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Robert Kent is a Actor American born on 3 december 1908 at Hartford (USA)

Robert Kent

Robert Kent
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Nationality USA
Birth 3 december 1908 at Hartford (USA)
Death 4 may 1955 (at 46 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Robert Kent, born Douglas Blackley, Jr, (December 3, 1908 – May 4, 1955) was an American film actor. His career included starring roles in several film serials of the 1940s, including The Phantom Creeps, Who's Guilty?, and The Phantom Rider. He also had a role in the 1938 film The Gladiator and was Virginia Vale's leading man in Blonde Comet, a 1941 movie about a female racing driver.

He was married to actress Astrid Allwyn from 1937 to 1941. He had three children: Kristina, Susan, and Kim Louise. He died in Los Angeles, California of a coronary occlusion due to coronary arteriosclerosis.

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Filmography of Robert Kent (44 films)

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The Great Locomotive Chase, 1h25
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Walt Disney, John Rollin Lupton, Jeff York, Slim Pickens
Rating67% 3.390993.390993.390993.390993.39099
Pendant la Guerre de Sécession, le caporal William Pittenger est appelé au ministère de la Guerre, devant le secrétaire Stanton. Celui-ci lui remet la médaille d'honneur du Congrès, et la remet également à ses anciens compagnons d'armes. La décoration est pour la première fois décernée, en mémoire du fait d'armes le plus audacieux de la guerre : le raid d'Andrews. Pittenger se souvient alors comment tout cela a commencé.
The Country Girl, 1h44
Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films based on plays
Actors Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, Gene Reynolds, Anthony Ross, Eddie Ryder
Roles Paul Unger
Rating71% 3.596873.596873.596873.596873.59687
In a theatre where auditions are being held for a new musical production, the director, Bernie Dodd, watches a number performed by fading star Frank Elgin and suggests he be cast. This is met with strong opposition from Cook, the show's producer.
Radar Secret Service, 1h
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors John Howard, Adele Jergens, Tom Neal, Myrna Dell, Sid Melton, Ralph Byrd
Roles Henchman Benson
Rating25% 1.2832251.2832251.2832251.2832251.283225
Set in post-World War Two, stolen Uranium-238 goods are tracked by the US Government, using new radar technology; the girlfriend of a gang member is also recruited as an informant. Though the radar tracking device helps, in the end it still takes an undercover girl to get back the looted shipment from the criminal masterminds.
Wild Weed
Wild Weed (1949)
, 1h10
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about health care
Actors Alan Baxter, Lyle Talbot, Lila Leeds, David Jack Holt, Donald Patrick Harvey II, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin
Roles Lt. Mason
Rating44% 2.2284052.2284052.2284052.2284052.228405
Leeds' character is "Anne Lester", a young orphan who is trying to pay for her brother's college education. After meeting Markey, a drug dealer, Anne begins to believe that she must smoke marijuana to fit in with her friends. She then goes to a "tea party", where she tries the drug for the first time. She is unaffected by the initial experiment, and loses her fear of drugs as she continues to smoke.
Dragnet
Dragnet (1947)
, 1h11
Directed by Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Henry Wilcoxon, Mary Brian, Tom Fadden, Douglass Dumbrille, Virginia Dale, Don C. Harvey
Roles Police Lt. Ricco
Rating68% 3.4410153.4410153.4410153.4410153.441015
A dead John Doe is found on the beach and Detective Lieutenant Tony Ricco gets the case to solve. However, there are no clues whatsoever to the dead man's identity and Tony is all out of options to bring the investigation any closer to a finish. An old friend of his from Scotland Yard in London, Geoffrey James, comes to visit him, and Tony asks for some input on the case.
Shoot to Kill, 1h4
Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Russell Wade, Robert Kent, Luana Walters, Vince Barnett, Nestor Paiva, Charles Trowbridge
Roles 'Dixie' Logan aka Judge Joel Conroy (as Douglas Blackley)
Rating54% 2.748662.748662.748662.748662.74866
Being pursued by police cars, a fleeing motor vehicle crashes off the side of the road. The survivor relates the events that preceded the chase in flashback format. A former gangster is framed by a corrupt district attorney. With his wife and an investigative reporter, he gathers proof of his innocence in hopes of clearing his name.
The Phantom Rider
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Western
Actors Robert Kent, Peggy Stewart, LeRoy Mason, George J. Lewis, Kenne Duncan, Wally Wales
Roles Dr. Jim Sterling
Rating60% 3.047113.047113.047113.047113.04711
Dr Jim Sterling attempts to create a police force on the Big Tree Indian Reservation. However, his efforts face sabotage, secretly directed by the apparently friendly Indian Agent Fred Carson, whose gang is currently able to rob stagecoaches wagons without opposition. In order to defeat his enemies, Sterling adopts the name and costume of the legendary "Phantom Rider."
Who's Guilty?
Directed by Howard Bretherton, Wallace Grissell
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Robert Kent, Minerva Urecal, Amelita Ward, Charles Middleton, Jack Ingram, Milton Kibbee
Roles Bob Stewart
Rating66% 3.31663.31663.31663.31663.3166
Walter Calvert (Clark) calls upon his brother Henry at his eerie old house and demands a share of the family fortune, and threatening to kill Henry if he doesn't get it. Within days, Henry's car goes over a cliff and he is presumed dead. Bob Stewart, Kent - a detective whom Henry asked to investigate the matter if he should die, begins his investigation and Duke Ellis, a newspaper reporter friend is with him. Bob meets the family at their mansion and questions Henry's sister, his half-brother, his nephew and his nephew's bride, and Ruth Allen (Ward), whose father was in business with Henry. Henry's brother Patton (Middleton) and a shadowy figure known as The Voice, plan to kill all the relatives and divide the fortune. As the murder attempts multiply, Bob, Ruth and Duke endeavor to track down the masterminds and bring them to justice.
Northern Pursuit, 1h33
Directed by Don Siegel, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine, John Ridgely, Tom Tully, Monte Blue
Roles Soldier (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2953.2953.2953.2953.295
After a German U-boat drops off Nazi saboteurs, RCMP Corporal Wagner (Flynn) captures the leader, Colonel Hugo von Keller (Helmut Dantine), the only survivor after an avalanche wipes out the rest of the group. When left alone with the Canadian Mountie, von Keller discovers that Wagner speaks German and is of German ancestry, and tries to persuade his captor to help him. After being taken into custody, von Keller leads a jailbreak from a prisoner of war camp, enlisting other German soldiers in his escape. Wagner, seemingly under suspicion by the RCMP of being a Nazi sympathizer, is court martialed and contacted by Ernst Willis (Gene Lockhart), a real enemy agent, who hires him as a wilderness guide.
Yanks Ahoy
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
, 1h
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Minor Watson, Frank Faylen, Walter Woolf King, Robert Kent
Roles Lt. Reeves
Rating53% 2.6554052.6554052.6554052.6554052.655405
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