Robert Middleton

Actor May 13 (died age 66) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1949–1977 (28 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Middleton, born Samuel G. Messer (May 13, 1911 – June 14, 1977), was an American film and television actor known for his large size and beetle-like brow. With a deep, booming voice, Middleton trained for a musical career at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked steadily as a radio announcer and actor. One of his early works was as the narrator of the educational film "Duck and Cover". After app…

Known For

Film

The Court Jester

Sir Griswold

Film

The Desperate Hours

Sam Kobish

Film

The Big Combo

Police Capt. Peterson

Film

Even Angels Eat Beans

Angelo

Film

Friendly Persuasion

Sam Jordan

Film

The Tarnished Angels

Matt Ord

Film

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Dennis Wilcox

Film

Love Me Tender

Mr. Siringo

Filmography

Acting (88)

Movies (39)

The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977

as Edwin M. Stanton

5.6

Remember When

1974

as Kraus, the butcher

The Mark of Zorro

1974

as Don Luis Quintero

5.9

Even Angels Eat Beans

1973

as Angelo

6.4

The Harrad Experiment

as Sidney Bower

Fair Play

as Jova Purvis

Company of Killers

as Owen Brady

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970

as Barkeeper - Great Plains Saloon

6.3

Which Way to the Front?

1970

as Colonico

4.8

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966

as Dennis Wilcox

7.1

The Adventures of Gallegher

1965

as Dutch Mac

For Those Who Think Young

1964

as Burford Sanford Cronin

5.3

Cattle King

1963

as Clay Mathews

6.2

Gold of the Seven Saints

1961

as Amos Gondora

7.0

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

as Martin Plomb

The Great Impostor

as R.C. Brown

Hell Bent for Leather

as Ambrose

Career

as Robert Kensington

Don't Give Up the Ship

1959

as Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde

6.3

Nightmare at Ground Zero

1958

as Narrator

No Place to Land

as Buck LaVonne

Day of the Badman

as Charlie Hayes

The Law and Jake Wade

1958

as Ortero

6.6

Bitter Heritage

1958

as Luke Crocker

The Lonely Man

as Ben Ryerson

The Tarnished Angels

as Matt Ord

The Death of Manolete

1957

as Perea

Friendly Persuasion

1956

as Sam Jordan

6.7

The Proud Ones

1956

as Honest John Barrett

Love Me Tender

as Mr. Siringo

Red Sundown

as Rufus Henshaw

Trial

as A.A. "Fats" Sanders

The Desperate Hours

as Sam Kobish

The Court Jester

as Sir Griswold

The Big Combo

as Police Capt. Peterson

7.0

The Silver Chalice

1954

as Idbash

4.4

Something For An Empty Briefcase

1953

as Sloane

Confessions of a Nervous Man

1953

as The Manager

Duck and Cover

1952

as Narrator

6.0

Television (49)

Hunter

Kung Fu

as Marshal Ford

Columbo

as Victor Norris

Alias Smith and Jones

McCloud

as Elliott Jason

Mannix

as Jake Coryell

Mission: Impossible

as Clavering

The Monroes

The Big Valley

as Judge Tyrone

Get Smart

as The Whip

The Wild Wild West

as Emir El Emid

Daniel Boone

as Simon Brasher

Burke's Law

as Ezekiel Kindworth aka 'Rocky Mountain'

Vacation Playhouse

as Homer Ferguson

The New Breed

as Stanley Mannis

Target: The Corruptors!

The Americans

The Investigators

as John DeLuca

Thriller

as Ohrback

The Tall Man

as Paul Mason

Bonanza

as Sam Bryant

Rawhide

as Josh Green

The Untouchables

as Mayor Anton J. Cermak

7.8

Adventures in Paradise

as Howard Bailey

The Detectives

as 'Big Jim'

The Rebel

as Arthur Sutro

Wichita Town

Bat Masterson

as Big Keel Roberts

Perry Mason

as Judge Daniel Redmond

Wagon Train

as Nate Burkett

Suspicion

as Banton

The Walter Winchell File

1957

as Aaron Benjamin

5.0

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Whitney 'Whit' Gaynor

Telephone Time

Matinee Theater

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sam Klinker

Gunsmoke

as Jake Worth

MGM Parade

Climax!

as Sheriff

Studio 57

as Maggio

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Frank Davis

7.8

General Electric Theater

as Lt. Toler

Letter to Loretta

as Henry Tremaine

Cavalcade of America

as William Harper

Tales of Tomorrow

as Dr. John Borrow

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Lux Video Theatre

as Titus Semple

Suspense

as Bill West

Man Against Crime

as Joseph Merko