Bartlett Robinson
Biography
Bartlett Robinson was an American actor whose career spanned five decades across radio, theater, film and television. Born in Manhattan, he began in entertainment in 1933, when he helped form a performance group, the Sunday Players, then found work at a Los Angeles radio station. In 1943 he was the first of several actors to voice the title character on radio's Perry Mason. He acted on stage for two decades, with Broadway credits including Dear Ruth, The Girl in Pink Tights and The Prescott Proposals, and appeared alongside Henry Fonda and Lillian Gish. As a screen performer he usually played people in authority, among them officers, ranchers, executives, doctors and judges. His first movie was The Birds and the Bees, a 1956 comedy, and his last credited film part was Dr. Orva in Woody Allen's Sleeper (1973). On television he accumulated more than 110 productions, with guest spots on Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason and The Twilight Zone.
73years old at death
- Born Manhattan
- Died Fallbrook
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Bartlett Whitney Robinson
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 16 years1957 to 1973
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Bartlett Robinson was the first of several actors to voice the title character on radio's Perry Mason, starting in 1943.
First role
Robinson began his entertainment career in 1933 by forming a performance group called the Sunday Players with friends, then drove across the country to Los Angeles hoping for steady work.
Bartlett Robinson movies on Netflix
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- The Spirit of St. Louis1957 Adventure, Biography, Dramaas Benjamin Frank Mahoney, President Ryan Airlines Co.
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Edward Dmytryk directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Edward DmytrykDirector, 2 films, 1959 to 1964
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