Robert Elliott
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1879-10-08
- Died
- 1951-11-15
- Place of birth
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Richard Robert Elliott · Robert Elliot
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 from 1916, Elliott played Detective Crosby in the 1928 feature Lights of New York, the first all-talking sound film. One of his most notable roles was that of a Yankee officer playing cards with Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) in the film Gone With the Wind; the officer says of Rhett, "It's hard to be strict with a man who loses money so pleasantly."
Robert Elliott was married to Ruth Thorp (1889–1971) from 1920 until his death in 1951, aged 72, in Los Angeles, California.
Known For
Movies (84)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Yankee Major
Lonely Heart
1921
Sweet Mama
1930
as Mack
L'apache
1919
as Otis Mayne
Fair Lady
1922
as Norvin Blake
Mary Moreland
1917
as Thomas Maughm
The Ghost Breakers
1940
as Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
Heroes for Sale
1933
as 'Red' Squad Policeman #1
Thunderbolt
1929
as Prison chaplain
Checkers
1919
as Kendal
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as First Detective
Miss Petticoats
1916
as Rev. Ralph Harding
The Woman Who Dared
1933
as Attorney
Invisible Stripes
1939
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Chick Carter, Detective
1946
as Dan Rankin
The Money Maniac
1921
as Didier Bouchard
When Men Betray
1918
as Raymond Edwards
Times Square Lady
1935
as "Brick" Culver
Made for Each Other
1939
as Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)
The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917
as Gerard Buckland
Five Star Final
1931
as R.J. Brannegan
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Detective (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The World Accuses
1934
as Lt. Ryan
The Maltese Falcon
1931
as Police Lt. Dundy
Thou Shalt Not Steal
1917
as Roger Benton
The Divorcee
1930
as Bill
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
1929
as Ethier
Protection
1929
as Wallace Crockett
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917
Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph
1916
as Robert Ewing
You, the People
1940
as Mr. Edward Gibbon
Lady Killer
1933
as Brannigan
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932
as Detective (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
1940
as Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Man and Wife
1923
as Dr. Howard Fleming
Life's Shadows
1916
as Rodney Thorndyke
I Stole a Million
1939
as Peterson
The Empire of Diamonds
1920
as Matthew Versigny
The Crime of the Century
1933
as Captain Tim Riley
Gambling Lady
1934
as Graves
Madison Square Garden
1932
as Honest John Miller
The Doorway to Hell
1930
as Captain Pat O'Grady
The Star Witness
1931
as Deputy Williams (uncredited)
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
as Chief Inspector Webster
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Murder at Midnight
1931
as Inspector Taylor
Trade Winds
1938
as Captain George Faulkiner
Half a Sinner
1940
as Officer Kelly
The Child of Destiny
1916
as Bob Stange
The Devil's Playground
1946
as Judge Morton
Captain Thunder
1930
as Morgan
The Midnight Patrol
1932
as Howard Brady
Should a Girl Marry?
1939
as Warden
Lights of New York
1928
as Detective Crosby
Circumstantial Evidence
1935
as Detective Brown (uncredited)
Men of the North
1930
as Sergeant Mooney
The Finger Points
1931
as Frank Carter
Twin Husbands
1933
as Sergeant Kerrigan
The Broken Silence
1922
as Bruce Cameron
A Pasteboard Crown
1922
as Stewart Thrall
The Debt
1917
Self Defense
1932
as Dan Simmons
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
1931
as Himself - Golfer
The Return of Casey Jones
1933
as Casey Jones
Behind Stone Walls
1932
as District Attorney John Manson Clay
Motherhood
1917
as Albert
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934
as Inspector 'Mac' McKinney
Happiness Ahead
1928
as Detective
A Woman There Was
1919
as Pulke
Kathleen Mavourneen
1930
as Dan Moriarity
A Virgin Paradise
1921
as Bob Alan
Mickey the Kid
1939
as FBI Agent Farrow
White Eagle
1932
as Capt. Blake
Romance of the Underworld
1928
as Edwin Burke
Joan of Plattsburg
1918
as Capt. Lane
Unknown Love
1919
as Captain Jack Tims
Mrs. Balfame
1917
as Dwight Rush
The Kiss of Hate
1916
as Sergius Orzoff
Hide-Out
1930
as William Burke
Without Fear
1922
as John Miles
For the Freedom of the East
1918
as Robert Kenyon
Obey Your Husband
1928
as Mr. Kennedy
About Robert Elliott
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 from 1916, Elliott played Detective Crosby in the 1… With 84 credits spanning from 1916 to 1946, Robert Elliott has appeared in 84 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Yankee Major
- Lonely Heart (1921)
- Sweet Mama (1930) — as Mack
- L'apache (1919) — as Otis Mayne
- Fair Lady (1922) — as Norvin Blake
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