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Robert Middleton

Robert Middleton

Known For Acting
Birthday May 13, 1911
Died Jun 14, 1977 (66)
Birthplace Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Popularity 5 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Middleton, born Samuel G. Messer (May 13, 1911 – June 14, 1977), was an American film and television actor known for his large size and beetle-like brow. With a deep, booming voice, Middleton trained for a musical career at the Cincinnati Conservatory of ... Music and Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked steadily as a radio announcer and actor. One of his early works was as the narrator of the educational film "Duck and Cover". After appearing on the Broadway stage and live television, Middleton began appearing in films in 1954. He's also remembered on television as the boss Mr. Marshall on The Jackie Gleason Show and in film opposite Humphrey Bogart in The Desperate Hours (1955), Gary Cooper in Friendly Persuasion (1956), Richard Egan and Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender (1956), Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack in The Tarnished Angels (1958), and Dean Martin in Career (1959). A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Middleton appeared in many television programs in the 1950s and 1960s, including the CBS anthology series Appointment with Adventure. He was cast as "The Tichborne Claimant" in the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show. He appeared in ten episodes of ABC's family Western The Monroes, with costars Michael Anderson, Jr., and Barbara Hershey. Among his several appearances in the long-running Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he portrayed a gangster in high places, Mr. Koster, in the 1956 episode "The Better Bargain". In 1958, he played the villain in the first episode of Bat Masterson. In 1961, he appeared in the episode "Accidental Tourist" on the James Whitmore ABC legal drama The Law and Mr. Jones. That same year, he portrayed the highly sympathetic but fiercely dedicated state executioner in an episode of Thriller (U.S. TV series) entitled "Guillotine". He also appeared in at least one episode of Bonanza (1964). In the early 1950s, Middleton appeared on Broadway in Ondine. Other significant film roles include The Court Jester (1956) as a grim and determined knight who jousts with Danny Kaye in the famous "pellet with the poison" sequence, and as a sinister politician in The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977). Betwixt and between were an array of brutish mountain daddies, corrupt, cigar-chomping town bosses and lynch mob leaders. Occasionally he showed a bit of levity, as in his recurring role as Jackie Gleason's boss on The Honeymooners (1955) sketches. Middleton died of congestive heart failure in Hollywood at the age of sixty-six. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Middleton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Lincoln Conspiracy

The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977

as Edwin M. Stanton

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

1974

as Don Luis Quintero

Remember When

Remember When

1974

as Kraus, the butcher

The Harrad Experiment

The Harrad Experiment

1973

as Sidney Bower

Fair Play

Fair Play

1972

as Jova Purvis

The Cheyenne Social Club

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970

as Barkeeper - Great Plains Saloon

Which Way to the Front?

Which Way to the Front?

1970

as Colonico

Company of Killers

Company of Killers

1970

as Owen Brady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966

as Dennis Wilcox

The Adventures of Gallegher

The Adventures of Gallegher

1964

as Dutch Mac

For Those Who Think Young

For Those Who Think Young

1964

as Burford Sanford Cronin

Cattle King

Cattle King

1963

as Clay Mathews

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

1961

as Martin Plomb

Gold of the Seven Saints

Gold of the Seven Saints

1961

as Amos Gondora

Hell Bent for Leather

Hell Bent for Leather

1960

as Ambrose

The Great Impostor

The Great Impostor

1960

as R.C. Brown

Don't Give Up the Ship

Don't Give Up the Ship

1959

as Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde

Career

Career

1959

as Robert Kensington

Nightmare at Ground Zero

Nightmare at Ground Zero

1958

as Narrator

Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman

1958

as Charlie Hayes

The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade

1958

as Ortero

No Place to Land

No Place to Land

1958

as Buck LaVonne

Bitter Heritage

Bitter Heritage

1958

as Luke Crocker

The Death of Manolete

The Death of Manolete

1957

as Perea

The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man

1957

as Ben Ryerson

The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

1957

as Matt Ord

The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones

1956

as Honest John Barrett

Red Sundown

Red Sundown

1956

as Rufus Henshaw

Love Me Tender

Love Me Tender

1956

as Mr. Siringo

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

1956

as Sam Jordan

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955

as Police Capt. Peterson

The Court Jester

The Court Jester

1955

as Sir Griswold

Trial

Trial

1955

as A.A. "Fats" Sanders

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours

1955

as Sam Kobish

The Silver Chalice

The Silver Chalice

1954

as Idbash

Duck and Cover

Duck and Cover

1952

as Narrator

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Tales of Tomorrow

as Dr. John Borrow

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 03, 1951

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Frank Davis

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 27, 1954

The Untouchables

as Mayor Anton J. Cermak

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 15, 1959

General Electric Theater

as Innkeeper

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Burke's Law

as Jed Hawkes

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Columbo

as Victor Norris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1971

Burke's Law

as Ezekiel Kindworth aka 'Rocky Mountain'

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Kung Fu

as Marshal Ford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1972

Mannix

as Jake Coryell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Gunsmoke

as Jake Worth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Perry Mason

as Judge Daniel Redmond

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

General Electric Theater

as Lt. Toler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Mission: Impossible

as Clavering

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1968

Get Smart

as The Whip

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

The Tall Man

as Paul Mason

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sam Klinker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Wild Wild West

as Emir El Emid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

Rawhide

as Josh Green

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Daniel Boone

as Simon Brasher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

Thriller

as Ohrback

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

Lux Video Theatre

as Titus Semple

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Sheriff Ed Mullen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Climax!

as Sheriff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

The Big Valley

as Judge Tyrone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Adventures in Paradise

as Howard Bailey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

The Rebel

as Arthur Sutro

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1959

Bat Masterson

as Big Keel Roberts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 08, 1958

The New Breed

as Stanley Mannis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1961

The Detectives

as 'Big Jim'

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1959

Suspense

as Bill West

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1949

Cavalcade of America

as William Harper

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Whitney 'Whit' Gaynor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Vacation Playhouse

as Homer Ferguson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 22, 1963

The Walter Winchell File

as Aaron Benjamin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1957

Letter to Loretta

as Henry Tremaine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

The Untouchables

as Mayer Wartel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1959

The Untouchables

as Barney Loomis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1959

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Dutch Mac

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 27, 1954

Man Against Crime

as Joseph Merko

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1949

Bonanza

as Sam Bryant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Bonanza

as C.J. Shasta

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Rawhide

as Matt Harger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Rawhide

as Judge John Jefferson Hogan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Rawhide

as Duke Aberdeen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

The Big Valley

as Sidney Glover

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Gunsmoke

as Dutch George

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Dorf

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Burke's Law

as Ragnar Windsor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Bonanza

as Grizzly Martingale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Thriller

as Monsieur de Paris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Louis Koster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Cato Stone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Studio 57

as Maggio

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1954

The Monroes

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 07, 1966

Alias Smith and Jones

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 05, 1971

Target: The Corruptors!

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 29, 1961

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

McCloud

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 1970

Matinee Theater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 31, 1955

Wichita Town

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1959

Telephone Time

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 1956

Hunter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 18, 1977

The Americans

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1961

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