Robert Wilcox

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 UnknownThe Unknown · 1946
The 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.
City GirlCity Girl · 1938
City 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.
Undercover DoctorUndercover Doctor · 1939
Undercover 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 MenIsland of Doomed Men · 1940
Island of Doomed Men
5.51940
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.
The Man They Could Not HangThe Man They Could Not Hang · 1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
6.61939
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.
Wild and WoollyWild and Woolly · 1937
Wild 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!
Let Them LiveLet Them Live · 1937
Let Them Live
8.01937
MovieDrama
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Buried AliveBuried Alive · 1939
Buried 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.

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