Robert Elliott

Robert Elliott

1879-10-08 Columbus, Ohio, USA 74 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Elliott (October 9, 1879 – November 15, 1951) was an American character actor who appeared in 102 films and TV shows from 1916 to 1951. He was born Richard Robert Elliott in 1879 in Columbus, Ohio. Most of his main roles were in the silent era. In the sound era he mostly performed in supporting roles and bit parts. On the stage he originated the Sergeant O'Hara character opposite Jeanne Eagels in Somerset Maugham's play Rain (1922). Active in films...

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The Devil's Playground

The Devil's Playground

1946

as Judge Morton

7.0
Acting

Hoppy finds a wounded girl and later finds Judge Morton who claims the girl is his daughter and he is looking for her. But Hoppy soon learns the girl ...

Chick Carter, Detective

Chick Carter, Detective

1946

as Dan Rankin

4.5
Acting

Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot)finds himself on his most exciting case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports t...

The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

5.3
Acting

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from ear...

You, the People

You, the People

1940

as Mr. Edward Gibbon

5.8
Acting

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the cu...

Flowing Gold

Flowing Gold

1940

as Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires hi...

The Ghost Breakers

The Ghost Breakers

1940

as Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning he...

'Til We Meet Again

'Til We Meet Again

1940

as Detective (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. J...

Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner

1940

as Officer Kelly

5.2
Acting

Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some f...

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940

as Minor Role (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his el...

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

1939

as Arresting Officer (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939

as Yankee Major

7.9
Acting

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruc...

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

1939

as First Detective

7.5
Acting

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartl...

I Stole a Million

I Stole a Million

1939

as Peterson

6.0
Acting

A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

Mickey the Kid

Mickey the Kid

1939

as FBI Agent Farrow

Acting

A bank robber and his boy make a run for it during winter in a bus full of children.

Should a Girl Marry?

Should a Girl Marry?

1939

as Warden

3.5
Acting

A young woman and her doctor husband are victims of a blackmail scheme when it is discovered that she was born in prison.

The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back

1939

as Chief Inspector Webster

5.6
Acting

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after b...

Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other

1939

as Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

Trade Winds

Trade Winds

1938

as Captain George Faulkiner

6.3
Acting

After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and...

Circumstantial Evidence

Circumstantial Evidence

1935

as Detective Brown (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake" murder...

Times Square Lady

Times Square Lady

1935

as "Brick" Culver

6.0
Acting

A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir ...

The World Accuses

The World Accuses

1934

as Lt. Ryan

6.0
Acting

When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

1934

as Inspector 'Mac' McKinney

4.4
Acting

Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a mar...

Gambling Lady

Gambling Lady

1934

as Graves

6.3
Acting

A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks ou...

Lady Killer

Lady Killer

1933

as Detective Joe Brannigan

6.8
Acting

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

Twin Husbands

Twin Husbands

1933

as Sergeant Kerrigan

4.2
Acting

The wife of a businessman and his secretary attempt to trick her husband's double into impersonating him so they can get their hands on what remains o...

Heroes for Sale

Heroes for Sale

1933

as 'Red' Squad Policeman #1

7.0
Acting

Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his batt...

The Return of Casey Jones

The Return of Casey Jones

1933

as Casey Jones

6.0
Acting

Jimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is killed in a train wreck. The boy grows up to be a rai...

The Crime of the Century

The Crime of the Century

1933

as Captain Tim Riley

6.3
Acting

Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up ...

Self Defense

Self Defense

1932

as Dan Simmons

Acting

Katy Devoux runs a gambling-drinking joint in British Columbia. She is a fair-playing business woman, but is ashamed of the source of her income, so s...

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

1932

as Honest John Miller

6.2
Acting

Eddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When ...

The Phantom of Crestwood

The Phantom of Crestwood

1932

as Detective (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.

White Eagle

White Eagle

1932

as Capt. Blake

Acting

Gregory is a phony government agent issuing worthless checks. To keep from being exposed he has his men dress as Indians and attack anything bringing ...

The Midnight Patrol

The Midnight Patrol

1932

as Howard Brady

Acting

A cub reporter rashly makes a promise to solve a murder mystery within 24 hours, then must make good on his boast.

Behind Stone Walls

Behind Stone Walls

1932

as District Attorney John Manson Clay

4.4
Acting

Esther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jac...

Five Star Final

Five Star Final

1931

as R.J. Brannegan

6.7
Acting

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman in...

Murder at Midnight

Murder at Midnight

1931

as Inspector Taylor

5.4
Acting

Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologis...

The Star Witness

The Star Witness

1931

as Deputy Williams (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals...

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1931

as Police Lt. Dundy

6.4
Acting

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette kno...

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'

1931

as Himself - Golfer

Acting

Bobby Jones teaches a group of truant businessman how to improve their chip shots.

The Finger Points

The Finger Points

1931

as Frank Carter

6.6
Acting

Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on...

Captain Thunder

Captain Thunder

1930

as Morgan

3.8
Acting

A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner Bros.' Captain Thunder contains some of the darndes...

The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

1930

as Captain Pat O'Grady

6.3
Acting

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and ...

