Robert Homans
Acting • Born 1877-11-07 – Died 1947-07-28
Biography
Robert Edward Homans (November 8, 1877 – July 28, 1947) was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.
Filmography
237 credits
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie • 1940
Spencer
Stormy
Movie • 1935
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Easy Living
Movie • 1937
Private Guard (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling
Movie • 1943
Policeman (uncredited)
Think It Over
Movie • 1938
The Princess from Hoboken
Movie • 1927
McCoy
Out of the Fog
Movie • 1941
Officer Magruder
Burning the Wind
Movie • 1929
Richard Gordon Sr
Lady Killer
Movie • 1933
Jailer (uncredited)
Spurs
Movie • 1930
Dad Merril (as Bob Homans)
City Streets
Movie • 1931
Police inspector
Son of Oklahoma
Movie • 1932
John Clayton - aka Silent Jack Clay
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Movie • 1938
Lt. Johnson
Guardians of the Wild
Movie • 1928
John Warren
A Man Betrayed
Movie • 1941
Traffic Policeman (uncredited)
Silence
Movie • 1931
Tim - Detective
She Done Him Wrong
Movie • 1933
Doheney
Frontier Days
Movie • 1945
Mail Clerk (uncredited)
The Scarlet Clue
Movie • 1945
Capt. Flynn
Fingers at the Window
Movie • 1942
Officer O'Garrity
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie • 1943
Law of the Badlands
Movie • 1945
Whistling in the Dark
Movie • 1941
Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)
Laughing Irish Eyes
Movie • 1936
Announcer
Come and Get It
Movie • 1936
Cookie (uncredited)
Full Confession
Movie • 1939
Bartender (uncredited)
Maid's Night Out
Movie • 1938
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Cover Girl
Movie • 1944
Pop (uncredited)
Inside Information
Movie • 1939
Casey
Obey Your Husband
Movie • 1928
Stephens
The Nuisance
Movie • 1933
Streetcar Driver (uncredited)
Clearing the Range
Movie • 1931
'Dad' Moran
Red River Valley
Movie • 1941
Sheriff Sutherland
If I Had a Million
Movie • 1932
Detective (uncredited)
Trigger Tricks
Movie • 1930
Thomas Kingston
Double Cross
Movie • 1941
Capt. Murray
Varsity Show
Movie • 1937
Police Sgt. Murphy (uncredited)
Consolation Marriage
Movie • 1931
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Concentratin' Kid
Movie • 1930
C.C. Stile
Wild Girl
Movie • 1932
Sheriff / Gambling Kibitzer (uncredited)
Suicide Squad
Movie • 1935
Capt. Tim O'Connor
A Stranger in Town
Movie • 1943
Sergeant
Branded Men
Movie • 1931
Chairman
Easy Money
Movie • 1936
Det. Sam Belden
The Bridge of Sighs
Movie • 1936
Homicide Capt. P.G. Otheron
Below the Deadline
Movie • 1936
Police Captain Symonds
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Movie • 1936
Police Lt. O'Neill
The Big Show-Off
Movie • 1945
Police Captain
The Gang's All Here
Movie • 1941
Pop Wallace
Sensations of 1945
Movie • 1944
Cop (uncredited)
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Movie • 1937
Sheriff Garrett
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie • 1944
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Movie • 1939
Sergeant Murphy
Gold Mine in the Sky
Movie • 1938
Lucky Langham
The 13th Man
Movie • 1937
Police Lt. Tom O'Hara
The Man from Hell's Edges
Movie • 1932
The Sheriff
Exposed
Movie • 1938
Policeman
You Can't Beat the Law
Movie • 1943
Mr. Duncan
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Movie • 1938
Captain Joseph Filsom
Crashing Through Danger
Movie • 1938
Pop Foster
Slander House
Movie • 1938
The Irish Policeman
The Widow from Chicago
Movie • 1930
Patrolman (uncredited)
Playing Around
Movie • 1930
Pirate's Den Waiter (uncredited)
Young America
Movie • 1932
Patrolman Weems
The Night Hawk
Movie • 1938
Mulruney
Alias: The Bad Man
Movie • 1931
Silas Warner
Alias French Gertie
Movie • 1930
Prison Warden
X Marks the Spot
Movie • 1942
Timothy J. Delaney
G-men vs. the Black Dragon
Movie • 1943
Capt. Gorman [Ch. 12-13]
The Thoroughbred
Movie • 1930
Riley
Ever Since Eve
Movie • 1937
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The President Vanishes
Movie • 1934
Cop on the Beat (uncredited)
Next Time I Marry
Movie • 1938
Bailiff (uncredited)
The Black Camel
Movie • 1931
Chief of Police (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
Movie • 1937
Tim
His Family Tree
Movie • 1935
Pub Sailor at Bar
The Prairie King
Movie • 1927
Jim Gardener (as Robert E. Homans)
Sworn Enemy
Movie • 1936
1st Policeman (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
Movie • 1936
Joe - the Cop (uncredited)
Her Master's Voice
Movie • 1936
Stationmaster
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Movie • 1938
Pat O'Reilly
Women Are Trouble
Movie • 1936
Police Lieutenant Mayer
Stagecoach
Movie • 1939
Ed the Editor (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
Movie • 1939
Dock Guard (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid
Movie • 1939
Bartender (uncredited)
The Saint Strikes Back
Movie • 1939
Policer Officer Moriarity (Uncredited)
