--- name: "Willard Robertson" canonical: "https://film.one/person/willard-robertson" roles: ["Actor"] born: "31 December 1885" died: "5 April 1948" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-20T01:02:14.824690+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." --- # Willard Robertson Actor. Born 31 December 1885 in Runnels, Texas, USA. Died 5 April 1948. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 31 December 1885, Runnels, Texas, USA - **Died:** 5 April 1948 - **Active:** 1932–1943 - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (2), 1940s 78 (2) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, War 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Western 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Robertson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568320, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103620 ## Biography Willard Robertson was an American actor and writer. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1924 and 1948, typically in supporting roles as authority figures such as sheriffs, military officers, judges and lawyers. He began his career as a lawyer in Texas before turning to acting. Robertson appeared on Broadway in 16 plays between 1907 and 1930. His film credits include *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943) as Sheriff Risley, *Remember the Night* (1940) and *Here Comes the Navy* (1934) as Executive Officer. He also wrote plays and the novel *Moon Tide* (1940), which was adapted into the 1942 film *Moontide*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Sheriff Risley — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md) - *Wake Island* (1942), Fi1m 73, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md) - *Here Comes the Navy* (1934), Fi1m 70, as Executive Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-the-navy.md) - *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Fi1m 85, as Prison Board Chairman — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md) ## Complete filmography (132) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Fury at Furnace Creek* (1948), as Gen. Leads - *Sitting Pretty* (1948), as Mr. Ashcroft - *Deep Valley* (1947), as Sheriff Akers - *My Favorite Brunette* (1947), as Prison Warden - *Gallant Journey* (1946), as Zachary Montgomery - *Renegades* (1946), as Nathan Brockway - *The Virginian* (1946), Actor - *Perilous Holiday* (1946), as Graeme - *To Each His Own* (1946), as Dr. Hunt - *Along Came Jones* (1945), as Luke Packard - *Nine Girls* (1944), as Capt. Brooks - *Background to Danger* (1943), as McNamara - *No Time for Love* (1943), as Construction Company President (uncredited) - *Air Force* (1943), as Colonel at Hickam Field - *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), as Sheriff Risley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md) - *Wake Island* (1942), Actor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md) - *Juke Girl* (1942), as Mister Just - *Moontide* (1942), Novel - *The Night of January 16th* (1941), as Inspector Donegan - *Texas* (1941), as Rancher Wilson - *Men of the Timberland* (1941), as Tim MacGregor - *I Wanted Wings* (1941), as Judge Advocate - *The Monster and the Girl* (1941), as Lieutenant Strickland - *North West Mounted Police* (1940), as Supt. Harrington - *Brigham Young* (1940), as Heber Kimball - *Lucky Cisco Kid* (1940), as Judge McQuade - *Castle on the Hudson* (1940), as Ragan - *My Little Chickadee* (1940), as Uncle John - *Remember the Night* (1940), as Francis X. O'Leary - *Main Street Lawyer* (1939), as John Ralston - *Two Bright Boys* (1939), as Clayton - *Range War* (1939), as Buck Collins - *Each Dawn I Die* (1939), as Lang - *Heritage of the Desert* (1939), as Henchman Nebraska - *Union Pacific* (1939), as Oakes Ames - *My Son Is a Criminal* (1939), as Tom Halloran Sr. - *Jesse James* (1939), as Clarke - *Kentucky* (1938), as Bob Slocum - *Torchy Gets Her Man* (1938), as Charles Gilbert - *Men with Wings* (1938), as Col. Hadley - *You and Me* (1938), as Dayton - *Gangs of New York* (1938), as Inspector Sullivan - *Island in the Sky* (1938), as Walter Rhodes - *Hot Water* (1937), as Dr. Enfield - *Exclusive* (1937), as Mr. Franklin - *Roaring Timber* (1937), as Harrigan - *This Is My Affair* (1937), as George Andrews - *The Go-Getter* (1937), as Matt Peasely - *Park Avenue Logger* (1937), as Ben Morton - *John Meade's Woman* (1937), as Man - *Larceny on the