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Robert Williams is a Actor American born on 15 september 1894 at Morgantown, Burlington (USA)
Robert Williams (September 15, 1894 – November 3, 1931) was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his first, and only, leading role in the 1931 romantic comedy Platinum Blonde, opposite Loretta Young and Jean Harlow. Williams died of peritonitis three days after the film's premiere.
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Robert Williams
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1894 at Morgantown, Burlington (USA)
Death 3 november 1931 (at 37 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 15 september 1894 at Morgantown, Burlington (USA)
Death 3 november 1931 (at 37 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
Williams was married three times; his first marriage was to singer Marion Harris in 1921 with whom he had a daughter, Mary Ellen. Williams and Harris divorced in 1922. In March 1924, he married actress Alice Lake. They separated three times before divorcing in 1925. At the time of his death, Williams was married to actress Nina Penn.Usually with
Filmography of Robert Williams (15 films)
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Viva Las Vegas (1964)
, 1h25Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Musical films, Road movies
Actors Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest, Nicky Blair, Jack Carter
Roles Le garagiste Swanson
Rating62%
Lucky Jackson (Elvis) goes to Las Vegas, Nevada to participate in the city's first annual Grand Prix Race. However, his race car, an Elva Mk. VI, is in need of a new motor (engine) in order to compete in the event.
Everything's Ducky (1961)
, 1h20Directed by Don Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jackie Cooper, Roland Winters, Elizabeth MacRae, Gordon Jones
Roles Duck Hunter
Rating45%
Two sailors sneak a talking duck aboard their ship. Complications ensue. The duck waddles all over the ship until he escapes.
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
, 1h38Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films based on plays
Actors Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala, Elisabeth Fraser, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Night Motel Man
Rating58%
In Westport, Connecticut, Augie and Isolde Poole celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary by turning in an application to the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. Encouraged by their friends and next-door neighbors, Dick and Alice Pepper, who have three children and another due, Isolde, who has been unsuccessful in her attempts to become pregnant, is determined that she and Augie will eventually be parents. While awaiting news of the application to the agency, Isolde decides that she and Augie should continue to try to have a baby on their own, and she enthusiastically follows all the latest advice by pregnancy experts.
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
, 2h15Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors James Stewart, Patricia Smith, Creighton Hale, Aaron Spelling, Bartlett Robinson, Murray Hamilton
Roles l'éditeur du journal de San Diego
Rating70%
On May 19, 1927, after waiting for a week for the rain to stop, pilot Charles A. "Slim" Lindbergh (James Stewart) tries to rest in a hotel near Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, prior to a transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. His friend Frank Mahoney (Bartlett Robinson) guards his hotel room door from reporters. Unable to sleep, Lindbergh reminisces about his time as an airmail pilot.
This Island Earth (1955)
, 1h27Directed by Jack Arnold, Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Musical films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer
Roles Webb, le contrôleur aérien
Rating59%
Dr. Cal Meacham (Reason), a noted scientist and jet pilot, is sent an unusual substitute for electronic condensers that he ordered. Instead, he receives instructions and parts to build a complex communication device called an interocitor. Although neither Meacham nor his assistant Joe Wilson (Robert Nichols) have heard of such a device, they immediately begin construction. When they finish, a mysterious man named Exeter (Morrow) appears on the device's screen and tells Meacham he has passed the test. His ability to build the interocitor demonstrates that he is gifted enough to be part of Exeter's special research project.
The Mad Magician (1954)
, 1h12Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Patrick O'Neal, Donald Randolph
Rating65%
Don Gallico (Vincent Price) is a magician, master of disguise, and inventor of stage-magic effects in the late 1800s aspiring to become a star magician under the stage name Gallico the Great. Disguised as The Great Rinaldi, a headlining rival magician, Mr. Gallico performs a number of magic tricks successfully, building up to the reveal of his latest invention, the buzz-saw, an illusion that "severs" the head of the magician's assistant Karen Lee (Mary Murphy). Before Mr. Gallico can perform the buzz-saw illusion, the curtains come down to stop the performance. Businessman Ross Ormond (Donald Randolph) and his lawyer serve Mr. Gallico a cease and desist order against the performance of the buzz-saw trick much to the anger of Mr. Gallico. Ms. Lee's boyfriend, police detective Lt. Alan Bruce (Patrick O'Neal), is asked by her to intervene in the dispute between Mr. Gallico and Mr. Ormond. Mr. Gallico informs the detective that he signed a contract to Mr. Ormond's Illusions, Inc., a magician's trick provider, to invent new tricks, the issue is that Mr. Ormond owns all work created by Mr. Ormond, not just the ones produced for Illusions, Inc., Mr. Gallico's understanding.
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
, 1h48Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Gregg Palmer
Roles Sergent Burnham
Rating69%
Spoiled playboy Bob Merrick's (Rock Hudson) reckless behavior causes him to lose control of his speed boat. Rescuers send for the nearest resuscitator, located in Dr. Phillips's house across the lake. While the resuscitator is being used to save Merrick, Dr. Phillips suffers a heart attack and dies. Merrick ends up a patient at Dr. Phillips's clinic, where most of the doctors and nurses resent the fact that Merrick inadvertently caused Dr. Phillips's death.
The Lawless (1950)
, 1h23Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands, Lee Patrick, John Hoyt, Walter Reed
Roles Boswell
Rating66%
California fruit picker Paul Rodriguez hopes to someday have a farm of his own. When his friend Lopo Chavez has a car accident, he is insulted with a racial slur by Joe Ferguson, a passenger in the other car.
