
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

The Roaring Twenties
1939
as First Detective

Thunderbolt
1929
as Prison chaplain

Kathleen Mavourneen
1930
as Dan Moriarity

Happiness Ahead
1928
as Detective

Flowing Gold
1940
as Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

The Ghost Breakers
1940
as Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)

Lady Killer
1933
as Brannigan

Sweet Mama
1930
as Mack

Captain Thunder
1930
as Morgan

Made for Each Other
1939
as Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)

Trade Winds
1938
as Captain George Faulkiner

The Maltese Falcon
1931
as Police Lt. Dundy

Circumstantial Evidence
1935
as Detective Brown (uncredited)

Heroes for Sale
1933
as 'Red' Squad Policeman #1

Invisible Stripes
1939
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)

White Eagle
1932
as Capt. Blake

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

I Stole a Million
1939
as Peterson

The Saint Strikes Back
1939
as Chief Inspector Webster

Self Defense
1932
as Dan Simmons

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Minor Role (uncredited)

Men of the North
1930
as Sergeant Mooney

Gambling Lady
1934
as Graves

The Crime of the Century
1933
as Captain Tim Riley

'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Detective (uncredited)

The Phantom of Crestwood
1932
as Detective (uncredited)

Five Star Final
1931
as R.J. Brannegan

Times Square Lady
1935
as "Brick" Culver

The World Accuses
1934
as Lt. Ryan

Twin Husbands
1933
as Sergeant Kerrigan

Mrs. Balfame
1917
as Dwight Rush

Lights of New York
1928
as Detective Crosby

The Doorway to Hell
1930
as Captain Pat O'Grady

The Star Witness
1931
as Deputy Williams (uncredited)

Murder at Midnight
1931
as Inspector Taylor

Mickey the Kid
1939
as FBI Agent Farrow

The Divorcee
1930
as Bill

Hide-Out
1930
as William Burke

The Child of Destiny
1916
as Bob Stange

Romance of the Underworld
1928
as Edwin Burke

A Woman There Was
1919
as Pulke

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934
as Inspector 'Mac' McKinney

You, the People
1940
as Mr. Edward Gibbon

Should a Girl Marry?
1939
as Warden

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self

The Kiss of Hate
1916
as Sergius Orzoff

Madison Square Garden
1932
as Honest John Miller

The Lone Wolf's Daughter
1929
as Ethier

Checkers
1919
as Kendal

Fair Lady
1922
as Norvin Blake

Thou Shalt Not Steal
1917
as Roger Benton

Joan of Plattsburg
1918
as Capt. Lane

Half a Sinner
1940
as Officer Kelly

The Broken Silence
1922
as Bruce Cameron

Obey Your Husband
1928
as Mr. Kennedy

A Virgin Paradise
1921
as Bob Alan

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917

Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph
1916
as Robert Ewing

The Finger Points
1931
as Frank Carter

The Midnight Patrol
1932
as Howard Brady

Behind Stone Walls
1932
as District Attorney John Manson Clay

The Return of Casey Jones
1933
as Casey Jones

Chick Carter, Detective
1946
as Dan Rankin

The Devil's Playground
1946
as Judge Morton

The Empire of Diamonds
1920
as Matthew Versigny

Miss Petticoats
1916
as Rev. Ralph Harding

Motherhood
1917
as Albert

Without Fear
1922
as John Miles

The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917
as Gerard Buckland

The Money Maniac
1921
as Didier Bouchard

Unknown Love
1919
as Captain Jack Tims

Mary Moreland
1917
as Thomas Maughm

Lonely Heart
1921

When Men Betray
1918
as Raymond Edwards

The Woman Who Dared
1933
as Attorney

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
1931
as Himself - Golfer

A Pasteboard Crown
1922
as Stewart Thrall

For the Freedom of the East
1918
as Robert Kenyon

L'apache
1919
as Otis Mayne

Man and Wife
1923
as Dr. Howard Fleming
Protection
1929
as Wallace Crockett

The Debt
1917

Life's Shadows
1916
as Rodney Thorndyke
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
- The Roaring Twenties (1939) — as First Detective
- Thunderbolt (1929) — as Prison chaplain
- Kathleen Mavourneen (1930) — as Dan Moriarity
- Happiness Ahead (1928) — as Detective
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