Robert Arthur

Robert Arthur

Birthday: 1925-06-18

Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Washington, USA

Biography: Robert Arthur (born Robert Paul Arthaud; June 18, 1925 – October 1, 2008) was an American motion picture actor who appeared in dozens of films in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in the 1949 war film Twelve O'Clock High as the comic relief–providing Sgt. McIllhenny, in the 1951 Billy Wilder film Ace in the Hole, and in the 1950s television program The Lone Ranger. Arthur was known for playing youthful teenage or young adult roles. In his later years, Arthur became an activist for gay rights on behalf of senior citizens. He died in Aberdeen, Washington in 2008, aged 83.

Movies

Yellow Sky
Yellow Sky

In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost t...

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Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career....

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Nora Prentiss
Nora Prentiss

Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a stree...

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Twelve O'Clock High
Twelve O'Clock High

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of ...

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The System
The System

A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of...

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The Ring
The Ring

A young Mexican/American learns about life both inside and out of the ring when he takes up boxing....

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Green Grass of Wyoming
Green Grass of Wyoming

The romance of a rancher's niece and a rival rancher's son parallels that of a stallion and a mare....

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Belles on Their Toes
Belles on Their Toes

The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet ...

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Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college rowing c...

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Hellcats of the Navy
Hellcats of the Navy

Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcat...

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You're My Everything
You're My Everything

In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him...

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September Affair
September Affair

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are re...

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Night and Day
Night and Day

When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he ...

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Air Cadet
Air Cadet

A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy....

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Mother Is a Freshman
Mother Is a Freshman

Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to ...

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Mother Wore Tights
Mother Wore Tights

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to a...

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Roughly Speaking
Roughly Speaking

In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerou...

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Wild Youth
Wild Youth

A teenage escapee from a correctional facility falls in with a drug dealer operating near the Mexica...

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On the Loose
On the Loose

After years of living in her selfish parents' (Melvyn Douglas and Lynn Bari) egotistical shadows, de...

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Top of the World
Top of the World

A team of Air Force servicemen become stranded after setting up a weather station on an island of ic...

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Young and Wild
Young and Wild

Three juvenile-delinquents launch a reign of terror upon those who witnessed a deadly auto accident ...

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Young Bess
Young Bess

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch ...

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Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful re...

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The Devil On Wheels
The Devil On Wheels

A teenager is involved in running from the police in his hot rod hits a car in a hit-and-run case wh...

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Too Young to Know
Too Young to Know

A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son....

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Return from the Sea
Return from the Sea

A hardened career navel officer must come to terms with adapting to civilian life with the help of a...

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Just for You
Just for You

Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his child...

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Rushes
Rushes

Evil director (Kenneth Weyerhauser) uses sex to trap newcomers to the porn world....

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Take the High Ground!
Take the High Ground!

Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to n...

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Hollywood Wonderland
Hollywood Wonderland

Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios....

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The Desperados Are in Town
The Desperados Are in Town

In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. T...

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Jobsite
Jobsite

Hard hats and hard men converge at Jobsite, the wildest bar in town. From the backroom stalls to the...

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Danger Signal
Danger Signal

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving...

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Nobody Lives Forever
Nobody Lives Forever

A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece....

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Jock Empire
Jock Empire

Jockstraps and body worship are featured in College Jocks. Toes are sucked, legs are kissed, piss sl...

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The Diamond Stud
The Diamond Stud

Diamond Kincaid is a famous gay singer who hires a bodyguard to keep his secret. Escapades occur inc...

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Kiss-Off
Kiss-Off

Still one of director Douglas' best, and one of the most winning, romantic, intense and best "acted"...

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Rassle
Rassle

A reporter interviews a college wrestling coach (Jon Vincent) about his star athletes and gets more ...

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