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Robert P. Kerr is a Actor and Director American born on 9 october 1892 at Burlington (USA)

Robert P. Kerr

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Birth name Robert Perry Kerr
Nationality USA
Birth 9 october 1892 at Burlington (USA)
Death 5 september 1960 (at 67 years) at Porterville (USA)
Creator of IMAX Corporation

Robert P. Kerr (October 9, 1892 – September 5, 1960) was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1917 and 1928. He was born in Burlington, Colorado and died in Porterville, California from a heart attack.

Biography

Robert P. Kerr a travaillé principalement pendant la période du cinéma muet, parfois crédité Robert Kerr ou Bob Kerr.

Usually with

Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
(4 films)
Slim Summerville
Slim Summerville
(3 films)
Fritz Schade
Fritz Schade
(3 films)
Bobby Vernon
Bobby Vernon
(2 films)
Nick Cogley
Nick Cogley
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert P. Kerr (11 films)

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Actor

Island of Lost Souls
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
, 1h10
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels, Cyberpunk films
Actors Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke, Stanley Fields
Roles Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.694073.694073.694073.694073.69407
Shipwrecked traveler Edward Parker (Richard Arlen) is rescued by a freighter delivering animals to an isolated South Seas island owned by Dr. Moreau (Charles Laughton). When Parker objects to the freighter's captain (Stanley Fields) mistreating M'ling (Tetsu Komai), an odd-looking passenger, the captain tosses Parker overboard into Montgomery (Arthur Hohl) and Moreau's boat.
They Had to See Paris
They Had to See Paris (1929)
, 1h33
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Marguerite Churchill, Fifi D'Orsay, Rex Bell, Robert P. Kerr
Roles Tupper
Rating58% 2.9076452.9076452.9076452.9076452.907645
Dans l’Oklahoma, un modeste garagiste, Pike Peters, fait fortune en découvrant un gisement de pétrole. Paris représentant pour sa femme Idy le haut lieu de la culture et des bonnes manières, il accepte à contrecœur d'y séjourner, avec Idy et leurs deux enfants Ross et Opal. Ils y rencontrent le « grand monde » mais leurs nouveaux « amis » ne sont pas tous désintéressés, et Pike aura bien des difficultés à en faire prendre conscience sa famille.
His Bread and Butter
His Bread and Butter (1916)

Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Hank Mann, Peggy Pearce, Slim Summerville, Bobby Dunn, Claire Anderson, Wayland Trask
Roles l'homme qui trébuche sur le cuisinier
Rating62% 3.1077353.1077353.1077353.1077353.107735
Love, Loot and Crash
Love, Loot and Crash (1915)
, 11minutes
Directed by Frank Griffin, Mack Sennett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Charley Chase, Nick Cogley, Josef Swickard, Fontaine La Rue, William Hauber, Harold Lloyd
Roles Cop / Fisherman (uncredited)
Rating53% 2.6782852.6782852.6782852.6782852.678285
Dora and her father are lost in the kitchen (they have just fired their cook). An ad for new one in the newspaper attracts two crooks (one of which is Fritz Schade). He dresses like a woman to apply for the job. At his first opportunity he plans to loot the house, but just then, a cop on the beat stops in for coffee. Fritz locks the cop in the basement, picks up what things of value he can and escapes. He and his pal drive off in a Model T. Along the way Dora is kidnapped, the Keystone Cops give chase and all ends well in the end.
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
, 1h15
Directed by Mack Sennett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett, Chester Conklin
Roles Policeman (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0992653.0992653.0992653.0992653.099265
Chaplin portrays a womanizing city man who meets Tillie (Dressler) in the country after a fight with his girlfriend (Normand). When he sees that Tillie's father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him. In the city, he meets the woman he was seeing already, and tries to work around the complication to steal Tillie's money. He gets Tillie drunk in a restaurant and asks her to let him hold the pocketbook. Since she is drunk, she agrees, and he escapes with his old girlfriend and the money.

Director

A Clever Dummy
A Clever Dummy (1917)
, 23minutes
Directed by Mack Sennett, Robert P. Kerr, Herman C. Raymaker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ben Turpin, Chester Conklin, Wallace Beery, Juanita Hansen, Claire Anderson, Marvel Rea
Rating58% 2.9062152.9062152.9062152.9062152.906215
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