Robert Greig

Career timeline

1. 1879 · Born

   Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2. 1930 · Screen debut

   Paramount on Parade (Movie)

3. 1938 · Breakthrough

   You Can't Take It with You (Movie)

4. 1949 · Latest release

   Bride of Vengeance (Movie)

5. 1958 · Died

   June 27, 1958

Career in numbers

53 1930s

25 1940s

• Comedy46
• Romance44
• Drama28
• Adventure12
• Music10
• Crime9

Highest-rated title You Can't Take It with You 1938 7.5 Most popular title Sullivan's Travels 1941 7.4

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Greig in our catalogue.

E. E. Clive

5 titles together

Andy Devine

4 titles together

Gloria Stuart

3 titles together

Robert Warwick

3 titles together

Edward Everett Horton

2 titles together

Ferdinand Gottschalk

2 titles together

Billy Gilbert

2 titles together

Stuart Erwin

2 titles together

Basil Rathbone

2 titles together

Albert Hackett

2 titles together

1. 1949 Bride of Vengeance as Councillor Movie
2. 1948 Unfaithfully Yours as Jules 7.2 Movie
3. 1947 Forever Amber 6.1 Movie
4. 1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock as Algernon McNiff 6.3 Movie
5. 1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye as Charles, the Butler Movie
6. 1945 The Cheaters as MacFarland Movie
7. 1945 Earl Carroll Vanities as Vonce the Butler Movie
8. 1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sir Thomas 7.1 Movie
9. 1944 Mrs. Parkington as Mr. Orlando (uncredited) 6.0 Movie
10. 1944 Summer Storm as Gregory Movie
11. 1944 Million Dollar Kid as Spevin Movie
12. 1943 Three Hearts for Julia as Cairns, Anton's Butler (uncredited) Movie
13. 1942 Arabian Nights as Eunuch 6.0 Movie
14. 1942 Laugh Your Blues Away as Wilfred Movie
15. 1942 I Married a Witch as Town Crier (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
16. 1942 Girl Trouble as Fields Movie
17. 1942 The Palm Beach Story as Third Member Ale and Quail Club 7.0 Movie
18. 1942 The Mad Martindales as Wallace Butler Movie
19. 1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Judge Movie
20. 1941 Sullivan's Travels as Burroughs 7.4 Movie
21. 1941 Moon Over Miami as Brearley, Boulton's Butler Movie
22. 1941 The Lady Eve as Burrows 7.3 Movie
23. 1940 Hudson's Bay as Sir Robert Movie
24. 1940 No Time for Comedy as Robert Movie
25. 1940 The Thief of Bagdad as Man of Basra (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
26. 1939 The Honeymoon's Over as Horace Kellogg Movie
27. 1939 Tower of London as Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
28. 1939 Drums Along the Mohawk as Mr. Borst 6.5 Movie
29. 1939 It Could Happen to You as Pedley Movie
30. 1938 You Can't Take It with You as Lord Melville (uncredited) 7.5 Movie
31. 1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo as Chamberlain 6.1 Movie
32. 1938 Midnight Intruder as Willetts Movie
33. 1938 Algiers as Giraux 6.4 Movie
34. 1937 Lady Behave! as Alfred Movie
35. 1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich as The Major Domo Movie
36. 1937 Easy Living as Butler 7.2 Movie
37. 1937 Michael O'Halloran as Craig, the Butler Movie
38. 1936 Stowaway as Captain 6.7 Movie
39. 1936 Lloyd's of London as Lord Drayton 7.3 Movie
40. 1936 Theodora Goes Wild as Uncle John 6.6 Movie
41. 1936 Easy to Take as Judd Movie
42. 1936 The Devil-Doll as Émile Coulvet 6.8 Movie
43. 1936 Trouble for Two as Fat Man Movie
44. 1936 Small Town Girl as Childers, Dakin's Butler Movie
45. 1936 The Unguarded Hour as Henderson Movie
46. 1936 The Great Ziegfeld as Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
47. 1936 Rose Marie as Hotel Manager Movie
48. 1935 I Live for Love as Nightclub patron Movie
49. 1935 The Gay Deception as Adolph Movie
50. 1935 The Bishop Misbehaves as Rosalind Movie
51. 1935 Woman Wanted as Peedles Movie
52. 1935 Mark of the Vampire as Fat Man (uncredited) 6.2 Movie
53. 1935 Les Misérables as Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
54. 1935 Folies Bergère de Paris as Henri Movie
55. 1935 Clive of India as Mr. Pemberton Movie
56. 1934 One More River as Blore Movie
57. 1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers as The Duke Movie
58. 1934 Stingaree as The Innkeeper Movie
59. 1934 Upperworld as Marc Caldwell Movie
60. 1933 Female as James, Alison's Main Butler (Uncredited) 6.3 Movie
61. 1933 Meet the Baron as Explorer (uncredited) Movie
62. 1933 Broadway to Hollywood as 'Diamond Jim' Brady Movie
63. 1933 It's Great to Be Alive as Perkins Movie
64. 1933 Midnight Mary as Tom's Butler Potter (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
65. 1933 Peg o' My Heart as Jarvis (butler) Movie
66. 1933 Pleasure Cruise as Crum Movie
67. 1933 The Mind Reader as Swami (uncredited) Movie
68. 1933 Men Must Fight as Albert Movie
69. 1932 Trouble in Paradise as Jacques 7.4 Movie
70. 1932 Horse Feathers as Biology Professor (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
71. 1932 Love Me Tonight as Major Domo Flammand 6.6 Movie
72. 1932 Jewel Robbery as Man Reading 'Wiener Journal' (uncredited) 6.5 Movie
73. 1932 Merrily We Go to Hell as Baritone Bartender (uncredited) 6.5 Movie
74. 1932 Beauty and the Boss as Chappel Movie
75. 1932 The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood as Chesterfield Movie
76. 1931 Tonight or Never as Conrad Movie
77. 1930 Animal Crackers as Hives 6.9 Movie
78. 1930 Paramount on Parade as (uncredited) Movie

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