-gap.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Great Train Robbery* (1903), Fi1m 70, as Trainman / Bandit (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-train-robbery.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

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

- *The Turning Point* (1952), as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- *M* (1951), as Man in Mob (uncredited)
- *Buccaneer's Girl* (1950), as Barfly Brawler (uncredited)
- *Streets of Laredo* (1949), as Barfly (uncredited)
- *Canadian Pacific* (1949), as Railroad Worker (uncredited)
- *Silver River* (1948), as Miner (uncredited)
- *The Sea of Grass* (1947), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *California* (1947), as Miner (uncredited)
- *Trail Street* (1947), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *Dick Tracy vs. Cueball* (1946), as Bar Customer (uncredited)
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *Two Sisters from Boston* (1946), as Bowery Show Spectator (uncredited)
- *Badman's Territory* (1946), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *They Were Expendable* (1945), as Minor Role (uncredited)
- *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1945), as Citizen (uncredited)
- *Christmas Holiday* (1944), as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- *Arizona Trail* (1943), Actor
- *Edge of Darkness* (1943), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *Silver Queen* (1942), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *The Spoilers* (1942), as Miner (uncredited)
- *In Old California* (1942), as Townsman
- *Moontide* (1942), as Barfly (uncredited)
- *They Died with Their Boots On* (1941), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *All That Money Can Buy* (1941), as Big Harp (uncredited)
- *Sergeant York* (1941), as Man at Church (uncredited) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md)
- *The Wagons Roll at Night* (1941), as Roustabout (uncredited)
- *The Lady from Cheyenne* (1941), as Barfly
- *The Son of Monte Cristo* (1940), as Citizen (Uncredited)
- *Seven Sinners* (1940), as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- *Queen of the Yukon* (1940), as Miner
- *Virginia City* (1940), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *$1,000 a Touchdown* (1939), as Tramp (uncredited)
- *Frontier Marshal* (1939), Actor
- *The Man in the Iron Mask* (1939), as Torturer
- *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *The Oklahoma Kid* (1939), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *The Girl of the Golden West* (1938), as Townsman
- *Exclusive* (1937), as Gangster
- *Fury* (1936), as Townsman Deputy (uncredited)
- *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), as Farmer (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md)
- *Give Us This Night* (1936), as Fisherman
- *The Rainmakers* (1935), as Townsman
- *Steamboat Round the Bend* (1935), as Townsman
- *Ruggles of Red Gap* (1935), as Driver — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ruggles-of-red-gap.md)
- *Donkey Baseball* (1935), as Donkey Keeper (uncredited)
- *Beggars in Ermine* (1934), as Steel Worker (uncredited)
- *Island of Lost Souls* (1932), as Beast (uncredited)
- *Frankenstein* (1931), as Villager (uncredited)
- *The Lion and the Lamb* (1931), as Lem
- *Soup to Nuts* (1930), as Revolutionary (uncredited)
- *Dangerous Nan McGrew* (1930), as Sheriff (as Robert Milash)
- *Men of Daring* (1927), as King (as Robert Milash)
- *The Phantom Bullet* (1926), as Tall cowhand
- *Thank You* (1925), as Sweet, Sr.
- *The Iron Horse* (1925), as Hell on Wheels Bartender (uncredited)
- *Peter Pan* (1924), as Kelt
- *Captain Blood* (1924), as Kent
- *The Right of the Strongest* (1924), as Bud Davis
- *The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln* (1924), as Southern planter
- *Catch My Smoke* (1922), as Frank Hurd
- *Confidence* (1922), as Bige Miller
- *The Prodigal Judge* (1922), as Bob Yancy
- *Black Beauty* (1921), as Lean Bailiff
- *The Fourteenth Man* (1920), as Jenks (as Robert Milash)
- *Dawn* (1919), as Hank
- *The Moonshine Trail* (1919), as Cynthia's Father
- *Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch* (1919), as Hiram Stubbins
- *The Two Brides* (1919), Actor
- *The Rough Neck* (1919), as Toning
- *Under the Greenwood Tree* (1918), as Pete
- *The Arrival of Perpetua* (1915), as Andrews
- *Nursery Favorites* (1913), as Giant
- *The Star of the Side Show* (1912), as Carlo, the Giant
- *The Great Train Robbery* (1903), as Trainman / Bandit (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-train-robbery.md)

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