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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ... more

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Ace in the Hole
(1951)
Drama
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Billy Wilder
Cast:
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady
8.1
92%
72
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Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Crime, Drama
After her unfaithful husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful. However winning the approval of her spoiled daughter proves a greater challenge.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth
8.0
86%
88
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Twelve O'Clock High
(1949)
Action, Drama, War
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Henry King
Cast:
Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger
7.7
96%
N/A
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Yellow Sky
(1948)
Crime, Western
In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
William A. Wellman
Cast:
Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Harry Morgan, Robert Arthur
7.4
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Nora Prentiss
(1947)
Drama
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Cast:
Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett, Robert Alda, Rosemary DeCamp
7.1
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Belles on Their Toes
(1952)
Comedy
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Henry Levin
Cast:
Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold
6.7
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September Affair
(1950)
Drama, Romance
An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situ...
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
William Dieterle
Cast:
Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Jessica Tandy, Françoise Rosay, Robert Arthur
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Roughly Speaking
(1945)
Comedy, Drama
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Rosalind Russell, Jack Carson, Robert Hutton, Jean Sullivan, Donald Woods
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Mother Wore Tights
(1947)
Music
In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, intersper...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Walter Lang
Cast:
Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman, Connie Marshall, Vanessa Brown
6.7
N/A
N/A
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The Ring
(1952)
Comedy, Drama
A young Mexican/American learns about life both inside and out of the ring when he takes up boxing.
Runtime:
79 min
Director:
Kurt Neumann
Cast:
Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno, Lalo Rios, Robert Arthur, Robert Osterloh
6.0
N/A
N/A
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Green Grass of Wyoming
(1948)
Drama, Family, Western
The romance of a rancher's niece and a rival rancher's son parallels that of a stallion and a mare.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Louis King
Cast:
Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, Burl Ives
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Hellcats of the Navy
(1957)
Drama, Thriller, War
Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott, commander of a WW2 submarine, while Nancy portrays navy nurse Helen Blair, Abbott's off-and-on girlfriend. During a delicate mission in which his sub is ordered to retrieve a revolutionary new Ja...
Runtime:
82 min
5.3
N/A
N/A
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Mother Is a Freshman
(1949)
Comedy
Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The catch: Abby must also become a co-ed or she can't touch the money. After passing her entrance exams, Abby goes to college and becomes very popular, especially with a handsome English prof...
Runtime:
81 min
6.3
N/A
N/A
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On the Loose
(1951)
Drama
After years of living in her selfish parents' (Melvyn Douglas and Lynn Bari) egotistical shadows, desperate teenager Jill Bradley (Joan Evans) makes a last-ditch play for attention by attempting suicide. Jill's guilt-ridden father tries at last to help her and to cheer her up but new problems
Runtime:
78 min
Director:
Charles Lederer
Cast:
Joan Evans, Melvyn Douglas, Lynn Bari, Robert Arthur, Hugh O'Brian
6.4
N/A
N/A
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You're My Everything
(1949)
Comedy
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim's show rolls on to Chicago a new Mrs. O'Connor comes along as incompetent chorus girl. Hollywood beckons, and we follow the star careers of the O'Connor family in silents and tal...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Walter Lang
Cast:
Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Revere, Stanley Ridges, Shari Robinson
6.3
N/A
N/A
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Top Of The World
(1955)
Adventure
A team of Air Force servicemen become stranded after setting up a weather station on an island of ice in Alaska.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Lewis R. Foster
Cast:
Dale Robertson, Frank Lovejoy, Evelyn Keyes, Robert Arthur, Nancy Gates
6.4
N/A
N/A
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The System
(1953)
Crime
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Lewis Seiler
Cast:
Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon, Robert Arthur, Paul Picerni, Don Beddoe
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Air Cadet
(1951)
Drama
A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.
Runtime:
94 min
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Young and Wild
(1958)
Action, Drama, Thriller
Three juvenile-delinquents launch a reign of terror upon those who witnessed a deadly auto accident in this exploitation drama.
Runtime:
69 min
Director:
William Witney
Cast:
Gene Evans, Scott Marlowe, Carolyn Kearney, Robert Arthur
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Naked Youth
(1961)
Action, Crime, Drama
A teenage escapee from a correctional facility falls in with a drug dealer operating near the Mexican border.
Runtime:
73 min
Director:
John F. Schreyer
Cast:
Robert Hutton, Carol Ohmart, Jan Brooks, Clancy Cooper, Steve Rowland
5.1
N/A
N/A
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Too Young to Know
(1945)
Drama, Romance, War
A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.
Runtime:
86 min
6.4
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