Let Us Live
Movie • 1939
Unlucky Cop (uncredited)
Dodge City
Movie • 1939
Mail Clerk (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Man (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Hickman - Policeman Bringing Jenny (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie • 1939
Mr. Clay (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
Movie • 1939
Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)
Five Came Back
Movie • 1939
Police Captain (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
Movie • 1939
Court Policeman at Door (uncredited)
Hell's Kitchen
Movie • 1939
Hardy
Each Dawn I Die
Movie • 1939
Mac - a Guard (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
Movie • 1944
Policeman (uncredited)
The Valiant
Movie • 1929
Newspaper Printer (uncredited)
Nazi Agent
Movie • 1942
1st Captain (uncredited)
Heroes in Blue
Movie • 1939
Police Officer
Missing Evidence
Movie • 1939
Policeman
Swanee River
Movie • 1939
Sheriff
Blackmail
Movie • 1939
Cooper (uncredited)
Gambling Ship
Movie • 1938
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Movie • 1939
Police Capt. James (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Movie • 1933
Cop
Confidential
Movie • 1935
Fat Pool Player
I Married a Witch
Movie • 1942
Heart of the North
Movie • 1938
Boat Captain Ashman
Fury
Movie • 1936
Incoming Watchman (uncredited)
Under-Cover Man
Movie • 1932
Flannagan
Midnight Court
Movie • 1937
Policeman
The Maltese Falcon
Movie • 1941
Policeman (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley
Movie • 1937
Policeman Jim Dugan (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie • 1936
Gray (uncredited)
Here I Am a Stranger
Movie • 1939
Jonesy, Policeman
The President's Mystery
Movie • 1936
Sergeant
Sierra Sue
Movie • 1941
George Larrabee
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Faro Bill
It Happened in Flatbush
Movie • 1942
Mr. Collins
Little Miss Nobody
Movie • 1936
Policeman
Here Comes Trouble
Movie • 1936
Time Out for Romance
Movie • 1937
Cop
Smart Blonde
Movie • 1937
Cop (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
Movie • 1940
Mike Hanagan
Coquette
Movie • 1929
Court Bailiff
The Thin Man
Movie • 1934
Billy the Detective (uncredited)
Smuggled Cargo
Movie • 1939
Kincaid
Rogues' Gallery
Movie • 1944
Police Lieutenant Daniel O'Day (as Bob Homans)
The Whistler
Movie • 1944
Dock Watchman (Uncredited)
Man Alive
Movie • 1945
Uncle Barney McBride (uncredited)
Virginia City
Movie • 1940
Southerner (uncredited)
Shantytown
Movie • 1943
Dugan
Radio Hams
Movie • 1939
Lighthouse Keeper
The Plough and the Stars
Movie • 1936
Timmy, Barman
West of Carson City
Movie • 1940
Judge Harkins
Son of Roaring Dan
Movie • 1940
Roaring Dan McPhail
Mr. Skitch
Movie • 1933
Norville - Flat River Sheriff
Lillian Russell
Movie • 1940
Stage Doorman
Little Nellie Kelly
Movie • 1940
Dooley Pub Owner (uncredited)
East of the River
Movie • 1940
Patrolman Shanahan
Castle on the Hudson
Movie • 1940
Clyde Burton - the Detective Escort (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
Movie • 1940
Reporter (uncredited)
'Til We Meet Again
Movie • 1940
Dock Policeman (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
Movie • 1940
Policeman on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Beyond Tomorrow
Movie • 1940
Sergeant
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 1940
Turnkey
Rhythm on the River
Movie • 1940
Detective
Johnny Apollo
Movie • 1940
Receptionist Guard (uncredited)
Blindfold
Movie • 1928
Captain Jenkins
No Time for Love
Movie • 1943
Pop Murphy (uncredited)
Over the Wall
Movie • 1938
John Davis
Music for Madame
Movie • 1937
Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Madame Racketeer
Movie • 1932
Chief of Police
Afraid to Talk
Movie • 1932
Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective
Sinner Take All
Movie • 1936
Sgt. Donovan (uncredited)
The Sombrero Kid
Movie • 1942
Marshal Thomas Holden
Steamboat Round the Bend
Movie • 1935
Race Official
Pop Always Pays
Movie • 1940
Police Lieutenant
In Old California
Movie • 1942
Marshal Alvin Thompson
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie • 1942
Joseph
Honky Tonk
Movie • 1941
Man at Tar Party (uncredited)
Walking Down Broadway
Movie • 1938
Cop
Night Monster
Movie • 1942
Captain "Cap" Beggs
Son of the Gods
Movie • 1930
Dugan (uncredited)
The Silent Power
Movie • 1926
David Webster
Winter Carnival
Movie • 1939
Conductor
Double Alibi
Movie • 1940
Policeman at Diner
Pacific Blackout
Movie • 1941
Police Desk Sergeant
High School
Movie • 1940
Policeman
One Sunday Afternoon
Movie • 1933
Officer Charlie Brown (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Movie • 1937
Policeman (uncredited)
Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
King of the Turf
Movie • 1939
Sgt. Brannigan
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Movie • 1938
Chief Flynn
Main Street on the March!
