Robert Kellard

Acting

Robert Kellard

Born — Died

1915-04-23 — 1981-01-13

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 31 titles

Gilda poster
7.5

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

Gilda

1946

Framed poster
6.5

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

Framed

1947

The Unknown poster
6.3

"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.

The Unknown

1946

Too Late for Tears poster
6.8

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.

Too Late for Tears

1949

The Spirit of Stanford poster
6.0

Columbia's Spirit of Stanford is built around the talents of a real-life college football star, in this instance all-American quarterback Frankie Albert.

The Spirit of Stanford

1942

Drums of Fu Manchu poster
6.2

The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.

Drums of Fu Manchu

1940

Red, Hot and Blue poster
6.2

In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

Red, Hot and Blue

1949

Down in San Diego poster
6.7

A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets.

Down in San Diego

1941

Hello, Annapolis poster
8.5

Rivals Bill Arden and Paul Herbert enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to impress a girl.

Hello, Annapolis

1942

Three Little Pirates poster
7.2

The stooges are castaways from a garbage scow who land on Dead Man's Island where everyone is living in olden times. To escape from the governor, they disguise Curly as a Maharaja and win permission to journey to their own country to fetch presents. The governor is fooled, but the boys run into more trouble in the den of Black Louie the pirate where Curly is forced into a knife throwing contest with Larry as the target. Things look bad until a mis-thrown knife cuts the rope that holds the chandelier and it crashes down on Black Louie's men. With the pirates defeated, Moe decides to take over as ruler of the island.

Three Little Pirates

1946

Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains poster
9.0

Tex Granger heads toward Three Buttes when he comes across a young boy guarding a gold shipment which he has just rescued from a stagecoach that had been held up by Blaze Talbot and Reno

Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains

1948

Joe Smith, American poster
6.5

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...

Joe Smith, American

1942

Perils of the Royal Mounted poster
7.0

Sergeant MacLane of the Mounties investigates the disruptive activities of a bunch of troublemakers.

Perils of the Royal Mounted

1942

Parachute Nurse poster
7.0

Nurses parachuting.

Parachute Nurse

1942

The Argyle Secrets poster
6.2

A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.

The Argyle Secrets

1948

Phantom of Chinatown poster
6.0

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.

Phantom of Chinatown

1940

Blondie's Big Moment poster
5.5

Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series. Dagwood has mixed emotions about his wife's theatrical aspirations and eventually he decides to get her to quit. As usual - disaster ensues.

Blondie's Big Moment

1947

King of the Royal Mounted poster
7.5

The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns that Compound X also contains magnetic properties that could aid them in their warfare against the British, they send agents to infiltrate Canada and steal a large quantity of the substance. It's up to Sgt. King (Allan Lane) and his Mounties to track down the agents and put an end to their scheme.

King of the Royal Mounted

1940

Canon City poster
6.2

Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.

Canon City

1948

Drums of Fu Manchu poster
5.2

Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.

Drums of Fu Manchu

1943

Night Editor poster
5.5

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

Night Editor

1946

Lone Star Moonlight poster
10.0

Returning G.I. Curt Norton (Ken Curtis), owner of a radio station, finds his father Amos (Guy Kibbee) has allowed the station to run down and has squandered Curt's money in bad investments in war-surplus material. Eddie Jackson (Robert Kellard), who owns the rival station, is also attracted to Curt's sweetheart Jean White (Joan Barton). When Curt and the Hoosier Hotshots successfully stage an auction to raise money, Eddie hires Mimi Carston (Claudia Drake) to claim that Curt married her in France.

Lone Star Moonlight

1946

Pardon My Gun poster
10.0

In this western, a rancher is ambushed, killed, and robbed, but for some reason the killers through his money pouch in the bushes without opening it. Later a woman happens upon the cash and finds herself a prime suspect in the killing. Fortunately, a survey engineer proves her innocence, and they begin looking for the real villains.

Pardon My Gun

1942

Man From Headquarters poster
6.3

A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.

Man From Headquarters

1942

Sing While You Dance poster
8.0

Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a young songwriter, Johnny Crane, after his first song becomes a hit. While pursuing her objective, she falls in love with Johnny, and lands in jail, but she acquires the song, the job, and Johnny.

