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Willard Robertson

Larceny on the Air

Heritage of the Desert

Lady Killer

Air Force

Fury at Furnace Creek

Jesse James

Each Dawn I Die

I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang

Born: 01/01/1886 Runnels, TX

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Biography: A New Year's baby, actor Willard Robertson grew up in Texas, where he became a successful lawyer. Reportedly he was offered an opportunity to become a federal judge, but he turned it down because of a sudden interest in acting. Since he looked the part of a prosperous attorney, however, Robertson frequently found himself playing a member of the very profession he'd left behind. The actor also showed up as sheriffs, mayors, city councilmen and stern father figures during his quarter-centry film career. While Preston Sturges buffs pinpoint Robertson's flamboyant defense attorney in Remember the Night? (1940) as his best performance, the actor is equally fondly recalled for his portrayal of Jackie Cooper's outwardly stern, inwardly loving father in Skippy (1931) and Sooky (1931). By the mid '40s, Willard Robertson's roles were usually of one scene's duration or less, but he still carried plenty of authority, notably as the sheriff in the grim The Ox-Bow Incident (1943); Robertson's icy remonstration to a lynch mob, "The Lord better have mercy on you...you won't get it from me," still chills the blood after fifty years. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

DVDs that Willard Robertson appeared in...

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02/24/2009 - Larceny on the Air
01/27/2009 - Heritage of the Desert
03/25/2008 - Lady Killer
06/05/2007 - Air Force
05/22/2007 - Fury at Furnace Creek
03/06/2007 - Jesse James
07/18/2006 - Each Dawn I Die
05/10/2005 - I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
04/05/2005 - Texas
05/25/2004 - Wake Island

DVDs that Willard Robertson worked on "behind the scenes"...

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09/02/2008 - Moontide - Book Author