Robert Williams

Robert Williams

American actor (1894-1931)

Robert Williams was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his first, and only, leading role in the 1931 romantic comedy Platinum Blonde, opposite Loretta Young and Jean Harlow. Williams died of peritonitis three days after the film's premiere.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 14 films (1921–1955) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 16 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1955 This Island Earth. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 On the town Films inc. 98 16mm Color sound
1944 Black Arrow. Lew Landers 2 reels B&W
1944 U-Boat Prisoner. Budd Boetticher 7 reels B&W
1933 JIMMY AND SALLY. Fox Film Corp 65 min B&W
1932 If I had a million H. Bruce Humberstone, Norman Taurog, James Cruze, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Z. McLeod, Ernst Lubitsch, Lothar Mendes 88 min 16mm B&W sound
1932 If I had a million Blackhawk 9 16mm B&W sound
1932 IF I HAD A MILLION New York University Film Library 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
1931 Platinum Blonde Columbia Picture Corp 89 min 16mm B&W sound
1931 PLATINUM BLONDE. Columbia Pictures Corp. 9 reels B&W
1930 THE EYES OF THE WORLD. Inspiration Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1925 THE BEST PEOPLE. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 6 reels B&W
1922 Saturday Night Famous Players-Lasky Corporation 90 min 16mm B&W silent
1921 Forbidden Fruit Famous Players-Lasky Corporation 87 min 16mm Tinted silent