Robert Burton

Born August 12, 1895· Eastman, Georgia, USA

† Died September 29, 1962

29Roles★ 6.5Average rating

Born in 1895 in the United States, Burton built a prolific career as a character actor across both film and television. Over the span of his professional life he accumulated credits in more than one hundred productions, ranging from early silent pictures to mid-century television series. Audiences most readily recall his portrayal of Tom Gipson in the 1956 western The Brass Legend, a role that hig… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

The Twilight Zone1959The Big Heat1953Birdman of Alcatraz1962The Bad and the Beautiful1952

Filmography

YearRating

Series★ 8.5

The Twilight Zone1959

Doctor

★ 7.7

The Big Heat1953

Det. Gus Burke

★ 7.5

Birdman of Alcatraz1962

Sen. Ham Lewis (uncredited)

★ 7.3

The Bad and the Beautiful1952

McDill (uncredited)

★ 7.1

Compulsion1959

Charles Straus

★ 7

The Tall T1957

Tenvoorde

★ 7.1

Riot in Cell Block 111954

Guard Ambrose

★ 6.9

Jubal1956

Dr. Grant

Series★ 7.1

The Rifleman1958

★ 7.2

Ransom!1956

Sheriff Jake Kessing

Series★ 7

Maverick1957

Judge Kincaid

★ 6.7

The Spirit of St. Louis1957

Maj. Albert Lambert - Lindbergh Sponsor (uncredited)

★ 6.7

The Young Lions1958

Col. Mead (uncredited)

Series★ 6.7

Gunsmoke1955

Sheriff

Series★ 6.7

The Lone Ranger1949

Ben Sutherland

★ 6.6

The Rack1956

Col. Ira Hansen

★ 6.5

The Young Savages1961

Judge

★ 6.5

Broken Lance1954

Mac Andrews

★ 6.3

No Down Payment1957

Mr. Cagle (uncredited)

★ 6.3

The Left Hand of God1955

Rev. Marvin

★ 6

Billy Rose's Jumbo1962

Madison

Series★ 6.3

Lassie1954

Thomas Arnold

★ 6.2

Inferno1953

Sheriff

★ 5.9

Seven Ways from Sundown1960

Eavens

★ 6

Soldier of Fortune1955

Father Xavier (uncredited)

★ 5.6

Taza, Son of Cochise1954

General Crook

★ 5.6

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein1957

Dr. Karlton

★ 4

Terror in the Midnight Sun1959

Dr. Frederick Wilson

★ 3.5

The Slime People1963

Prof. Galbraith