Robert Elliott
Biography
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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.
Acting (73 movies)
Gone with the Wind
1939
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932
The Doorway to Hell
1930
The Kiss of Hate
1916
The Maltese Falcon
1931
Five Star Final
1931
Lady Killer
1933
The Roaring Twenties
1939
I Stole a Million
1939
Happiness Ahead
1928
Chick Carter, Detective
1946
Man and Wife
1923
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
Heroes for Sale
1933
The Divorcee
1930
The Devil's Playground
1946
Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph
1916
The Crime of the Century
1933
Hide-Out
1930
Obey Your Husband
1928
Murder at Midnight
1931
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
The Return of Casey Jones
1933
The Star Witness
1931
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917
Trade Winds
1938
Lights of New York
1928
Mrs. Balfame
1917
Kathleen Mavourneen
1930
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934
Men of the North
1930
Twin Husbands
1933
Madison Square Garden
1932
Captain Thunder
1930
Motherhood
1917
Unknown Love
1919
Half a Sinner
1940
Without Fear
1922
The Empire of Diamonds
1920
Made for Each Other
1939
Thunderbolt
1929
You, the People
1940
Should a Girl Marry?
1939
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Gambling Lady
1934
A Woman There Was
1919
Sweet Mama
1930
Flowing Gold
1940
'Til We Meet Again
1940
The Ghost Breakers
1940
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
1931
White Eagle
1932
Times Square Lady
1935
Romance of the Underworld
1928
The World Accuses
1934
Checkers
1919
For the Freedom of the East
1918
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
The Finger Points
1931
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
1929
Fair Lady
1922
Invisible Stripes
1939
Behind Stone Walls
1932
Miss Petticoats
1916
Mickey the Kid
1939
Joan of Plattsburg
1918
The Midnight Patrol
1932
Self Defense
1932
The Debt
1917
A Pasteboard Crown
1922
The Broken Silence
1922
Circumstantial Evidence
1935
Lonely Heart
1921
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