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]
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)
References
- ^ a b c Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- ^ Silent Film Necrology p.366 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana
- ^ Mank, Gregory William (May 26, 2022). Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us!: More Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema. McFarland. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4766-4403-5. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- ^ Othman, Frederick C. (April 13, 1939). "Hollywood Day By Day". The Danville Morning News. United Press. p. 2. Retrieved June 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Who Was Who on Screen, p.321 2ndEdition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt
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