Bartlett Robinson

Bartlett Robinson
Bartlett Robinson in "All the Lonely Night", a 1955 episode of Medic
Born	(1912-12-09)December 9, 1912 New York City, US
Died	March 26, 1986(1986-03-26) (aged 73) Fallbrook, California, US
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1933–1982
Spouse(s)	Margaret Whitney Ballantine (1938–1971), divorced[citation needed] Margot B. Robinson (?-1986 his death)[1]
Children	2

Bartlett Whitney Robinson (December 9, 1912 – March 26, 1986) was an American actor who performed on radio, the stage, in films, and on television for five decades. In 1943 he was the first actor of several performers who provided the voice of the title character on the radio version of

Robinson was cast in stage productions for two decades and appeared in plays with stars such as Henry Fonda and Lillian Gish. He would continue to be active in theater well into the 1950s.^[2] A few of his Broadway credits are Naughty Naught '00 (1936), Sweet River (1936), Dear Ruth (1944), The Girl in Pink Tights (1953), and The Prescott Proposals (1953).^[4]

Film and television career

By the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, Robinson began to focus his acting career on productions in the rapidly expanding medium of television and on film projects. On June 13, 1949, he appeared on television in "Light Up the Sky", an episode on the anthology series Ford Theatre. He made his film debut playing the part of a guest in the 1956 comedy The Birds and the Bees, which starred George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor and David Niven. Earlier, he had appeared in other television episodes, including Ski Story on the Armstrong Circle Theatre, which aired 13 January 1953. Among others television series, he made guest appearances in seven episodes of Gunsmoke (1956 -1960). Robinson made guest appearances in eight episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958 - 1962), six episodes of Perry Mason (1959 - 1966) and three episodes of The Twilight Zone (1961 - 1962).^[5] He played the role of Frank Caldwell in 26 episodes of Mona McCluskey (1965–1966)^[6] and appeared in many other episodes, predominantly in supporting roles.

A particularly lengthy part was in Maverick (1957) with a Robert Louis Stevenson adventure titled "The Wrecker" starring James Garner and Jack Kelly in which he portrayed "Longhurst," a top hat-wearing head of a financial group with the inside track on buying ships in San Francisco. In 1970 Robinson appeared as Doctor on "The Men From Shiloh" (rebranded name for The Virginian in the episode titled "Hannah."

Robinson's last appearance on television was in the episode "Law" on the television series Lou Grant, which aired on April 12, 1982. In that episode he played Jacob Bauman, a character he had already portrayed on the series in a 1979 episode titled "Witness". With regard to the "big screen," his final credited role was that of Dr. Orva in Woody Allen's 1973 film Sleeper.

Personal life and death

Bartlett Robinson married Margaret (Margot) Ballantine in 1938. The couple had two children and remained wedded for 33 years, until their divorce in 1971.^{[citation needed]} They later remarried, a union that lasted until 1986 when he died of cancer at home in Fallbrook, California.^[2]

Film and television credits

Films

Television

References