Not Wanted (1949)
, 1h31Directed by Ida Lupino, Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sally Forrest, Leo Penn, Keefe Brasselle, Dorothy Adams, Wheaton Chambers, Ruth Clifford
Roles Détective Booking Sally
Rating67%
Sally Kelton, une jeune femme de dix-neuf ans, s'empare d'un bébé dans un landau. La police l'arrête et l'incarcère. Mais, lorsqu'elle explique les motivations de son geste à la mère légitime, celle-ci refuse alors de porter plainte. Elle est donc bientôt libérée. En réalité, Sally Kelton est une mère célibataire qui, après avoir été abandonnée par son amant, découvrit qu'elle était enceinte. Sa première réaction a été de confier son enfant à une institution appropriée. À présent, elle regrette son attitude et cherche, en désespoir de cause, à récupérer l'enfant. À sa sortie de prison, Drew Baxter, propriétaire d'une station-service, où Sally est employée, l'attend, car, très amoureux, il souhaiterait se marier avec elle. La jeune femme s'enfuit dès qu'elle l'aperçoit. Drew, invalide d'une jambe, essaie, pourtant, de la poursuivre, mais il finit par s'effondrer. Sally tente, pour sa part, de se suicider. Quand elle voit Drew à terre, elle se retourne vers lui pour l'aider à se relever. C'est alors qu'ils s'étreignent mutuellement.
On the Town (1949)
, 1h38Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Judy Holliday
Roles le sergent de Police de la voiture #44
Rating72%
As three sailors – Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie – begin their shore leave, Gabey falls in love with the picture of "Miss Turnstiles", who is actually Ivy Smith. The sailors race around New York attempting to find her in the brief period they have ("New York, New York").
U-Boat Prisoner (1944)
, 1h5Directed by Budd Boetticher, Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres War, Action
Actors Bruce Bennett, John Abbott, Robert Williams, Robert B. Williams, Trevor Bardette, Anthony Caruso
Roles Commandant Bristol
Rating55%
Platinum Blonde (1931)
, 1h29Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Shauna O'Brien, Jean Harlow, Halliwell Hobbes, Louise Closser Hale
Roles Stewart Smith
Rating66%
Stewart "Stew" Smith (Robert Williams), ace reporter for the Post, is assigned to get the story about the latest escapade of playboy Michael Schuyler (Donald Dillaway), a breach of promise suit by chorus girl Gloria Golden, who has been paid to drop it. Unlike rival Daily Tribune reporter Bingy Baker (Walter Catlett), he turns down a $50 bribe from Dexter Grayson (Reginald Owen), the Schuylers' lawyer, to not write anything. He does pretend to be swayed by the pleas of Anne (Jean Harlow), Michael's sister, but then brazenly calls his editor with the scoop, appalling the Schuylers.
The Common Law (1931)
, 1h14Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Joel McCrea, Constance Bennett, Lew Cody, Yola d'Avril, Robert Williams, Hedda Hopper
Roles Sam
Rating59%
Valerie West is a young American ex-patriot living with her wealthy lover, Dick Carmedon, in Paris. Tired of the relationship, she moves out, after which she meets another American ex-pat, struggling artist John Neville. She begins modeling for Neville, including some racy nude sittings. At first the relationship is purely business, but the two soon fall in love, and she moves in with him. The two begin to live an idyllic life, despite Carmedon's attempts to get Valerie Back.
Rebound (1931)
, 1h29Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Downing Ames, Ina Claire, Myrna Loy, Hedda Hopper, Robert Williams, Louise Closser Hale
Roles Johnnie Coles
Rating57%
Devotion (1931)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Ann Harding, Robert Williams, Leslie Howard, O. P. Heggie, Louise Closser Hale, Dudley Digges
Roles Norman Harrington
Rating61%
Shirley Mortimer tombe amoureuse de l'avocat David Trent lors de la visite de ce dernier à son père. Déterminée à sortir de sa vie de famille étouffante, Shirley se déguise en une matrone à lunettes, prend le nom de Mme Halifax et obtient un poste de gouvernante du fils de Trent. En tant que Mme Halifax, Shirley s'intéresse à Trent et le gronde lorsqu'il boit des cocktails ou lorsqu'il se couche trop tard pour travailler sur ses dossiers juridiques. Après que Trent a obtenu l'acquittement de Norman Harrington, un peintre accusé du meurtre de sa femme, il invite Harrington chez lui pour fêter cette victoire. En discutant avec Trent, Harrington remarque qu'une partie des cheveux de Shirley sort de sa perruque et fait rapidement son portrait. D'après le croquis, Trent reconnaît finalement Shirley, mais reste silencieux au sujet de sa découverte et, sachant qu'elle dînera avec son père le lendemain soir, il s'invite chez eux. Pendant le souper, Trent feint d'ignorer le double jeu de Shirley, puis finit par la confondre et lui avouer son amour. Le lendemain, cependant, Shirley, incapable de rester à l'écart, retourne à l'appartement de Trent sous le nom de Mme Halifax. Leur relation s'épanouit jusqu'à ce que l'épouse de Trent, absente depuis longtemps, arrive de façon inattendue. Choquée par l'apparition de Mme Trent, Shirley quitte Trent et devient mannequin pour Harrington, qui tombe bientôt amoureux d'elle. Quand Harrington demande à Shirley de devenir sa maîtresse, cependant, elle le rejette et retourne à son ancienne vie terne à la maison. À la surprise de sa famille, Harrington, plein de remords, passe voir Shirley un après-midi et la demande en mariage. Quelques secondes plus tard, Trent arrive et, après avoir expliqué à Shirley qu'il n'avait pas vu sa femme depuis quatre ans, annonce qu'il obtient le divorce. Ainsi assurée de l'honneur de Trent, Shirley accepte avec empressement son amour.