Men of the North

Men of the North

1930

as Sergeant Mooney

5.0
Acting

Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin, Woolie-Woolie be...

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

1930

as Self

3.4
Acting

Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, atten...

Sweet Mama

Sweet Mama

1930

as Mack

Acting

A young girl falls in love with a member of a gang of crooks. She determines to bring the rest of the gang to justice so she can save the man she love...

Kathleen Mavourneen

Kathleen Mavourneen

1930

as Dan Moriarity

10.0
Acting

Kathleen O'Connor, fresh off the boat from Ireland, must decide between the two men who love her - a poor plumber and a wealthy politician.

The Divorcee

The Divorcee

1930

as Bill

6.4
Acting

When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.

Hide-Out

Hide-Out

1930

as William Burke

Acting

A bootlegger on the run from the law hides out on a college campus. He disguises himself as a student and soon becomes the school's star athlete and t...

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt

1929

as Prison chaplain

5.8
Acting

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and wh...

The Lone Wolf's Daughter

The Lone Wolf's Daughter

1929

as Ethier

Acting

Michael Lanyard, a reformed cracks-man, adopts Adrienne, the daughter of an old friend, and goes to Southampton to attend a party celebrating her enga...

Romance of the Underworld

Romance of the Underworld

1928

as Edwin Burke

4.5
Acting

When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's pretty young girlfriend. A kind-hearted cop takes p...

Lights of New York

Lights of New York

1928

as Detective Crosby

5.4
Acting

Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.

Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead

1928

as Detective

Acting

Happiness Ahead is a persumed lost 1928 silent film drama directed by William A. Seiter and starring Colleen Moore and then husband and wife Edmund Lo...

Obey Your Husband

Obey Your Husband

1928

as Mr. Kennedy

Acting

An inveterate gambler is charged with killing a card sharp.

Man and Wife

Man and Wife

1923

as Dr. Howard Fleming

Acting

Dora Perkins is a country girl who runs away to New York City. She gets work as a nurse and marries Dr. Howard Fleming, a famed brain surgeon. Suppose...

The Broken Silence

The Broken Silence

1922

as Bruce Cameron

Acting
Without Fear

Without Fear

1922

as John Miles

Acting

Ruth Hamilton, from a wealthy aristocratic family, cares little for society or its conventions and refuses the proposal of William Barton, a socialite...

A Pasteboard Crown

A Pasteboard Crown

1922

as Stewart Thrall

Acting
Fair Lady

Fair Lady

1922

as Norvin Blake

Acting

Countess Margherita is a Sicilian girl who is about to be married, but Caesar Maruffi, the head of a criminal syndicate, wants her for himself. He arr...

Lonely Heart

Lonely Heart

1921

Acting
The Empire of Diamonds

The Empire of Diamonds

1920

as Matthew Versigny

Acting

Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his diamo...

Checkers

Checkers

1919

as Kendal

Acting

Edward Campbell, known as Checkers, is a racetrack tout. Determined to reform himself, he foreswears gambling, but must take it up once more in order ...

A Woman There Was

A Woman There Was

1919

as Pulke

Acting

Theda Bara plays Princess Zara, who lives on a South Sea Island. A handsome young missionary (William B. Davidson) arrives and there is a romance, whi...

Unknown Love

Unknown Love

1919

as Captain Jack Tims

5.0
Acting

Doris Parker, the daughter of an American Marine Officer, becomes Harry Townsend's pen pal. Harry is a young American soldier with no family who has g...

For the Freedom of the East

For the Freedom of the East

1918

as Robert Kenyon

Acting

When Men Betray

1918

Acting
Joan of Plattsburg

Joan of Plattsburg

1918

as Capt. Lane

Acting

Joan, an earnest little orphan who lives in an asylum near the World War I training camp at Plattsburg, reads the story of "Joan of Arc" and soon imag...

The Debt

The Debt

1917

Acting

A reception in their small village in celebration of the Count’s daughter Ann’s engagement to Baron Moreno is disrupted by the news that a mine in whi...

Mrs. Balfame

Mrs. Balfame

1917

as Dwight Rush

Acting

Mrs. Balfame is a 1917 Mystery Drama

Motherhood

Motherhood

1917

as Albert

Acting

European peasants Albert & Louise are separated by war with Albert only able to return once during the conflict. While he is away the enemy’s captain ...

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed

1917

Acting

Eve Leslie and Adam Moore become interested in the stock market. Eve decides to try to add to her fortunes by plunging. Tempted by the sin of greed, E...

Miss Petticoats

Miss Petticoats

1916

as Rev. Ralph Harding

Acting

Miss Petticoats stops a runaway horse, saves a wealthy woman from death, is rewarded with position as a private secretary. Society shuns her. She goes...

Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph

Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph

1916

as Robert Ewing

Acting

"Buttsy" Gallagher is a harmless young product of the slums. In all his life he has never been of the slightest importance. His spirit is so submerged...

The Kiss of Hate

The Kiss of Hate

1916

as Sergius Orzoff

Acting

When Count Peter Turgeneff, his daughter, Nadia, and Paul, his generous-hearted son, came to live in the Governor's palace in the Russian province of ...