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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 12, 1889
Died
November 12, 1955
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Robert Y. Dudley
Robert Dudley
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Dudley (September 13, 1869 – September 15*, 1955) was a dentist turned film character actor who, in his 35-year career, appeared in more than 115 films. Dudley was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and was educated at Lake Forest College in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, where he majored in oral surgery. In 1917 he appeared in his first film, Seven Keys to Baldpate, and then made three other silent films through 1921. After 1922 he worked consistently, appearing in three or four films a year, and making the transition to sound films in 1929 with The Bellamy Trial. Dudley often played characters with a quick temper, including jurors, shopkeepers, ticket agents, court clerks and justices of the peace, as well as an occasional farmer, hobo, or laborer. His performances in these small parts were frequently uncredited. In the 1940s, Dudley was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in six films written and directed by Sturges. His most distinctive and memorable role for Sturges was the "Wienie King" in 1942's The Palm Beach Story, the funny little self-made rich man with a big hat who spontaneously bankrolls Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea on their escapade. The 5' 9" Dudley, who was the founder of the "Troupers Club of Hollywood", was married to Elaine Anderson, and they had two girls, Jewell and Patricia Lee. He made his final film, As Young as You Feel, in 1951, and died in 1955 in San Clemente, California. *[TMDb note: The California Death Index indicates that Mr. Dudley died on 12 November 1955. That date should therefore be considered accurate and official.]
Known For
6.9
Simpkins (uncredited)
The Jackpot
1950
0.0
Pop
Strike It Rich
1948
5.8
Pop (Watchman) (uncredited)
Race Street
1948
6.4
Bar Patron at The Maples
Sleep, My Love
1948
6.3
Chemist (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
5.3
Robert - Matilda's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Christmas Eve
1947
6.7
Dickey
Magic Town
1947
5.0
Carpenter
Living in a Big Way
1947
6.3
Robert McDuffy
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
0.0
Gramp McCoy
Singin' in the Corn
1946
Credits
The Jackpot
as Simpkins (uncredited)
1950
6.9
Strike It Rich
as Pop
1948
0.0
Race Street
as Pop (Watchman) (uncredited)
1948
5.8
Sleep, My Love
as Bar Patron at The Maples
1948
6.4
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Chemist (uncredited)
1947
6.3
Christmas Eve
as Robert - Matilda's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1947
5.3
Magic Town
as Dickey
1947
6.7
Living in a Big Way
as Carpenter
1947
5.0
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Robert McDuffy
1947
6.3
Singin' in the Corn
as Gramp McCoy
1946
0.0
San Quentin
as Fuller (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Gallant Journey
as Process Server (uncredited)
1946
6.1
San Antonio
1945
5.7
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
6.3
Lady on a Train
1945
6.6
Belle of the Yukon
as Storekeeper (uncredited)
1944
4.7
The Doughgirls
as Hotel Waiter
1944
7.0
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Man (uncredited)
1944
6.8
Casanova Brown
as Justice Of The Peace
1944
6.3
It Happened Tomorrow
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1944
6.7
Main Street Today
as Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
1944
6.2
Happy Land
as Old Man Bowers (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Son of Dracula
as Justice of the Peace Jonathan Kirby (uncredited)
1943
5.8
Honeymoon Lodge
as Elderly Man
1943
0.0
The Ghost and the Guest
as Ben Bowron
1943
5.2
The Palm Beach Story
as Wienie King
1942
7.0
All That Money Can Buy
as Lem (uncredited)
1941
7.0
Citizen Kane
as Photographer (uncredited)
1941
8.0
The Lady Eve
as Husband on Ship (uncredited)
1941
7.2
When the Daltons Rode
as Pete Norris - Juror
1940
6.0
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Postman (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Lucky Partners
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1940
6.0
Haunted House
as Hank Edwards
1940
4.4
The House of the Seven Gables
as Jury Foreman
1940
6.9
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Reporter (uncredited)
1939
7.9
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Zenobia
as Court Clerk
1939
4.6
Almost a Gentleman
as Farmer
1939
6.0
The Toast of New York
as Janitor
1937
5.8
The Mighty Treve
as Rancher at Auction
1937
6.0
Fury
as Store Owner (uncredited)
1936
7.4
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Druggist at Trial
1936
6.8
The Perfect Set-Up
as Theatre Employee Shooting Victim (uncredited)
1936
6.0
Paddy O'Day
as Robert - Chauffeur
1936
7.0
Frisco Kid
as Vigilante Leader (uncredited)
1935
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
as Shopkeeper
1935
6.0
The Gilded Lily
as Store Clerk (uncredited)
1935
6.4
Wild Gold
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1934
5.0
Midnight Mary
as Mannering's Night Watchman (uncredited)
1933
6.9
Face in the Sky
as Minister (uncredited)
1933
4.5
Three Wise Girls
as Lem - the Druggist
1932
5.5
Broken Lullaby
1932
7.5
An American Tragedy
as Juror (uncredited)
1931
6.1
Scandal Sheet
as Flint's Secretary
1931
0.0
Conspiracy
as Mr. Christopher (uncredited)
1930
4.8
Dames Ahoy
as Parson
1930
0.0
Wide Open
as Office Worker
1930
5.3
Burning Up
as Sheriff
1930
3.5
Dynamite
as Store Proprietor
1929
6.4
Big News
as Telegraph Editor
1929
4.2
Shanghai Rose
as Reformer
1929
0.0
Fools for Luck
as Jim Simpson
1928
0.0
The Night Flyer
as Freddy
1928
5.0
Casey at the Bat
as Farmer (uncredited)
1927
6.0
The Marriage Clause
as Secretary
1926
0.0
For Heaven's Sake
as Harold's Secretary (uncredited)
1926
6.9
A Woman of the World
as French-speaking party guest
1925
5.6
The Last Edition
as Yes Man
1925
5.0
🎬
On the Stroke of Three
as Jasper Saddler
1924
0.0
The Extra Girl
as Financier
1923
5.9
The Tiger's Claw
as Army Officer
1923
0.0
🎬
Making a Man
as Bailey
1922
0.0
The Ninety and Nine
as Abner Blake
1922
0.0
One a Minute
as Rogers' Attorney (uncredited)
1921
6.3
Traveling Salesman
as Pierce Gill
1921
0.0
The Fourteenth Man
as Tidmarsh
1920
0.0
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Clerk
1917
4.4