Forrest Robinson (1858 – January 6, 1924) was an American stage and silent era actor. He was a leading man at the
Boston Museum Theater and acted in numerous theatrical productions in New York. He also appeared in numerous films.
Robinson was in the Broadway productions
Sag Harbor (play) (by
James A. Herne and with
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' A Free Soul'' (1931 ...
) at the
Republic Theatre in 1900;
''Fortune-Hunter'' (by
Winchell Smith
Winchell Smith (5 April 1871 – 10 June 1933) was an American playwright, known for big hit works such as ''Brewster's Millions'' (1906) and '' Lightnin' '' (1918). Many of his plays were made into movies. He spent freely but left a large fortu ...
and with
John Barrymore
John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Barrymore family, Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage ...
) in 1909 at the
Gaiety Theatre;
''The Master of the House''
at the
39th Street Theatre in 1912;
John Cort's ''The Iron Door'' in 1913; and
Philip Moeller
Philip Moeller (26 August 1880 – 26 April 1958) was an American stage producer and director, playwright and screenwriter, born in New York where he helped found the short-lived Washington Square Players and then with Lawrence Langner and Hel ...
's production of Molière in 1919 at the
Liberty Theatre
The Liberty Theatre is a former Broadway theater at 234 West 42nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1904, the theater was designed by Herts & Tallant and built for Klaw and Erlanger, the partnersh ...
.
Robinson toured London's West End in 1914 with Smith's Fortune-Hunter. The critic, Boyle Lawrence, described Robinson's performance in the
Pall Mall Magazine
''The Pall Mall Magazine'' was a monthly British literary magazine published between 1893 and 1914. Begun by William Waldorf Astor as an offshoot of ''The Pall Mall Gazette'', the magazine included poetry, short stories, serialized fiction, and g ...
''Mr. Forrest Robinson, as an inventor, acted charmingly. Without any trace of effort, he projected a real, lovable personality over the footlights''.
Robinson's silent film career included starring with
Winifred Allen in ''
From Two to Six'' (1918). His role in ''
Tess of the Storm Country'' was described in the ''New York Times'' saying he '"gives the character of simplicity to Tess's father".
Robinson was married to the actress
Mabel Bert.
Theater
*''
Love Finds the Way'' (1896)
*''
Sag Harbor'' (1900)
*''Fortune-Teller'' (1909)
*''The Master of the House'' (1912)
*''The Iron Door'' (1913)
*''East Meets West'' (1918)
*''Molière'' (1919)
Filmography
*''
The House of a Thousand Candles (1915 film)'' as Bates
*''
The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915 film)
''The Dawn of a Tomorrow'' is a 1915 American silent film starring Mary Pickford, produced by Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and directed by James Kirkwood. It is based on a 1909 stage play starring Eleanor Robson Belmont, her las ...
'' as Sir Oliver Holt
*''
The Mating
''The Mating'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring Gladys Leslie, Herbert Rawlinson, Forrest Robinson, John Thomson, and Aida Horton. The film was released by Vitagraph Company of America on Oc ...
'' (1918)
*''
Little Miss Hoover'' (1918) as Colonel William Craddock
*''
Just a Woman (1918 film)'' as Judge Van Brink
*''
From Two to Six'' (1918)
*''
His House in Order (1920 film)''
*''
Tol'able David
''Tol'able David'' is a 1921 American silent film based on the 1917 Joseph Hergesheimer short story of the same name. It was adapted to the screen by Edmund Goulding and directed by Henry King for Inspiration Pictures. A rustic tale of violen ...
'' as Grandpa Hatburn
*''
Tess of the Storm Country (1922 film)''
as Orn 'Daddy' Skinner
*''
Adam's Rib (1923 film)'' as Kramer
*''
Ashes of Vengeance'' (1923) as Father Paul
*''
Souls for Sale
''Souls for Sale'' is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film written, directed, and produced by Rupert Hughes, based on the novel of the same name by Hughes. The film stars Eleanor Boardman in her first leading role, having won a contrac ...
'' (1923) as Rev. John Steddon, Mem's father
*''
When a Man's a Man (1924 film)
''When a Man's a Man'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, and Robert Frazer.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Lawrence Knight, a millionaire loafer ...
'' as The Dean
References
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20th-century American actors
1858 births
1924 deaths