Acting
Robert Wilcox
Born May 10, 1910 · Rochester, New York, USA
Died June 11, 1955 · aged 45
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Wilcox (May 19, 1910, Rochester, New York – June 11, 1955, New York City), was a U.S. movie actor of the 1930s and 40s. His career began in earnest in 1936 after being discovered doing a summer-stock production of The Petrified Forest. He was married twice, first to Florence Rice in 1937, and then later to Diana Barrymore in 1950. He is perhaps best …
Known For
The Unknown · 1946The Unknown
★ 6.31946
MovieMysteryThriller
"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.
Undercover Doctor · 1939Undercover Doctor
★ 6.71939
MovieCrimeDrama
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his nurse Margaret Hopkins. The FBI agent Robert Anders has to catch on to Morgan's illicit activities.
Island of Doomed Men · 1940Island of Doomed Men
★ 5.61940
MovieCrimeDrama
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.
City Girl · 1938City Girl
★ 6.51938
MovieDramaCrime
In this tearful crime melodrama, a waitress becomes so taken with her dream of living in posh luxury and comfort that she leaves her honest boyfriend, who has just been promoted to assistant district attorney, to take up with a notorious gangster who lavishes her with stolen furs and fabulous diamonds. Unfortunately, the luxury and comfort come with a life of crime and soon she is wanted for murder and jail-breaking.
Let Them Live · 1937Let Them Live
★ 8.01937
MovieDrama
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Swing That Cheer · 1938Swing That Cheer
★ 10.01938
MovieMusicComedy
Undeniably talented on the gridiron, Bob Potter is equally undeniably an arrogant pain in the posterior. So swell-headed does Potter become that he can never admit to himself that his blocking-back teammate Larry Royal is equally responsible for Bob's success. To teach his pal a lesson, Larry feigns an injury and pulls out of the Big Game, forcing Bob to have a go at it alone.
Wild and Woolly · 1937Wild and Woolly
★ 10.01937
MovieComedyMusic
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) team up with character greats like Walter Brennan and Lon Chaney Jr. to help their hometown celebrate its golden anniversary. Not unexpectedly, things go astray when a bank robber hopes to cash in on the excitement, but fortunately his plans are thwarted by the towns newly elected sheriff (Brennan)...who's a reformed crook himself!
The Man They Could Not Hang · 1939The Man They Could Not Hang
★ 6.71939
MovieScience FictionHorror
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
Movies
The Unknown · 1946The Unknown
★ 6.31946
MovieMysteryThriller
"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.
Undercover Doctor · 1939Undercover Doctor
★ 6.71939
MovieCrimeDrama
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his nurse Margaret Hopkins. The FBI agent Robert Anders has to catch on to Morgan's illicit activities.
Island of Doomed Men · 1940Island of Doomed Men
★ 5.61940
MovieCrimeDrama
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.
City Girl · 1938City Girl
★ 6.51938
MovieDramaCrime
In this tearful crime melodrama, a waitress becomes so taken with her dream of living in posh luxury and comfort that she leaves her honest boyfriend, who has just been promoted to assistant district attorney, to take up with a notorious gangster who lavishes her with stolen furs and fabulous diamonds. Unfortunately, the luxury and comfort come with a life of crime and soon she is wanted for murder and jail-breaking.
Let Them Live · 1937Let Them Live
★ 8.01937
MovieDrama
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Swing That Cheer · 1938Swing That Cheer
★ 10.01938
MovieMusicComedy
Undeniably talented on the gridiron, Bob Potter is equally undeniably an arrogant pain in the posterior. So swell-headed does Potter become that he can never admit to himself that his blocking-back teammate Larry Royal is equally responsible for Bob's success. To teach his pal a lesson, Larry feigns an injury and pulls out of the Big Game, forcing Bob to have a go at it alone.
Wild and Woolly · 1937Wild and Woolly
★ 10.01937
MovieComedyMusic
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) team up with character greats like Walter Brennan and Lon Chaney Jr. to help their hometown celebrate its golden anniversary. Not unexpectedly, things go astray when a bank robber hopes to cash in on the excitement, but fortunately his plans are thwarted by the towns newly elected sheriff (Brennan)...who's a reformed crook himself!
The Man They Could Not Hang · 1939The Man They Could Not Hang
★ 6.71939
MovieScience FictionHorror
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
Mysterious Doctor Satan · 1940Mysterious Doctor Satan
★ 6.01940
MovieActionAdventure
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.
Buried Alive · 1939Buried Alive
★ 5.11939
MovieCrimeDrama
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.
The Kid From Texas · 1939The Kid From Texas
★ 7.01939
MovieComedyRomance
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
Blondie Takes a Vacation · 1939Blondie Takes a Vacation
★ 6.31939
MovieComedyAdventure
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
Rascals · 1938Rascals
★ 7.01938
MovieComedy
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a socialite who has amnesia. She works as a fortune teller and raises enough money for an operation to regain her memory.
The Vigilantes Return · 1947The Vigilantes Return
★ 3.81947
MovieMusicWestern
Marshal Johnnie Taggart, posing as an outlaw named "Ace" Braddock, comes to Bannack, Montana to restore law and order. But he is recognized by Kitty, co-owner with Clay Curtwright of the infamous Bull Whip saloon. But "bad-girl" Kitty keeps her mouth shut. When Johnnie's pal Andy reports a stage holdup, Curtwright's henchman, Ben Borden, talks the sheriff and Judge Holden into suspecting Johnnie. Johnnie reveals himself to Judge Holden as a government marshal, and the judge voices his opinion that Curtwright is the leader of the road agents, but voices it in the presence of his granddaughter, Louise Holden.
Reckless Living · 1938Reckless Living
★ 8.01938
MovieDrama
This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of legendary Broadway comedian Jimmy Savo (his previous starrer, Once in a Blue Moon, is among the rarest of collector's item). The story proper is carried by Robert Wilcox and Nan Grey, cast as a pair of mismatched lovers who share a common interest in horse racing. Hero and heroine get mixed up in a shady get-rich-quick scheme, which threatens to turns disastrous but which ends up solving everyone's problems.
The Lone Wolf Strikes · 1940The Lone Wolf Strikes
★ 6.81940
MovieComedyThriller
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
Little Tough Guy · 1938Little Tough Guy
★ 5.71938
MovieCrimeDrama
The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young man--who turns out to be the son of the District Attorney who sent the boy's father to the electric chair.
Armored Car · 1937Armored Car
★ 5.61937
MovieCrimeDrama
Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. When they barely avoid a robbery, they return to headquarters, where their boss John Hale introduces them to detective Tom Sheridan, who will be working with them to uncover a new gang of robbers.
Dreaming Out Loud · 1940Dreaming Out Loud
★ 6.01940
MovieComedy
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
Young Fugitives · 1938Young Fugitives
★ 3.71938
MovieCrimeDrama
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
Wild Beauty · 1946Wild Beauty
★ 8.01946
MovieWestern
In this western, a Native American boy and his horse Wild Beauty make friends with a gentle doctor who helps the boy save his beloved steed from the cruel industrialist who has been slaughtering horses and using their hides for making shoes.
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