Robert Middlemass (3 September 1883, in New Britain, Connecticut â€"
10 September 1949, in Los Angeles, California) was an American
playwright and stage actor, and later character actor with over 100
film appearances, usually playing detectives or policemen.Middlemass
graduated from Harvard University in 1909 and initially went into the
insurance business, but soon went on the stage, joining the Castle
Square Theatre stock company in Boston. He debuted on Broadway in
September 1914 in The Bludgeon at the Maxine Elliott Theatre.His best
known play was a one-act melodrama written with Holworthy Hall (real
name H.E. Porter, a college roommate) titled The Valiant, which was
also made into a film of the same name in 1929, and as The Man Who
Wouldn't Talk in 1940. The play became a favorite for amateur and
local theater groups and is still performed today.Middlemass moved to
Los Angeles around 1935 and began appearing in films. He died there in
1949.
10 September 1949, in Los Angeles, California) was an American
playwright and stage actor, and later character actor with over 100
film appearances, usually playing detectives or policemen.Middlemass
graduated from Harvard University in 1909 and initially went into the
insurance business, but soon went on the stage, joining the Castle
Square Theatre stock company in Boston. He debuted on Broadway in
September 1914 in The Bludgeon at the Maxine Elliott Theatre.His best
known play was a one-act melodrama written with Holworthy Hall (real
name H.E. Porter, a college roommate) titled The Valiant, which was
also made into a film of the same name in 1929, and as The Man Who
Wouldn't Talk in 1940. The play became a favorite for amateur and
local theater groups and is still performed today.Middlemass moved to
Los Angeles around 1935 and began appearing in films. He died there in
1949.
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