Movie • 1941
Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
The Merry Monahans
Movie • 1944
Policeman
Wolves of the North
Movie • 1924
Simon Blake
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Movie • 1943
Police Lieutenant
Hot Water
Movie • 1937
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam
Movie • 1937
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Public Pays
Movie • 1936
Officer Donovan (uncredited)
The Informer
Movie • 1935
Detractor
Say Uncle
Movie • 1944
Errol's Real Uncle
The Jury's Secret
Movie • 1938
Cop
Ex-Champ
Movie • 1939
Policeman
River Gang
Movie • 1945
Police Captain
Flight from Destiny
Movie • 1941
Jailer
Make Your Own Bed
Movie • 1944
Policeman
Rulers of the Sea
Movie • 1939
Constable Dunn (Uncredited)
Badman's Territory
Movie • 1946
Judge (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
Movie • 1930
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
Movie • 1931
Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)
It Ain't Hay
Movie • 1943
Policeman (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
Movie • 1945
Police Chief (uncredited)
Black Legion
Movie • 1937
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Movie • 1945
Old Cop (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
Movie • 1935
Derrick Man (uncredited)
Murder in Times Square
Movie • 1943
Meehan
The Great Hospital Mystery
Movie • 1937
Bank Guard
Fast and Furious
Movie • 1927
Doctor
Dead End
Movie • 1937
Policeman on Morning Beat (uncredited)
The One Way Trail
Movie • 1931
George Beck
Gold Is Where You Find It
Movie • 1938
Miner Grogan (uncredited)
The Phantom Speaks
Movie • 1945
Death Row Guard (Uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
Movie • 1942
Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
Movie • 1945
Bartender at Manila Hotel (uncredited)
Come Out Fighting
Movie • 1945
Police Sergeant Tom Riley
Union Depot
Movie • 1932
Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Movie • 1933
Desk Sergeant, 12th Precinct
She Has What It Takes
Movie • 1943
Captain Pat O'Neal
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Movie • 1936
Colonel Summeral
For Me and My Gal
Movie • 1942
New York Palace Doorman (uncredited)
Nearly Eighteen
Movie • 1943
Judge
The Isle of Lost Ships
Movie • 1929
Mr. Burke
Smiling Irish Eyes
Movie • 1929
Shamus O'Connor
The Breathless Moment
Movie • 1924
Detective Quinn (as Robert E. Homans)
Vagabond Lady
Movie • 1935
Tony’s Old Crony (uncredited)
King of Chinatown
Movie • 1939
Detective (uncredited)
Parnell
Movie • 1937
Irish Cop in New York
You and Me
Movie • 1938
Security Guard in Store (uncredited)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie • 1939
Keeper Burns (uncredited)
Thirty Day Princess
Movie • 1934
Detective #1 (uncredited)
Born Reckless
Movie • 1930
Policeman
Murder on a Honeymoon
Movie • 1935
Police Stenographer (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie • 1936
Sergeant (uncredited)
Florida Special
Movie • 1936
Police Captain (uncredited)
Extravagance
Movie • 1930
Process Server (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
Movie • 1939
Policeman (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent
Movie • 1934
Paddy (uncredited)
Music in Manhattan
Movie • 1944
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Lawyer's Secret
Movie • 1931
Chief of Police (uncredited)
The Masked Angel
Movie • 1928
Detective Bives
Dark Stairways
Movie • 1924
'Dippy' Blake
The Lightning Flyer
Movie • 1931
John Nelson
Mountains of Manhattan
Movie • 1927
'Big Bill' Wright
The Silent Avenger
Movie • 1927
Steven Gilmore