Robert Arthur

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Acting

Robert Arthur (born Robert Paul Arthaud; June 18, 1925 – October 1, 2008) was an American motion picture actor who appeared in dozens of films in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in the 1949 war film Twelve O'Clock High as the comic relief–providing Sgt. McIllhenny, in the 1951 Billy Wilder film Ace in the Hole, and in the 1950s television program The Lone Ranger. Arthur was known for playing youthful teenage or young adult roles. In his later years, Arthur became an activist for gay rights on behalf of senior citizens. He died in Aberdeen, Washington in 2008, aged 83.

Filmography

• Wild Youth (1961)
• Young and Wild (1958)
• Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
• The Desperados Are in Town (1956)
• Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
• Top of the World (1955)
• Return from the Sea (1954)
• Take the High Ground! (1953)
• Young Bess (1953)
• The System (1953)
• Just for You (1952)
• The Ring (1952)
• Belles on Their Toes (1952)
• On the Loose (1951)
• Ace in the Hole (1951)
• Air Cadet (1951)
• September Affair (1950)
• Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
• You're My Everything (1949)
• Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
• Yellow Sky (1948)
• Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
• Mother Wore Tights (1947)
• Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
• Nora Prentiss (1947)
• The Devil On Wheels (1947)
• Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946)
• Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
• Night and Day (1946)
• Too Young to Know (1945)
• Danger Signal (1945)
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Roughly Speaking (1945)