Robert McWade

Career timeline

1. 1872 · Born

   Born in Buffalo, New York, USA

2. 1924 · Screen debut

   Second Youth (Movie)

3. 1932 · Breakthrough

   Grand Hotel (Movie)

4. 1938 · Latest release

   Gold Is Where You Find It (Movie)

5. 1938 · Died

   January 19, 1938

Career in numbers

3 1920s

72 1930s

• Drama38
• Comedy35
• Romance29
• Crime19
• Mystery7
• Action5

Highest-rated title I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 7.8 Most popular title Grand Hotel 1932 7.0

Frequent collaborators

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

Guy Kibbee

3 titles together

Grant Mitchell

3 titles together

Sidney Toler

2 titles together

Stanley Fields

2 titles together

Robert Taylor

2 titles together

Andy Devine

2 titles together

Roscoe Ates

2 titles together

1. 1938 Gold Is Where You Find It as Mr. Crouch Movie
2. 1938 Of Human Hearts as Dr. Lupus Crumm 6.0 Movie
3. 1937 On Such a Night as Col. Fentridge Movie
4. 1937 This Is My Affair as Admiral Dewey Movie
5. 1937 Mountain Justice as Horace Bamber Movie
6. 1937 The Good Old Soak as Webster Parsons Movie
7. 1937 California Straight Ahead as Corrigan Movie
8. 1937 We're on the Jury as Henry Prime Movie
9. 1936 Mister Cinderella as Mr. J.J. Gates Movie
10. 1936 15 Maiden Lane as John Graves Movie
11. 1936 Old Hutch as Mr. Jolly Movie
12. 1936 High Tension as Willard Stone Movie
13. 1936 Bunker Bean as J.C. Kent Movie
14. 1936 Early to Bed as Burgess Frisbie Movie
15. 1936 Moonlight Murder as Quinlan Movie
16. 1936 Next Time We Love as Frank Carteret Movie
17. 1936 Anything Goes as Elisha J. Whitney Movie
18. 1935 Frisco Kid as Judge Stephen Crawford Movie
19. 1935 His Night Out as Davis Movie
20. 1935 Cappy Ricks Returns as Alden 'Cappy' Ricks Movie
21. 1935 Diamond Jim as A.E. Moore Movie
22. 1935 Here Comes the Band as Judge Movie
23. 1935 The Healer as Mr. Bradshaw Movie
24. 1935 Mary Jane's Pa as John Wagner Movie
25. 1935 Straight from the Heart as Boss Tim Reglan Movie
26. 1935 Society Doctor as Harris Snowden Movie
27. 1934 College Rhythm as Herman Whimple Movie
28. 1934 The President Vanishes as Vice Presient Molleson Movie
29. 1934 No Ransom as John Winfield Movie
30. 1934 The Dragon Murder Case as District Attorney Markham Movie
31. 1934 Midnight Alibi as Senator Movie
32. 1934 Operator 13 as Colonel Sharpe Movie
33. 1934 Thirty Day Princess as Managing Editor 6.8 Movie
34. 1934 Let’s Be Ritzy as Splevin Movie
35. 1934 Hold That Girl as McCloy Movie
36. 1934 The Countess of Monte Cristo as Hotel Manager Movie
37. 1934 Cross Country Cruise as The Grouch Movie
38. 1933 Fog as Alonzo Holt Movie
39. 1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady as Adopted Son Movie
40. 1933 Only Yesterday as Harvey Miles Movie
41. 1933 The Kennel Murder Case as District Attorney Markham 6.1 Movie
42. 1933 I Loved a Woman as Larkin Movie
43. 1933 The Solitaire Man as Mr. Peabody Movie
44. 1933 Tugboat Annie as Mayor of Secoma (uncredited) Movie
45. 1933 Heroes for Sale as Dr. Briggs 7.1 Movie
46. 1933 The Big Cage as Henry Cameron Movie
47. 1933 Pick-up as Jerome Turner Movie
48. 1933 42nd Street as Jones 7.0 Movie
49. 1933 Ladies They Talk About as District Attorney Walter Simpson 6.2 Movie
50. 1933 Hard to Handle as Charles Reeves Movie
51. 1932 The Match King as Mr. Larsen Movie
52. 1932 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as F.E. Ramsey 7.8 Movie
53. 1932 The Phantom of Crestwood as Herbert Walcott Movie
54. 1932 Flaming Gold as Bill Conway Movie
55. 1932 Movie Crazy as Wesley Kitterman 6.5 Movie
56. 1932 Grand Hotel as Meierheim 7.0 Movie
57. 1932 Back Street as Uncle Felix Movie
58. 1932 The First Year as Fred Livingston Movie
59. 1932 Madame Racketeer as James Butterworth Movie
60. 1932 Ladies of the Jury as Judge Henry Fish Movie
61. 1931 Girls About Town as Simms Movie
62. 1931 Skyline as Judge West Movie
63. 1931 New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford as Mr. Tuttle Movie
64. 1931 Too Many Cooks as Uncle George Movie
65. 1931 It's a Wise Child as G. A. Appleby Movie
66. 1931 Kept Husbands as Arthur Parker 5.3 Movie
67. 1931 Cimarron as Louis Hefner 5.5 Movie
68. 1930 Feet First as John Quincy Tanner 6.7 Movie
69. 1930 The Pay-Off as Frank Movie
70. 1930 Night Work as Phil Reisman Movie
71. 1930 Good Intentions as Cyrus Holt Movie
72. 1930 The Sins of the Children as Joe Higginson Movie
73. 1928 The Home Towners as P. H. Bancroft Movie
74. 1925 New Brooms Movie
75. 1924 Second Youth as Department Store Clerk Movie

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