Robert Burton

Robert George Burton (August 13, 1895 – September 29, 1962) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in over 100 films and television programs, and was best known for playing Tom Gipson in the 1956 film The Brass Legend.

Burton died on September 29, 1962 in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 67.

Partial filmography

Fearless Fagan (1952) - Owen Gillman My Man and I (1952) - Sheriff Everything I Have Is Yours (1952) - Dr. Charles Desperate Search (1952) - Wayne Langmuir Sky Full of Moon (1952) - Customer The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - McDill (uncredited) Above and Beyond (1952) - Brigadier General Samuel E. Roberts Confidentially Connie (1953) - Dr. Willis Shoop The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) - John Ashmond Code Two (1953) - Police Capt. Bill Williams Cry of the Hunted (1953) - Warden Keeley Fast Company (1953) - David Sandring A Slight Case of Larceny (1953) - Police Captain The Band Wagon (1953) - Caterer (uncredited) Latin Lovers (1953) - Mr. Cumberly Inferno (1953) - Sheriff The Big Heat (1953) - Gus Burke All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) - Asa Worthen Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) - General George Crook Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) - Guard Ambrose Siege at Red River (1954) - Sheriff Broken Lance (1954) - Mac Andrews Rogue Cop (1954) - Inspector Adrian Cassidy Hit the Deck (1955) - Commander (uncredited) A Man Called Peter (1955) - Mr. Peyton The Road to Denver (1955) - Pete Lay That Rifle Down (1955) - General Ballard The Last Command (1955) - Businessman in Cantina (uncredited) The Left Hand of God (1955) - Rev. Marvin (uncredited) Count Three and Pray (1955) - Bishop Jubal (1956) - Dr. Grant Reprisal! (1956) - Jeb Cantrell The Rack (1956) - Col. Ira Hansen Three Brave Men (1956) - W. L. Dietz The Brass Legend (1956) - Tom Gipson The Tall T (1957) - Tenvoorde Slander (1957) - Harry Walsh (uncredited) The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) - Maj. Albert Lambert (Lindbergh Sponsor) - (uncredited) The Hired Gun (1957) - Nathan Conroy Domino Kid (1957) - Sheriff Travers No Down Payment (1957) - Mr. Cagle (uncredited) I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) - Dr. Karlton The Hard Man (1957) - Sheriff Hacker The Young Lions (1958) - Col. Mead (uncredited) Too Much, Too Soon (1958) - Bill Henning (uncredited) Man or Gun (1958) - Deputy Sheriff Burt Burton Mardi Gras (1958) - Comdr. Tydings Compulsion (1959) - Charles Straus The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959) - First General A Private's Affair (1959) - Gen. Charles E. Hargrave Space Invasion of Lapland (1959) - Dr. Frederick Wilson The Story on Page One (1959) - District Attorney Nordeau Wake Me When It's Over (1960) - Col. Dowling The Gallant Hours (1960) - Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) - Eavens The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) - Sam Wheeler (uncredited) The Young Savages (1961) - Judge Ada (1961) - Committee Man (uncredited) Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - Director (uncredited) Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Sen. Ham Lewis (uncredited) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Convention Chairman (uncredited) Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) - Madison (released posthumously) The Slime People (1963) - Professor Galbraith (released posthumously; final film role)