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name: "Robert Wildhack"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 August 1881"
died: "20 June 1940"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-19T22:51:42.312328+00:00"
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# Robert Wildhack

Actor. Born 27 August 1881 in Pekin. Died 20 June 1940.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 August 1881, Pekin
- **Died:** 20 June 1940
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_John_Wildhack, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23681119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120059

## Biography

Robert John Wildhack (1881–1940) was an American actor, illustrator and monologist. Born in Pekin, Illinois, he worked as an illustrator for magazines including Life and Collier's, and contributed to wartime posters during the First World War. He developed a stage and radio career performing comic monologues that analysed snores, sneezes and other sounds.

Wildhack appeared on Broadway in the revue Life Begins at 8:40 (1934–1935). His film roles include The Snorer in Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), The Sneezer in Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) and Mr Herzing in Back Door to Heaven (1939). He died in California in 1940.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Broadway Melody of 1936* (1935), Fi1m 72, as The Snorer — [page](https://film.one/film/broadway-melody-of-1936.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Back Door to Heaven* (1939), as Mr. Herzing
- *Broadway Melody of 1938* (1937), as Sneezer
- *Broadway Melody of 1936* (1935), as The Snorer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/broadway-melody-of-1936.md)

## Gallery

- ![Robert Wildhack](https://film.one/media/person/1227953/gallery-92a6fe754272.jpg) Robert Wildhack — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Robert_John_Wildhack_in_1917.jpg/1280px-Robert_John_Wildhack_in_1917.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bain News Service,, publisher. R.J. Wildhack [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provid](https://film.one/media/person/1227953/gallery-8a3de14e38eb.jpg) Bain News Service,, publisher. R.J. Wildhack [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provid — The Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/R.J._Wildhack_LOC_16661876611.jpg/1280px-R.J._Wildhack_LOC_16661876611.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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