
Robert Greig
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1879-12-26
- Died
- 1958-06-27
- Place of birth
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Also known as
- Robert Grieg · Arthur Alfred Bede Greig
Biography
Robert Greig (December 27, 1879 – June 27, 1958) was an Australian-American actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1930 and 1949, usually as the dutiful butler.
Known For

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Sir Thomas

Les Misérables
1935
as Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Lord Melville (uncredited)

The Thief of Bagdad
1940
as Man of Basra (uncredited)

The Lady Eve
1941
as Burrows

Stingaree
1934
as The Innkeeper
Movies (91)

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Sir Thomas

Les Misérables
1935
as Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Lord Melville (uncredited)

The Thief of Bagdad
1940
as Man of Basra (uncredited)

The Lady Eve
1941
as Burrows

Stingaree
1934
as The Innkeeper

I Married a Witch
1942
as Town Crier (uncredited)

Small Town Girl
1936
as Childers, Dakin's Butler

Stowaway
1936
as Captain

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)

Summer Storm
1944
as Gregory

Trouble in Paradise
1932
as Jacques (the Butler)

Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Mr. Borst

Rose Marie
1936
as Hotel Manager

Unfaithfully Yours
1948
as Jules

Arabian Nights
1942
as Eunuch

Sullivan's Travels
1941
as Burroughs

Midnight Mary
1933
as Tom's Butler Potter (uncredited)

The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Third Member Ale and Quail Club

Algiers
1938
as Giraux

Easy Living
1937
as Butler

Lady Behave!
1937
as Alfred

Woman Wanted
1935
as Peedles

Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Mr. Orlando (uncredited)

The Gay Deception
1935
as Adolph

The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)

Horse Feathers
1932
as Biology Professor (uncredited)

Mark of the Vampire
1935
as Fat Man (uncredited)

Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Uncle John

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Judge

Lloyd's of London
1936
as Lord Drayton

Beauty and the Boss
1932
as Chappel

Female
1933
as James, Alison's Main Butler (Uncredited)

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Algernon McNiff

Animal Crackers
1930
as Hives

Tower of London
1939
as Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited)

Midnight Intruder
1938
as Willetts

Clive of India
1935
as Mr. Pemberton

Upperworld
1934
as Marc Caldwell

The Cheaters
1945
as MacFarland

Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Baritone Bartender (uncredited)

Way Down South
1939
as Judge Ravenal

Love Me Tonight
1932
as Major Domo Flammand

Jewel Robbery
1932
as Man Reading 'Wiener Journal' (uncredited)

Bride of Vengeance
1949
as Councillor

One More River
1934
as Blore

The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Chamberlain

The Devil-Doll
1936
as Émile Coulvet

Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Vonce the Butler

Easy to Take
1936
as Judd

Born to Love
1931
as Hansom Cabby (uncredited)

Robbers' Roost
1932
as Tulliver the Butler

The Tenderfoot
1932
as Mack
Jitters the Butler
1932
as Jitters, the butler

Hudson's Bay
1940
as Sir Robert

The Mad Martindales
1942
as Wallace Butler

Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Henri

Meet the Baron
1933
as Explorer (uncredited)

Girl Trouble
1942
as Fields

Three Live Ghosts
1936
as John Ferguson, Brockton's Butler

Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Jarvis (butler)

The Mind Reader
1933
as Swami (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy
1940
as Robert

Broadway to Hollywood
1933
as 'Diamond Jim' Brady

Million Dollar Kid
1944
as Spevin

I Live for Love
1935
as Nightclub patron

My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as The Major Domo

Paramount on Parade
1930
as (uncredited)

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
as Chesterfield

Moon Over Miami
1941
as Brearley, Boulton's Butler

Pleasure Cruise
1933
as Crum

Trouble for Two
1936
as Fat Man

It's Great to Be Alive
1933
as Perkins

Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934
as The Duke

Tonight or Never
1931
as Conrad

Hollywood and Vine
1945
as Jenkins

The Bishop Misbehaves
1935
as Rosalind

Dangerously Yours
1933
as White

Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
as 2nd Buther

Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945
as Charles, the Butler

The Unguarded Hour
1936
as Henderson

Laugh Your Blues Away
1942
as Wilfred
It Could Happen to You
1939
as Pedley

Wonderland of California
1933
as Self

Men Must Fight
1933
as Albert

They Just Had to Get Married
1933
as Radcliff

Michael O'Halloran
1937
as Craig, the Butler

Three Hearts for Julia
1943
as Cairns, Anton's Butler (uncredited)

Easy to Love
1934
as Andrews

The Honeymoon's Over
1939
as Horace Kellogg
About Robert Greig
Robert Greig (December 27, 1879 – June 27, 1958) was an Australian-American actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1930 and 1949, usually as the dutiful butler. With 91 credits spanning from 1930 to 1997, Robert Greig has appeared in 91 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) — as Sir Thomas
- Les Misérables (1935) — as Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)
- You Can't Take It with You (1938) — as Lord Melville (uncredited)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940) — as Man of Basra (uncredited)
- The Lady Eve (1941) — as Burrows
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