Robert Elliott
Acting • Born 1879-10-08 – Died 1951-11-15
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Elliott (October 9, 1879 – November 15, 1951) was an American character actor who appeared in 102 films and TV shows from 1916 to 1951. He was born Richard Robert Elliott 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." Robert Elliott was married to Ruth Thorp (1889–1971) from 1920 until his death in 1951, aged 72, in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
83 credits
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Yankee Major
The Phantom of Crestwood
Movie • 1932
Detective (uncredited)
The Doorway to Hell
Movie • 1930
Captain Pat O'Grady
The Kiss of Hate
Movie • 1916
Sergius Orzoff
The Maltese Falcon
Movie • 1931
Police Lt. Dundy
Five Star Final
Movie • 1931
R.J. Brannegan
Lady Killer
Movie • 1933
Brannigan
The Roaring Twenties
Movie • 1939
First Detective
I Stole a Million
Movie • 1939
Peterson
Happiness Ahead
Movie • 1928
Detective
Chick Carter, Detective
Movie • 1946
Dan Rankin
Man and Wife
Movie • 1923
Dr. Howard Fleming
The Saint Strikes Back
Movie • 1939
Chief Inspector Webster
Heroes for Sale
Movie • 1933
'Red' Squad Policeman #1
The Divorcee
Movie • 1930
Bill
The Devil's Playground
Movie • 1946
Judge Morton
Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph
Movie • 1916
Robert Ewing
The Crime of the Century
Movie • 1933
Captain Tim Riley
Hide-Out
Movie • 1930
William Burke
Obey Your Husband
Movie • 1928
Mr. Kennedy
Murder at Midnight
Movie • 1931
Inspector Taylor
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Movie • 1930
Self
The Return of Casey Jones
Movie • 1933
Casey Jones
The Star Witness
Movie • 1931
Deputy Williams (uncredited)
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
Movie • 1917
Trade Winds
Movie • 1938
Captain George Faulkiner
Lights of New York
Movie • 1928
Detective Crosby
Mrs. Balfame
Movie • 1917
Dwight Rush
Kathleen Mavourneen
Movie • 1930
Dan Moriarity
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Movie • 1934
Inspector 'Mac' McKinney
Men of the North
Movie • 1930
Sergeant Mooney
Twin Husbands
Movie • 1933
Sergeant Kerrigan
Madison Square Garden
Movie • 1932
Honest John Miller
Captain Thunder
Movie • 1930
Morgan
Motherhood
Movie • 1917
Albert
Unknown Love
Movie • 1919
Captain Jack Tims
Half a Sinner
Movie • 1940
Officer Kelly
Without Fear
Movie • 1922
John Miles
The Empire of Diamonds
Movie • 1920
Matthew Versigny
Made for Each Other
Movie • 1939
Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)
Thunderbolt
Movie • 1929
Prison chaplain
You, the People
Movie • 1940
Mr. Edward Gibbon
Should a Girl Marry?
Movie • 1939
Warden
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Minor Role (uncredited)
Gambling Lady
Movie • 1934
Graves
A Woman There Was
Movie • 1919
Pulke
Sweet Mama
Movie • 1930
Mack
Flowing Gold
Movie • 1940
Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
'Til We Meet Again
Movie • 1940
Detective (uncredited)
The Ghost Breakers
Movie • 1940
Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
Movie • 1931
Himself - Golfer
White Eagle
Movie • 1932
Capt. Blake
Times Square Lady
Movie • 1935
"Brick" Culver
Romance of the Underworld
Movie • 1928
Edwin Burke
The World Accuses
Movie • 1934
Lt. Ryan
Checkers
Movie • 1919
Kendal
For the Freedom of the East
Movie • 1918
Robert Kenyon
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Movie • 1943
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
The Finger Points
Movie • 1931
Frank Carter
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
Movie • 1929
Ethier
Fair Lady
Movie • 1922
Norvin Blake
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Behind Stone Walls
Movie • 1932
District Attorney John Manson Clay
Miss Petticoats
Movie • 1916
Rev. Ralph Harding
When Men Betray
Movie • 1918
Raymond Edwards
Mickey the Kid
Movie • 1939
FBI Agent Farrow
Joan of Plattsburg
Movie • 1918
Capt. Lane
The Midnight Patrol
Movie • 1932
Howard Brady
Self Defense
Movie • 1932
Dan Simmons
The Debt
Movie • 1917
A Pasteboard Crown
Movie • 1922
Stewart Thrall
The Broken Silence
Movie • 1922
Bruce Cameron
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie • 1935
Detective Brown (uncredited)
Lonely Heart
Movie • 1921
A Virgin Paradise
Movie • 1921
Bob Alan
The Money Maniac
Movie • 1921
Didier Bouchard
Life's Shadows
Movie • 1916
Rodney Thorndyke
The Child of Destiny
Movie • 1916
Bob Stange
L'apache
Movie • 1919
Otis Mayne
Thou Shalt Not Steal
Movie • 1917
Roger Benton
The Dazzling Miss Davison
Movie • 1917
Gerard Buckland
Mary Moreland
Movie • 1917
Thomas Maughm
Protection
Movie • 1929
Wallace Crockett