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American actor (1889–1944)
Robert Fiske (October 20, 1889 – September 12, 1944) was an
American actor on film and stage during the first half of the 20th century.
In the late 1920s, Fiske acted with the Sharp Players at the Pitt Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
[1] By the early 1930s, he had his own troupe in Pennsylvania.
[2]
Born in
Griggsville, Missouri he appeared in 66 films, primarily B-movies and westerns. He died in
Sunland, Los Angeles, California of
congestive heart failure at the age of 54 and was buried at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) .
Selected filmography
The Sky Parade (1936) - Scotty Allen
Grand Jury (1936) - District Attorney (uncredited)
Missing Girls (1936) - Ralph Gilmartin
Alibi for Murder (1936) - Aviator (uncredited)
Adventure in Manhattan (1936) - Dario - Henchman (uncredited)
The Cowboy Star (1936) - Movie Director Martin (uncredited)
Song of the Gringo (1936) - Defense Attorney
Battle of Greed (1937) - Lawyer Hammond
The Devil Diamond (1937) - 'Professor' John Henry Morgan, alias Moreland
The Devil's Playground (1937) - Officer (uncredited)
Old Louisiana (1937) - Luke E. Gilmore
Criminals of the Air (1937) - Groom (uncredited)
The Law Commands (1937) - John Abbott
Drums of Destiny (1937) - Bill Holston
Raw Timber (1937) - Bart Williams
Roaring Six Guns (1937) - Jake Harmon - Banker
Luck of Roaring Camp (1937) - Sheriff (uncredited)
Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938) - J.J. Gillespie (uncredited)
The Purple Vigilantes (1938) - George Drake
Born to Be Wild (1938) - Man (uncredited)
Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938) - Clay Allison
Test Pilot (1938) - Attendant (uncredited)
Flight into Nowhere (1938) - Dr. Butler
Numbered Woman (1938) - Bob Wetherby
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938, Serial) - Morrell - Phantom Raider Chief
Religious Racketeers (1938) - The Great LaGagge aka Louis LaGagge aka The Great Garno
South of Arizona (1938) - Mark Kenyon
Sunset Trail (1938) - Monte Keller
The Colorado Trail (1938) - Deacon Webster
West of the Santa Fe (1938) - Banker Frank Parker
Crime Takes a Holiday (1938) - Automobile Salesman (uncredited)
The Lady Objects (1938) - Mr. Horn (uncredited)
Adventure in Sahara (1938) - Lt. Dumond
I Am a Criminal (1938) - Attorney Phil Collins
Smashing the Spy Ring (1938) - Lieutenant General (uncredited)
The Thundering West (1939) - Harper (uncredited)
Society Lawyer (1939) - Lefty - Crelliman's Henchman (uncredited)
They Made Her a Spy (1939) - Davis (uncredited)
Racketeers of the Range (1939) - Roger Whitlock
Timber Stampede (1939) - Matt Chaflin
The Man from Sundown (1939) - Captain Prescott
Overland with Kit Carson (1939, Serial) - Henry Clay (Ch. 1) (uncredited)
Sued for Libel (1939) - Radio Actor (uncredited)
Buried Alive (1939) - Prosecuting Attorney Gerald Storm (uncredited)
The Shadow (1940, Serial) - Stanford Marshall
East Side Kids (1940) - Cornwall - aka Robert Morrison
Passport to Alcatraz (1940) - Stanford Marshall
Carolina Moon (1940) - Barrett
Deadwood Dick (1940, Serial) - Ashton - Committeeman [Chs.1-6]
Colorado (1940) - Mr. Carter (uncredited)
Before I Hang (1940) - District Attorney
The Green Archer (1940, TV Series) - Savini
Texas Terrors (1940) - Barker - Defense Attorney
Law and Order (1940) - Ed Deal
Along the Rio Grande (1941) - Doc Randall
The Big Boss (1941) - George Fellows
The Apache Kid (1941) - Joe Walker
International Lady (1941) - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Borrowed Hero (1941) - Grover Duncan (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941, Serial) - Walter Cabot
Today I Hang (1942) - Det. Johnson
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) - Ricci's Doctor (uncredited)
Black Dragons (1942) - Phillip Wallace
Riders of the Northland (1942) - Mr. Strong (uncredited)
Vengeance of the West (1942) - Gil Kirby
The Secret Code (1942, Serial) - Investigator Ryan
Gentleman Jim (1942) - Telegrapher (uncredited)
The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942, Serial) - Harvey Cole (uncredited)
Dead Man's Gulch (1943) - James Westfall (uncredited)
Batman (1943, Serial) - Foster [Ch. 1-4] (uncredited)
The Texas Kid (1943) - Naylor
The Last Horseman (1944) - Barkley (uncredited)
Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1944) - Emil 'Sierra' Weber aka Ed Wayne (uncredited) (final film role)
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