Robert Milasch
American actor
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Robert Milasch (April 18, 1885 – November 14, 1954[1])[2] was an American character actor in the silent and sound periods. He was 6 feet, 6 inches tall.[3]
April 18, 1885
Robert E. Milasch
Robert Milach
R.E. Milasch
Robert Milasch | |
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| Born | Robert Emmett Milasch April 18, 1885 |
| Died | November 14, 1954 (aged 69) |
| Other names | Robert Milash Robert E. Milasch Robert Milach R.E. Milasch |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1903–1951 |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Strong (1 child) Virginia Rose |
| Children | 1 child |
Biography
Milasch left his Smoke Mountain, Tennessee, home at age 9, joining a wagon circus that went through the village. At age 13, performing as a contortionist, he joined another circus and went with it to South Africa. He left that troupe after being beaten by his boss and went to England, where he worked as a clown. Back in the United States in 1898, he joined the Gaumont Film Company and began acting in short films for it.[4]
Milasch acted on stage before he worked in films.[1] He began his film career in 1903 at 18 at the Edison Manufacturing Company. One of his first Edison films was two appearances in the classic The Great Train Robbery.[5] In the sound era nearly every film appearance was uncredited.
Milasch died of uremic poisoning on November 14, 1954, in Woodland Hills, California, aged 69.[1]
Selected filmography
- The Great Train Robbery (1903)
- The Eagle's Mate (1914)
- Under the Greenwood Tree (1918)
- The Two Brides (1919)
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919)
- The Rough Neck (1919)
- The Fourteenth Man (1920)
- Black Beauty (1921)
- Catch My Smoke (1922)
- Confidence (1922)
- The Prodigal Judge (1922)
- The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
- The Iron Horse (1924)
- Captain Blood (1924)
- Peter Pan (1924)
- The Right of the Strongest (1924)
- The Girl from Montmartre (1926)
- The Phantom Bullet (1926)
- Men of Daring (1927)
- A Hero for a Night (1927)
- The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928)
- Chasing Rainbows (1930) (*uncredited)
- Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)