Robert Elliott
Acting
🎂 1879-10-08
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Cast credits(75)
Yankee Major
1939
Peterson
1939
First Detective
1939
Chief Inspector Webster
1939
Arresting Officer (uncredited)
1939
Matthew Versigny
1920
Capt. Blake
1932
Officer Kelly
1940
Frank Carter
1931
Captain Pat O'Grady
1930
Graves
1934
Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)
1939
Bob Alan
1921
Detective (uncredited)
1932
Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
1940
Prison chaplain
1929
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
1943
Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
1940
Albert
1917
"Brick" Culver
1935
'Red' Squad Policeman #1
1933
Self
1930
Brannigan
1933
Morgan
1930
Captain George Faulkiner
1938
Bill
1930
Detective (uncredited)
1940
District Attorney John Manson Clay
1932
Ethier
1929
Detective
1928
Edwin Burke
1928
Honest John Miller
1932
1921
Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Edward Gibbon
1940
Himself - Golfer
1931
Inspector 'Mac' McKinney
1934
Dan Simmons
1932
Dan Rankin
1946
Police Lt. Dundy
1931
Detective Brown (uncredited)
1935
Detective Crosby
1928
Captain Jack Tims
1919
Dwight Rush
1917
1917
Captain Tim Riley
1933
Sergeant Kerrigan
1933
Lt. Ryan
1934
Stewart Thrall
1922
R.J. Brannegan
1931
Dan Moriarity
1930
Kendal
1919
William Burke
1930
Sergeant Mooney
1930
Robert Ewing
1916
Judge Morton
1946
Warden
1939
Deputy Williams (uncredited)
1931
1917
Bruce Cameron
1922
Inspector Taylor
1931
Capt. Lane
1918
Norvin Blake
1922
Casey Jones
1933
Dr. Howard Fleming
1923
Pulke
1919
1918
Rev. Ralph Harding
1916
Mack
1930
Howard Brady
1932
Robert Kenyon
1918
Mr. Kennedy
1928
FBI Agent Farrow
1939
John Miles
1922
Sergius Orzoff
1916