Robert McKenzie
Robert McKenzie
Irish-born Robert McKenzie was already a theatrical showman of some renown by the time he made his first film appearance in 1921. The barrel-chested, snaggle-toothed McKenzie appeared in dozens of westerns and comedies, usually as a bombastic lawman or backwoods con artist. Even when he played bits (which was often), his raspy voice and hyena-like laugh always identified him. His more memorable feature-film roles included W. C. Fields' drinking buddy Charlie Bogle in You're Telling Me (1934), larcenous Judge Roy Dean in Gene Autry's Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937), and the jolly captain who rents Laurel & Hardy a broken-down boat in Saps at Sea (1940). In addition, he appeared in hundreds of short subjects, playing opposite the likes of Our Gang, Andy Clyde, Charley Chase and the Three Stooges. In 1927, McKenzie tried his hand at screenwriting with the low-budget western The White Outlaw. Robert McKenzie and his actress-wife Eva had three daughters, all of whom acted in films at one time or another; their daughter Ella was the wife of comedian Billy Gilbert. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Robert McKenzie:
- Black Aces with Buck Jones , Lee Shumway , Charles King
- San Francisco with Clark Gable , Jeanette MacDonald , Spencer Tracy , Jack Holt , Ted Healy , Shirley Ross , Harold Huber , Al Shean , Vernon Dent , Edward Earle , Flora Finch , Sherry Hall , Edgar Kennedy , Wilbur Mack , George Magrill , John "Skins" Miller , Belle Mitchell , Harry C. Myers , Pat O'Malley , Henry Roquemore , Carl Stockdale , Charles Sullivan , Rosemary Theby , David Thursby , John Kelly , Bruce Mitchell , Dennis O'Keefe , George Guhl , Tom Dugan , King Baggot
- The Return of Frank James with Henry Fonda , Henry Fonda , Gene Tierney , Jackie Cooper , John Carradine , J. Edward Bromberg , Donald Meek , George Barbier , Lloyd Corrigan , Edward McWade , Louis Mason , William Pawley , Davison Clark , Sherry Hall , Lew Meehan , Frank Melton , Adrian Morris , James C. Morton , Russell Powell , Dale vanSickel
- Night and Day with Cary Grant , Eve Arden , Alexis Smith , Herman Bing , Monty Woolley , Jane Wyman , Dorothy Malone , Mary Martin , Alan Sr. Hale , Clarence Muse , Sig Rumann , Ginny Simms , Henry Stephenson , Bobby Watson , Donald Woods , Creighton Hale , Boyd Irwin , Colin Kenny , Frank Marlowe , George Meader , Bert Moorhouse , Jack Richardson , Cyril Ring , Harry Seymour , Philip vanZandt , Crane Whitley , Eric Wilton , Richard Erdman , Michael Lally
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