Sing While You Dance

1946

Rhythm and Weep poster
5.9

The Stooges are actors who can't hold a job, so they decide to jump off a high building and end it all. On the roof top they meet three pretty dancers with the same idea. Before they can jump, they meet a millionaire Broadway producer who hires them all for his next show. The rehearsal goes so well that he doubles their salary, but it all comes to naught when they discover that the "producer" is an escaped patient from Dr. Dippy's retreat.

Rhythm and Weep

1946

They Stooge to Conga poster
6.9

The Stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control.

They Stooge to Conga

1943

Escort Girl poster
3.3

A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship" of young women. The district attorney sends an undercover agent to infiltrate the bureaus.

Escort Girl

1941

Gentleman from Dixie poster
8.0

A man is released from prison after serving time for a murder he didn't commit. He goes to live with his brother and his family on their Louisiana ranch, where they're raising horses to compete in an important race.

Gentleman from Dixie

1941

Prairie Pioneers poster
8.0

It is 1853 and settlers are pouring into California which means trouble for the old Spanish landowners. The El Dorado Mine Co. wants the land of Don Ortega for the minerals and is using the settlers and his friend Don Carlos to take the land over. But Tucson is on the side of Roberto and see's that something is not right with all the trouble they have been having. But the situation turns ugly for Don Ortega when Roberto is set up for a murder he did not commit.

Prairie Pioneers

1941

Smith of Minnesota poster
9.0

This biopic takes an in-depth look into the life of Minnesota All-American football player Bruce Smith. The story is framed by a screenwriter's interview with the famed halfback. In order to garner information, the scenarist is assigned to live with Smith. During the film, Smith shares his thoughts on football and anecdotes from his life.

Smith of Minnesota

1942

1930s · 17 titles

Nothing Sacred poster
6.3

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

Nothing Sacred

1937

While New York Sleeps poster
7.0

Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).

While New York Sleeps

1938

My Lucky Star poster
5.9

George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.

My Lucky Star

1938

Always in Trouble poster
7.3

Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.

Always in Trouble

1938

Wife, Husband and Friend poster
6.5

Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.

Wife, Husband and Friend

1939

Here I Am a Stranger poster
7.3

The story of a young man's discovery of his father.

Here I Am a Stranger

1939

Boy Friend poster
9.0

A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing there; otherwise, she's busy making love to a military cadet.

Boy Friend

1939

Annapolis Salute poster
6.7

The adventures of three disparate cadets at the US Naval Academy--one the son of a Navy enlisted man, the other the scion of a wealthy family, the third decent but somewhat slow-witted--and their struggles with the rigors of the academy, women, and each other.

Annapolis Salute

1937

Island in the Sky poster
7.0

A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.

Island in the Sky

1938

Stop, Look and Love poster
6.5

Daughter has trouble holding onto boyfriends because of her critical mother until understanding father comes to her aid.

Stop, Look and Love

1939

Change of Heart poster
7.0

While Carol Murdock is becoming the golf-champion at the country club, husband Anthony is all wrapped up in his business and rants a lot about how much time his wife spends playing gold, thereby neglecting their home and him. Carol teams up with golfer Phillip Reeves and they win a tournament together, and Reeves becomes infatuated with Carol. Anthony rants some more and Carol packs up and starts the divorce proceedings. Anthony fights back by taking up golf himself.

Change of Heart

1938

Walking Down Broadway poster
6.8

Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.

Walking Down Broadway

1938

Time Out for Murder poster
6.2

A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank official investigate.

Time Out for Murder

1938

Gateway poster
7.4

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.

Gateway

1938

Josette poster
7.2

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.

Josette

1938

Battle of Broadway poster
5.0

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn, Hattie McDaniel, Lynn Bari, Robert Kellard, Jane Darwell, Andrew Tombes, Esther Muir and Frank Moran.

Battle of Broadway

1938

Second Honeymoon poster
6.4

Raoul McLish stops over in Miami Beach where he runs into his ex-wife, Vicky Benton, and her new husband Bob, a belt manufacturer. At first Bob enjoys Raoul's presence - in part because Vicky is his not Raoul's and in part because Raoul is a lot of fun. The fun wears thin for Bob as his seriousness and possessiveness take over. When Bob leaves for a few days to settle a labor dispute at his factory, Vicky and Raoul spend time together, Winchell's column implies untoward behavior, Bob barks at Vicky, and that gets her back up. Can things be sorted out? Help comes from Raoul's upright valet, McTavish, and a principled cigarette girl, Joy, whom Raoul picks up.

Second Honeymoon

1937