Robert Elliott (actor)
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Robert Elliot, 1919
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Born | Richard Robert Elliott October 9, 1879 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1916–1951 |
Spouse(s) | Ruth Thorp (1920–1951; his death) |
Robert Elliot (October 9, 1879 – November 15, 1951) was an American character actor who appeared in 102 Hollywood films and TV shows from 1916 to 1951.
Life and career
Born as Richard Robert Elliott[1] 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."[2]
Personal life
Robert Elliott was married to Ruth Thorp (1889–1971) from 1920 until his death in 1951, aged 72, in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
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- The Child of Destiny (1916)
- Motherhood (1917)
- The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917)
- Resurrection (1918)
- Checkers (1919)
- A Virgin Paradise (1921)
- A Pasteboard Crown (1922)
- The Broken Silence (1922)
- Obey Your Husband (1928)
- Happiness Ahead (1928)
- The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929)
- The Maltese Falcon (1931)
- The Finger Points (1931)
- Murder at Midnight (1931)
- Twin Husbands (1933)
- Trade Winds (1938)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939) as First Detective
- Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
- The Devil's Playground (1946)
References
- ↑ Profile, imdb.com; accessed August 16, 2015.
- ↑ Gone With the Wind details, cornel1801.com; accessed August 16, 2016.
External links
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- 1879 births
- 1951 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male silent film actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- Male actors from Columbus, Ohio
- Disease-related deaths in California