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Robert Downing Ames is a Actor American born on 22 march 1889 at Hartford (USA)

Robert Downing Ames

Robert Downing Ames
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Birth name Robert Downing Ames
Nationality USA
Birth 22 march 1889 at Hartford (USA)
Death 27 november 1931 (at 42 years) at New York City (USA)

Robert Downing Ames (March 23, 1889 – November 27, 1931) was an American stage and film actor whose career was cut short by his death at age 42.

Best films

Holiday
Holiday
(1930)
(Actor)

Usually with

George MacFarlane
George MacFarlane
(4 films)
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
(4 films)
Ed Brady
Ed Brady
(3 films)
Mary Astor
Mary Astor
(3 films)
Willard Mack
Willard Mack
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Downing Ames (21 films)

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The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools (1931)
, 20minutes
Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, John G. Adolfi, William C. McGann, Victor Heerman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Wallace Beery, Buster Keaton, Edward G. Robinson, Jack Hill, Jack Hill, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Robert Ames (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.853062.853062.853062.853062.85306
At the "Screen Stars Annual Ball", Norma Shearer has her jewels stolen. The police must find them and return them to her.
Behind Office Doors
Behind Office Doors (1931)
, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mary Astor, Robert Downing Ames, Ricardo Cortez, Catherine Dale Owen, Kitty Kelly, Edna Murphy
Roles James Duneen
Rating60% 3.0447453.0447453.0447453.0447453.044745
Mary Linden (Mary Astor) is a receptionist at a paper milling company, who is secretly in love with one of the salesmen, James Duneen (Robert Ames). Her extensive knowledge of the paper industry, the mill and its clients allows her to have input in company operations far outweighing her level as a receptionist. As the current president of the company, Ritter (Charles Sellon), approaches retirement, Mary uses her knowledge and skill of company politics to enable James to make some important sales coups, after which she begins a fifth-column attempt to get him named as the next president. James, for his part, is grateful to her for her help, but is completely oblivious to her romantic interest in him, preferring more of the party girl type.
Millie
Millie (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by George Roy Hill, John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Downing Ames, James Hall, John Halliday, Joan Blondell
Roles Tommy Rock
Rating61% 3.09563.09563.09563.09563.0956
Millie (Helen Twelvetrees) is a naive young woman who marries a wealthy man from New York, Jack Maitland (James Hall). Three years later, unhappy in her marriage due to her husband's continued infidelity, she asks for and receives a divorce. Because of her pride, she does not want his money, however, she also does not want to remove her daughter from a comfortable lifestyle. She allows Jack and his mother (Charlotte Walker), to retain custody of Millie's daughter, Connie (Anita Louise). Focusing on her career, she rises through the hierarchy of the hotel where she is employed, shunning the attention of the rich banker, Jimmy Damier (John Halliday), preferring the attentions of the reporter, Tommy Rock (Robert Ames), although, due to her prior sour relationship, refuses to marry. Eventually, Millie is promoted to the head of operations for the hotel. At the same time, Tommy is offered a lucrative position at the bank by Damier, as a favor to Millie. However, at the celebration party, Millie discovers that Tommy, just like Maitland, is cheating on her.
Three Who Loved
Three Who Loved (1931)
, 1h18
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Betty Compson, Conrad Nagel, Robert Downing Ames, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Bodil Rosing, Fred Santley
Roles Philip Wilson
Rating56% 2.817922.817922.817922.817922.81792
Helga Larson Hanson is living in Sweden, but is engaged to the American fledgling attorney John Hanson. Hanson has Helga move to the United States, and sets her up in the same boarding house he lives in, prior to their marriage. His summons of her might be a bit premature, since once she arrives, he is too busy with his job and preparing for his bar exam, to spend much time with her. Lonely, she becomes attracted to a co-worker of Hanson's, Phil Wilson, who sees an opportunity to use Helga's loneliness to have his way with her.
War Nurse
War Nurse (1930)
, 1h19
Directed by Edgar Selwyn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker, Robert Downing Ames, Zasu Pitts, Marie Prevost
Roles Robin Neill
Rating60% 3.046213.046213.046213.046213.04621
During World War I, a small diverse group of young American women leave for France to answer the urgent need for nurses, despite having little or no experience. Under the leadership of socialite Mrs. Townsend (Hopper), they turn an abandoned building into a hospital.
Double Cross Roads
Double Cross Roads (1930)
, 1h4
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Downing Ames, Lila Lee, Edythe Chapman, Montagu Love, Ned Sparks, Thomas E. Jackson
Roles David Harvey

Un perceur de coffre-fort et une jeune femme qui fait partie d'un gang tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre.
A Lady to Love
A Lady to Love (1930)
, 1h32
Directed by Victor Sjöström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Downing Ames, Richard Carle, Lloyd Ingraham, Anderson Lawler
Roles Buck
Rating62% 3.138523.138523.138523.138523.13852
Tony, a prosperous Italian vineyardist in California, advertises for a young wife, passing off a photograph of his handsome hired man, Buck, as himself. Lena, a San Francisco waitress, takes up the offer, and though she is disillusioned upon discovering the truth, she goes through with the marriage because of her desire to have a home and partially because of her weakness for Buck, whose efforts to take her away from Tony confirm her love for her husband.
The Trespasser
The Trespasser (1929)
, 1h30
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gloria Swanson, Robert Downing Ames, Purnell Pratt, Henry B. Walthall, Stuart Erwin, Wally Albright
Roles Jack Merrick
Rating64% 3.248123.248123.248123.248123.24812
A humble woman (Swanson) marries a wealthy man (Ames). Their marriage is annulled by the man's father (Holden), who considers her a fortune-hunter, and she is left alone to raise her child. She later becomes a "kept woman" for an older, married man. When the man dies, leaving Swanson a $500,000 inheritance, the press is quick to cast doubts upon the paternity of Swanson's child. Her ex-husband has since remarried, and now comes back into Swanson's life. For the sake of her child, she sends the boy to live with her ex and his wife. The wife dies and the film ends happily (if improbably) with Swanson reunited with her ex-husband.