Robert Arthur
Acting
Born June 18, 1925 · Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Biography
Robert Arthur (born Robert Paul Arthaud; June 18, 1925 – October 1, 2008) was an American motion picture actor who appeared in dozens of films in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in the 1949 war film Twelve O'Clock High as the comic relief–providing Sgt. McIllhenny, in the 1951 Billy Wilder film Ace in the Hole, and in the 1950s television program The Lone Ranger. Arthur was known for playing youthful teenage or young adult roles. In his later years, Arthur became an activist for gay rights on behalf of senior citizens. He died in Aberdeen, Washington in 2008, aged 83.
Known For · 40 titles
Full House
Matinee Theater
Four Star Playhouse
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Telephone Time
Navy Log
Lux Video Theatre
Frontier
Ace in the Hole
Mildred Pierce
Twelve O'Clock High
Night and Day
Yellow Sky
Nobody Lives Forever
Nora Prentiss
Take the High Ground!
Young Bess
Belles on Their Toes
Roughly Speaking
Mother Wore Tights
September Affair
Top of the World
You're My Everything
Hellcats of the Navy
The Desperados Are in Town
Green Grass of Wyoming
Hollywood Wonderland
The Ring
The Devil On Wheels
Return from the Sea
Too Young to Know
Air Cadet
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Young and Wild
Just for You
Mother Is a Freshman
Wild Youth
On the Loose
Danger Signal
The System