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Robert Dudley
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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 m…
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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.]
Filmography
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1950
The Jackpot
Movie Simpkins (uncredited)
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1948
Strike It Rich
Movie Pop
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1948
Race Street
Movie Pop (Watchman) (uncredited)
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1948
Sleep, My Love
Movie Bar Patron at The Maples
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1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie Chemist (uncredited)
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1947
Christmas Eve
Movie Robert - Matilda's Chauffeur (uncredited)
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1947
Magic Town
Movie Dickey
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1947
Living in a Big Way
Movie Carpenter
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1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Movie Robert McDuffy
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1946
Singin' in the Corn
Movie Gramp McCoy
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1946
San Quentin
Movie Fuller (uncredited)
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1946
Gallant Journey
Movie Process Server (uncredited)
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1945
San Antonio
Movie
- 1945
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1945
Lady on a Train
Movie
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1944
Belle of the Yukon
Movie Storekeeper (uncredited)
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1944
The Doughgirls
Movie Hotel Waiter
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1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie Man (uncredited)
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1944
Casanova Brown
Movie Justice Of The Peace
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1944
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
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1944
Main Street Today
Movie Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
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1943
Happy Land
Movie Old Man Bowers (uncredited)
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1943
Son of Dracula
Movie Justice of the Peace Jonathan Kirby (uncredited)
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1943
Honeymoon Lodge
Movie Elderly Man
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1943
The Ghost and the Guest
Movie Ben Bowron
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1942
The Palm Beach Story
Movie Wienie King
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1941
All That Money Can Buy
Movie Lem (uncredited)
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1941
Citizen Kane
Movie Photographer (uncredited)
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1941
The Lady Eve
Movie Husband on Ship (uncredited)
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1940
When the Daltons Rode
Movie Pete Norris - Juror
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1940
Stranger on the Third Floor
Movie Postman (uncredited)
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1940
Lucky Partners
Movie Bailiff (uncredited)
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1940
Haunted House
Movie Hank Edwards
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1940
The House of the Seven Gables
Movie Jury Foreman
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1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie Reporter (uncredited)
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1939
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
Movie Shopkeeper (uncredited)
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1939
Zenobia
Movie Court Clerk
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1939
Almost a Gentleman
Movie Farmer
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1937
The Toast of New York
Movie Janitor
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1937
The Mighty Treve
Movie Rancher at Auction
