Acting
Ruth Robinson
Born — Died
1887-08-17 — 1966-03-17
Place of birth
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
52 titles
Known for
7.1In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
6.8In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
The Three Musketeers
1948
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The Beulah Show
1950
7.5Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
You Can't Take It with You
1938
7.0A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
6.3Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
The Walking Dead
1936
Film credits
1950s · 2 titles
7.1In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
5.5The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
The Secret Fury
1950
1940s · 24 titles
6.8In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
The Three Musketeers
1948
7.0Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.
The Corsican Brothers
1942
6.1The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Knute Rockne All American
1940
7.3Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Remember the Day
1941
6.9The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
The Moon Is Down
1943
10.0A charismatic cowboy journeys down to Mexico with his loyal sidekick. They must track down cunning con artists and retrieve the stolen funds of innocent townsfolk.
Down Mexico Way
1941
5.3Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
In Old California
1942
6.0Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Whistling in the Dark
1941
6.8A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
6.1After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
Impact
1949
4.6Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Brigham Young
1940
5.5Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
That Brennan Girl
1946
6.9Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
One Foot in Heaven
1941
4.9A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.
Earthbound
1940
6.0Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.
Trapped
1949
7.0A madcap comedy about a kid sister who tries to steal her older sister's boyfriend. Her plan involves joining forces with a burglar to rob the unfortunate suitor's home.
The Kid Sister
1945
7.2The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
6.8A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946
4.5Elliott is hunted by Curtis who has spent six years behind bars because of his testimony. After knocking out several baddies and putting up with the zany antics of his sidekick Taylor, Elliott guns down his antagonist, but Luana Walters, the girl he almost marries, will not abide a gunslinger so Elliott is compelled to ride off alone into the sunset once more.
Across the Sierras
1941
9.0Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico, the Three Mesquiteers, are returning from Mexico and are stopped at the border by Army officials, who are attempting to apprehend smugglers who are buying cheap silver in Mexico and smuggling it into the States, where they can take advantage of a silver stabilizing measure and sell it at a high price.
Covered Wagon Days
1940
6.8The Weavers are share-croppers who confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find he is in money trouble too. He also has a wastrel son and a socialite wife who wants a divorce. He begs the Weavers to trade places with him and fix things up.
In Old Missouri
1940
Single-camera theater production of Trilby performed live and broadcast on the BBC. Intended to evoke the highly successful Trilby stage plays of the 1890s. Lost.
Trilby
1947
8.0Although Dale and Ken Bullock should be a happily married couple, their marriage is on the verge of a break-up, because Dale refuses to give up her well-paying job in order to devote more time to Ken and their two children Jimmy, age 9, and Tommy, age 6. They sue for divorce and the Judge rules that the children be placed in the custody of their father. Dale realizes what she has lost but she is too proud to say anything to Ken, whom she still loves. Ken, shopping for the perfect stay-at-home wife to take care of his children, falls for the charms of his secretary, Millie Lynch. Not quite.
Stepchild
1947
7.4When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
Gallant Sons
1940
1930s · 24 titles
7.5Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
You Can't Take It with You
1938
7.0A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
6.3Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
The Walking Dead
1936
6.3Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
6.9Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000.
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
6.8Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
5.5In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.
Four Wives
1939
8.0Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Our Leading Citizen
1939
6.9A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and that at least some diseases can be cured by vaccinations.
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
6.8A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.
Hell's Kitchen
1939
8.0A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide.
Outcast
1937
8.0The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
Everybody's Baby
1939
7.0When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.
On Such a Night
1937
6.4A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
5.8An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
China Clipper
1936
6.2Singing cowboy Randy shows up at Mrs. Blake's ranch. She is beset by bad guys, and Randy loves her daughter Janet.
Roll Along, Cowboy
1937
7.0The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
Borrowing Trouble
1937
6.1In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
Miracle Money
1938
10.0In Kansas Terrors, Stoney and his saddle pal Rusty take a job delivering horses to a flyspeck Caribbean island. Here they join forces with Rico to topple the regime of a despotic commandante.
The Kansas Terrors
1939
7.0Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the citrus groves of Southern California. First, the scientists predict the storm's course, giving several days' warning to farmers and growers. The growers, typified by the Morgan family, prepare the oil-burning pots throughout their grove. Then, as the temperature dips below freezing, they light the pots. The cold snap continues as oil-supplies dwindle; the smoky air slows traffic, including trucks bringing more oil. The scientists strive to predict how long freezing temperatures will last: can the Morgans hold out?
Weather Wizards
1939
6.5Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.
The Lone Wolf in Paris
1938
6.1Roy is a Confederate officer stationed in Missouri during the Civil War. He must put an end to outlaw gangs working under the pretense of service to the Confederacy.
The Arizona Kid
1939
9.0Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.
Sins of Man
1936
5.9A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
Midnight Intruder
1938

