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(73)
Yankee Major
1939
Lieutenant Murray (uncredited)
1940
Airport Operations Manager (uncredited)
1939
Prison chaplain
1929
First Detective
1939
Bill
1930
Chief Inspector Webster
1939
R.J. Brannegan
1931
Detective Joe Brannigan
1933
Police Lt. Dundy
1931
Ethier
1929
Arresting Officer (uncredited)
1939
Mac, Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
1940
Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Edwin Burke
1928
'Red' Squad Policeman #1
1933
Peterson
1939
Detective (uncredited)
1940
Morgan
1930
Captain George Faulkiner
1938
Graves
1934
Detective (uncredited)
1932
Dr. Howard Fleming
1923
1917
Frank Carter
1931
Judge Morton
1946
Capt. Blake
1932
Lt. Ryan
1934
Honest John Miller
1932
Sergeant Mooney
1930
Officer Kelly
1940
Detective Brown (uncredited)
1935
Inspector Taylor
1931
Captain Pat O'Grady
1930
"Brick" Culver
1935
Deputy Williams (uncredited)
1931
Self
1930
Sergeant Kerrigan
1933
Detective
1928
Mr. Edward Gibbon
1940
Captain Jack Tims
1919
Dan Rankin
1946
Captain Tim Riley
1933
Norvin Blake
1922
Howard Brady
1932
William Burke
1930
Matthew Versigny
1920
District Attorney John Manson Clay
1932
Inspector 'Mac' McKinney
1934
Bruce Cameron
1922
Mack
1930
Casey Jones
1933
Dan Simmons
1932
FBI Agent Farrow
1939
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
1943
John Miles
1922
Detective Crosby
1928
Himself - Golfer
1931
Kendal
1919
Dwight Rush
1917
Rev. Ralph Harding
1916
1918
Warden
1939
Mr. Kennedy
1928
Pulke
1919
Albert
1917
Dan Moriarity
1930
Robert Kenyon
1918
Capt. Lane
1918
Stewart Thrall
1922
Robert Ewing
1916
Sergius Orzoff
1916
1917