Air* (1937), as Inspector 'Mac' McDonald - *That Girl from Paris* (1936), as Immigration Officer (uncredited) - *Wanted: Jane Turner* (1936), as Walter Davies - *Winterset* (1936), as Policeman in the Square - *The Man Who Lived Twice* (1936), as Logan - *The Gorgeous Hussy* (1936), as Secretary Ingham - *The Last of the Mohicans* (1936), as Captain Winthrop - *I Married a Doctor* (1936), as Guy Pollock - *The First Baby* (1936), as Dr. Clarke - *Three Godfathers* (1936), as Reverend McLane - *Dangerous Waters* (1936), as Bill MacKeechie - *Forced Landing* (1935), as Martin Byrd - *The Old Homestead* (1935), as Uncle Jed - *His Night Out* (1935), as J.J. Trent - *O'Shaughnessy's Boy* (1935), as Dan Hastings - *Dante's Inferno* (1935), as Inspector Harris - *Oil for the Lamps of China* (1935), as Speaker - *Straight from the Heart* (1935), as District Attorney - *Laddie* (1935), as Mr. John Stanton - *Transient Lady* (1935), as Ed Goring - *Biography of a Bachelor Girl* (1935), as Grigsby, the Process Server - *Million Dollar Baby* (1934), Actor - *The Secret Bride* (1934), as Representative Grosvenor - *Mills of the Gods* (1934), as Thomas - *Elinor Norton* (1934), as Ranch Foreman - *Death on the Diamond* (1934), as Cato - *Have a Heart* (1934), as Mr. Schauber - *Housewife* (1934), as Judge Edwin A. Matthews - *Here Comes the Navy* (1934), as Executive Officer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-the-navy.md) - *Murder in the Private Car* (1934), as Hanks - *He Was Her Man* (1934), as Police Captain - *Operator 13* (1934), as Captain Channing - *Let's Talk It Over* (1934), as Dr. Preston - *One Is Guilty* (1934), as Wells Deveroux - *Upperworld* (1934), as Police Captain Reynolds - *I'll Tell the World* (1934), as Hardwick - *Whirlpool* (1934), as Morrison - *Gambling Lady* (1934), as District Attorney - *Heat Lightning* (1934), as Everett Marshall - *Dark Hazard* (1934), as Bill 'Billy' Fallen - *Two Alone* (1934), as George Marshall - *Lady Killer* (1933), as Detective Conroy - *East of Fifth Avenue* (1933), as Dr. Morgan - *Roman Scandals* (1933), as Warren Finley Cooper - *Female* (1933), as Department Head (Uncredited) - *Ever in My Heart* (1933), as Kennel Caretaker - *Wild Boys of the Road* (1933), as Captain of Detectives - *Tugboat Annie* (1933), as Red Severn - *Another Language* (1933), as Harry Hallam - *Supernatural* (1933), as Prison Warden - *Trick for Trick* (1933), as Dr. Frank Fitzgerald - *Central Airport* (1933), as Havana Airport Manager - *Destination Unknown* (1933), as Joe Shano - *Frisco Jenny* (1933), as Police Capt. Tom - *Call Her Savage* (1932), as Pete Springer - *If I Had a Million* (1932), as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited) - *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), as Prison Board Chairman — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md) - *Wild Girl* (1932), as Red Pete - *Virtue* (1932), as Detective MacKenzie - *Okay, America!* (1932), as Bit Role - *Guilty as Hell* (1932), as Police Sgt. Alcock - *Doctor X* (1932), as Detective O'Halloran - *Tom Brown of Culver* (1932), as Capt. White - *The Texas Bad Man* (1932), as Millard Keefe - *The Rider of Death Valley* (1932), as Bill Joyce - *The Famous Ferguson Case* (1932), as Sheriff - *The Broken Wing* (1932), as Sylvester Cross - *Steady Company* (1932), as Pop Henley - *Behind the Mask* (1932), as Capt. E.J. Hawkes - *The Gay Caballero* (1932), as Major Lawrence Blount - *Sooky* (1931), as Herbert Skinner - *The Cisco Kid* (1931), as Enos Hankins - *Graft* (1931), as E. T. Scudder - *Shanghaied Love* (1931), as Newman - *Silence* (1931), as Phil Powers - *The Lawyer's Secret* (1931), as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) - *Skippy* (1931), as Herbert Skinner - *Fair Warning* (1931), as Tex Calder - *The Last of the Duanes* (1930), as Texas Ranger Captain - *Why Women Love* (1925), Theatre Play - *Daughters of the Night* (1924), as Prof. Woodbury · Screenplay, Story - *Big Game* (1921), Screenplay ## Gallery - ![Willard Robertson](https://film.one/media/person/1226297/gallery-db383be7afa6.jpg) Willard Robertson — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Willard_Robertson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Willard Robertson](https://film.one/media/person/1226297/gallery-11d1a9ae2ff9.jpg) Willard Robertson — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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