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Robert Middleton
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Acting
Birthday
1911-05-13,Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Gender
Male
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 appearing on the Broadway stage and live television, Middleton began appearing in films in 1954. He's also remembered on television as the boss Mr. Marshall on The Jackie Gleason Show and in film opposite Humphrey Bogart in The Desperate Hours (1955), Gary Cooper in Friendly Persuasion (1956), Richard Egan and Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender (1956), Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack in The Tarnished Angels (1958), and Dean Martin in Career (1959). A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Middleton appeared in many television programs in the 1950s and 1960s, including the CBS anthology series Appointment with Adventure. He was cast as "The Tichborne Claimant" in the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show. He appeared in ten episodes of ABC's family Western The Monroes, with costars Michael Anderson, Jr., and Barbara Hershey. Among his several appearances in the long-running Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he portrayed a gangster in high places, Mr. Koster, in the 1956 episode "The Better Bargain". In 1958, he played the villain in the first episode of Bat Masterson. In 1961, he appeared in the episode "Accidental Tourist" on the James Whitmore ABC legal drama The Law and Mr. Jones. That same year, he portrayed the highly sympathetic but fiercely dedicated state executioner in an episode of Thriller (U.S. TV series) entitled "Guillotine". He also appeared in at least one episode of Bonanza (1964). In the early 1950s, Middleton appeared on Broadway in Ondine. Other significant film roles include The Court Jester (1956) as a grim and determined knight who jousts with Danny Kaye in the famous "pellet with the poison" sequence, and as a sinister politician in The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977). Betwixt and between were an array of brutish mountain daddies, corrupt, cigar-chomping town bosses and lynch mob leaders. Occasionally he showed a bit of levity, as in his recurring role as Jackie Gleason's boss on The Honeymooners (1955) sketches. Middleton died of congestive heart failure in Hollywood at the age of sixty-six. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Middleton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Harrad Experiment

3.5

The Harrad Experiment
1973-05-11

7

The Big Combo
1955-02-13

Even Angels Eat Beans

6.4

Even Angels Eat Beans
1973-03-22

The Court Jester

7.3

The Court Jester
1955-12-24

6.1

The Lonely Man
1957-06-21

Friendly Persuasion

6.6

Friendly Persuasion
1956-11-25

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

7.1

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966-06-08

The Law and Jake Wade

6.6

The Law and Jake Wade
1958-06-06

The Tarnished Angels

6.7

The Tarnished Angels
1957-11-21

The Great Impostor

6.9

The Great Impostor
1960-12-23

6.1

Love Me Tender
1956-11-15

The Desperate Hours

7

The Desperate Hours
1955-10-05

0

Remember When
1974-03-23

For Those Who Think Young

5.2

For Those Who Think Young
1964-06-01

6.4

The Proud Ones
1956-05-15

Don't Give Up the Ship

6.4

Don't Give Up the Ship
1959-07-03

6

Cattle King
1963-07-08

The Mark of Zorro

5.9

The Mark of Zorro
1974-10-29

6.1

Red Sundown
1956-03-01

6.5

Career
1959-10-08

The Death of Manolete

0

The Death of Manolete
1957-09-12

Gold of the Seven Saints

7

Gold of the Seven Saints
1961-02-18

Company of Killers

4

Company of Killers
1970-08-26

No Place to Land

3

No Place to Land
1958-10-03

6.7

Trial
1955-10-07

Which Way to the Front?

4.8

Which Way to the Front?
1970-09-03

The Cheyenne Social Club

6.4

The Cheyenne Social Club
1970-06-12

Hell Bent for Leather

6.176

Hell Bent for Leather
1960-02-01

The Silver Chalice

4.4

The Silver Chalice
1954-12-20

Day of the Badman

6.5

Day of the Badman
1958-01-29

The Lincoln Conspiracy

5.6

The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977-10-01

1

Fair Play
1972-01-01

Bitter Heritage

0

Bitter Heritage
1958-08-07

Nightmare at Ground Zero

0

Nightmare at Ground Zero
1958-05-15

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

6

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
1961-01-01

6.028

Duck and Cover
1952-01-07

The Adventures of Gallegher

0

The Adventures of Gallegher
1965-01-24

Something For An Empty Briefcase

0

Something For An Empty Briefcase
1953-07-17

8.1

Columbo
1971-09-15

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

7.6

Kung Fu
1972-10-14

Alias Smith and Jones

6.9

Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.73

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

General Electric Theater

6.25

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Mission: Impossible

7.6

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

7.9

Get Smart
1965-09-18

6.3

The Tall Man
1960-09-10

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

5.7

The Monroes
1966-09-07

Target: The Corruptors!

3.5

Target: The Corruptors!
1961-09-29

The Wild Wild West

7.5

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

7.2

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.9

Daniel Boone
1964-09-24

6.417

Thriller
1960-09-13

7.1

McCloud
1970-02-17

Lux Video Theatre

6.333

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.25

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

3.273

Climax!
1954-10-07

6.1

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

Adventures in Paradise

5.7

Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05

Matinee Theater

5

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

5.1

The Rebel
1959-10-04

6.1

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

7

The New Breed
1961-10-03

5.6

The Detectives
1959-10-16

4.2

Wichita Town
1959-09-30

4.909

Suspense
1949-01-06

Cavalcade of America

3.5

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Tales of Tomorrow

6

Tales of Tomorrow
1951-08-03

Vacation Playhouse

0

Vacation Playhouse
1963-07-22

6.3

Telephone Time
1956-04-08

The Walter Winchell File

5

The Walter Winchell File
1957-10-02

Letter to Loretta

6.5

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

8

Hunter
1977-02-18

6

The Americans
1961-01-23

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.25

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

The Untouchables

7.9

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

The Untouchables

7.9

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.774

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.774

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

Man Against Crime

6

Man Against Crime
1949-10-07

7.5

Bonanza
1959-09-12

7.5

Bonanza
1959-09-12

The Untouchables

7.9

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

7.2

Rawhide
1959-01-09

7.2

Rawhide
1959-01-09

7.2

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.1

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

General Electric Theater

6.25

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

7.5

Bonanza
1959-09-12

6.417

Thriller
1960-09-13

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

0

Studio 57
1954-09-21

5.875

Suspicion
1957-09-30