Acting
Robert Dudley
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.]
Movies with Robert Dudley
Citizen Kane
1941
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Casanova Brown
1944
Fury
1936
Sleep, My Love
1948
Magic Town
1947
Zenobia
1939
The Lady Eve
1941
Son of Dracula
1943
The Gilded Lily
1935
All That Money Can Buy
1941
Lady on a Train
1945
Christmas Eve
1947
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
The Jackpot
1950
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Broadway Madness
1927
San Antonio
1945
Midnight Mary
1933
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
The House of the Seven Gables
1940
Frisco Kid
1935
Happy Land
1943
Belle of the Yukon
1944
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
Race Street
1948
The Toast of New York
1937
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
Gallant Journey
1946
The Fourteenth Man
1920
The Doughgirls
1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
An American Tragedy
1931
Lucky Partners
1940
Scandal Sheet
1931
Broken Lullaby
1932
Living in a Big Way
1947
For Heaven's Sake
1926
Face in the Sky
1933
The Mighty Treve
1937
Haunted House
1940
Skinner's Big Idea
1928
Conspiracy
1930
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
Singin' in the Corn
1946
Honeymoon Lodge
1943
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917
Three Wise Girls
1932
The Extra Girl
1923
Wild Gold
1934
The Perfect Set-Up
1936
Big News
1929
Kentucky Pride
1925
Paddy O'Day
1936
Dynamite
1929
One a Minute
1921
The Ghost and the Guest
1943
Sixty Cents an Hour
1923
Strike It Rich
1948
Almost a Gentleman
1939
Casey at the Bat
1927
San Quentin
1946
Out of a Clear Sky
1918
Nobody's Bride
1923
Main Street Today
1944
Dames Ahoy
1930
Wide Open
1930
The Night Flyer
1928
The Last Edition
1925
The Marriage Clause
1926
The Ninety and Nine
1922
Burning Up
1930
Traveling Salesman
1921
On the Stroke of Three
1924
The Tiger's Claw
1923
After Midnight
1927
A Woman of the World
1925
Making a Man
1922
Fools for Luck
1928
Shanghai Rose
1929
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
1939