Robert Greig

Actor Dec 26 (died age 78) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1930–1997 (67 year career)

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Biography

Robert Greig (December 27, 1879 – June 27, 1958) was an Australian-American actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1930 and 1949, usually as the dutiful butler.

Known For

Film

Sullivan's Travels

Burroughs

Film

You Can't Take It with You

Lord Melville (uncredited)

Film

The Lady Eve

Burrows

Film

Trouble in Paradise

Jacques (the Butler)

Film

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sir Thomas

Film

The Thief of Bagdad

Man of Basra (uncredited)

Film

Animal Crackers

Hives

Film

Horse Feathers

Biology Professor (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (91)

Movies (91)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

Bride of Vengeance

as Councillor

Unfaithfully Yours

as Jules

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

1947

as Algernon McNiff

6.3

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Sir Thomas

The Cheaters

as MacFarland

Love, Honor and Goodbye

1945

as Charles, the Butler

4.0

Earl Carroll Vanities

as Vonce the Butler

Hollywood and Vine

as Jenkins

Mrs. Parkington

as Mr. Orlando (uncredited)

Summer Storm

as Gregory

Million Dollar Kid

as Spevin

Three Hearts for Julia

1943

as Cairns, Anton's Butler (uncredited)

6.0

The Palm Beach Story

1942

as Third Member Ale and Quail Club

7.0

I Married a Witch

1942

as Town Crier (uncredited)

Arabian Nights

as Eunuch

Girl Trouble

as Fields

The Mad Martindales

as Wallace Butler

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942

as Judge

7.3

Laugh Your Blues Away

1942

as Wilfred

The Lady Eve

as Burrows

Sullivan's Travels

as Burroughs

Moon Over Miami

as Brearley, Boulton's Butler

6.1

The Thief of Bagdad

1940

as Man of Basra (uncredited)

Hudson's Bay

as Sir Robert

No Time for Comedy

as Robert

Tower of London

as Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited)

6.0

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939

as 2nd Buther

6.0

Drums Along the Mohawk

as Mr. Borst

Way Down South

as Judge Ravenal

The Honeymoon's Over

as Horace Kellogg

It Could Happen to You

1939

as Pedley

1.5

You Can't Take It with You

1938

as Lord Melville (uncredited)

7.5

The Adventures of Marco Polo

as Chamberlain

Algiers

as Giraux

Midnight Intruder

as Willetts

My Dear Miss Aldrich

as The Major Domo

Easy Living

as Butler

Michael O'Halloran

as Craig, the Butler

Lady Behave!

as Alfred

The Unguarded Hour

as Henderson

The Devil-Doll

as Émile Coulvet

Trouble for Two

as Fat Man

The Great Ziegfeld

as Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited)

Rose Marie

as Hotel Manager

Stowaway

as Captain

Easy to Take

as Judd

Small Town Girl

1936

as Childers, Dakin's Butler

Theodora Goes Wild

as Uncle John

Lloyd's of London

as Lord Drayton

Three Live Ghosts

as John Ferguson, Brockton's Butler

Clive of India

as Mr. Pemberton

Les Misérables

as Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)

7.1

Mark of the Vampire

1935

as Fat Man (uncredited)

Woman Wanted

as Peedles

The Gay Deception

as Adolph

Folies Bergère de Paris

as Henri

I Live for Love

as Nightclub patron

The Bishop Misbehaves

as Rosalind

Stingaree

as The Innkeeper

Upperworld

as Marc Caldwell

Cockeyed Cavaliers

as The Duke

One More River

as Blore

Easy to Love

as Andrews

Female

as James, Alison's Main Butler (Uncredited)

6.2

Dangerously Yours

1933

as White

Midnight Mary

1933

as Tom's Butler Potter (uncredited)

6.8

Wonderland of California

1933

as Self

Peg o' My Heart

1933

as Jarvis (butler)

4.4

Meet the Baron

1933

as Explorer (uncredited)

4.2

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

as 'Diamond Jim' Brady

4.6

The Mind Reader

1933

as Swami (uncredited)

Pleasure Cruise

as Crum

Men Must Fight

as Albert

It's Great to Be Alive

1933

as Perkins

5.0

They Just Had to Get Married

1933

as Radcliff

Horse Feathers

1932

as Biology Professor (uncredited)

6.9

Trouble in Paradise

1932

as Jacques (the Butler)

7.4

Love Me Tonight

1932

as Major Domo Flammand

6.5

Jewel Robbery

1932

as Man Reading 'Wiener Journal' (uncredited)

6.5

Jitters the Butler

1932

as Jitters, the butler

6.0

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

as Baritone Bartender (uncredited)

Beauty and the Boss

as Chappel

The Tenderfoot

as Mack

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

1932

as Chesterfield

Robbers' Roost

1932

as Tulliver the Butler

5.5

Born to Love

1931

as Hansom Cabby (uncredited)

Tonight or Never

as Conrad

Animal Crackers

as Hives

Paramount on Parade

as (uncredited)