Robert Bolder

Acting

Robert Bolder

Born 1859-07-20 · London, England, UK

Robert Bolder (20 July 1859 – 10 December 1937) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1912 and 1936. He was born in London and died in Los Angeles, California. In the early part of the 20th-century Bolder was involved in several Broadway productions.

Acting credits

One More River poster
5.2

A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.

One More River

1934

The Bitter Tea of General Yen poster
6.3

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932

Morning Glory poster
6.2

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?

Morning Glory

1933

Strictly Confidential poster
9.0

An English nobleman falls for and marries a beautiful young chorus girl. When he brings her home to the castle to meet his family, she is horrified to learn that she is niece, aunt, and/or cousin of all twenty-three of the staff of servants.

Strictly Confidential

1919

Grumpy poster
8.0

Andrew Bullivant, a retired lawyer known as "Grumpy" for his irascibility, calls on all his experience and powers of deduction to expose Chamberlin Jarvis as the thief of a valuable diamond being transported by Ernest Heron. A gardenia is the clue; and Virginia Bullivant, Ernest's sweetheart, is Jarvis' unwitting dupe.

Grumpy

1923

Hello, Trouble poster
10.0

Hello, Trouble

Hello, Trouble

1913

Manslaughter poster
5.5

Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman.

Manslaughter

1922

The Wedding Night poster
5.9

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett develops romantic feelings for Manya Novak, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik Sobieski. After a snowstorm, Tony and Manya get trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists that her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.

The Wedding Night

1935

The Miracle Woman poster
6.7

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?

The Miracle Woman

1931

The White Angel poster
7.2

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.

The White Angel

1936

Burning Daylight poster
7.0

A drama directed by Edward Sloman.

Burning Daylight

1920

His New Job poster
5.8

When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie.

His New Job

1915

The Florodora Girl poster
5.5

A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.

The Florodora Girl

1930

A Gentleman of Quality poster
7.0

After quarreling with his stepfather, John Ashton runs away to London. At the same time, Lord John Hertford marries Lady Mercy Covington, but he disappears on the wedding night. Ashton is injured in a traffic accident in London, and is believed to be Hertford, even by Lady Mercy.

A Gentleman of Quality

1919

Her Beloved Villain poster
10.0

Wealthy French lawyer Louis Martinot must travel away on business. He entrusts his friend, Paul Blythe, with a delicate task: to investigate the background of a young woman named Susanne Bergomat. If Paul deems her family suitable, he is authorized to propose marriage to her on Louis’s behalf. However, upon meeting Susanne, Paul immediately falls in love with her himself. To secure her for his own, Paul concocts a lie, telling Louis that Susanne's family is unsuitable because her mother is insane. Paul then proposes to Susanne directly and is accepted. The "villainous" deception eventually unravels, leading to a series of comedic complications as the truth about Paul's lies comes to light.

Her Beloved Villain

1920

The Great Impersonation poster
7.5

The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.

The Great Impersonation

1935

The Handsome Brute poster
8.0

After being wrongly dismissed from the New York City police department, police officer Larry 'O'Day (William Fairbanks) reveals an internationally-known detective John Granger (Lee Shumway) to be a cheap crook. He is promoted and reinstated and marries his ever-faithful sweetheart Nelly Egan (Virginia Lee Corbin.)

The Handsome Brute

1925

The Sea Hawk poster
6.8

The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship.

The Sea Hawk

1924

The Lady of Scandal poster
5.5

A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.

The Lady of Scandal

1930

Charley's Aunt poster
6.7

A student is pressured into pretending to be a classmate's Aunt so he can act as a false chaperone.

Charley's Aunt

1930

The Perfect Gentleman poster
6.3

A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.

The Perfect Gentleman

1935

Captain Blood poster
7.5

Young Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the terror of the Caribbean privateers until offered a commission in the English Navy. He defeats the French at Port Royal, and as a reward he is named governor of Jamaica and marries Arabella.

Captain Blood

1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln poster
10.0

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

1924

Beyond the Rocks poster
6.0

A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.

Beyond the Rocks

1922