Robert Sterling
Robert Sterling, born William Sterling Hart (November 13, 1917 – May 30, 2006) was an American film and television actor.
The son of baseball player and umpire Bill Hart, he was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and worked as a clothing salesman before pursuing an acting career.
After signing with Columbia Pictures in 1939, he changed his name to Robert Sterling to avoid confusion with silent western star William S. Hart. In 1941, Sterling went to MGM. He worked steadily as a supporting player for several years. After serving in World War II as an Army Air Force flight instructor, he returned to Hollywood, but by the end of the decade, his film career had faltered. He did, however, play the non-singing role of Steve Baker, opposite Ava Gardner as Julie, in the hit MGM 1951 film version of Show Boat.
Sterling later revived his acting career on the small screen with numerous appearances on Television.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.084 |
| Birthday | 1917-11-13 |
| Place of Birth | New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As | William Sterling Hart, |
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
5.7/125
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.875/1046
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1941
The Get-Away
5.2/6
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
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The Get-Away
1941
Johnny Eager
6.1/40
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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Johnny Eager
1950
The Sundowners
5.4/11
Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west.
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The Sundowners
1950
Bunco Squad
5.9/8
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest m...
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Bunco Squad
1951
Show Boat
6.034/73
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
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Show Boat
1942
Somewhere I'll Find You
5.9/12
Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.
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Somewhere I'll Find You
2007
Blood Car
4.9/66
In the near future, gas prices are at an astronomical high. One man is determined to find an alternate fuel source. That alternate fuel source turns o...
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Blood Car
1940
Nothing But Pleasure
5.8/4
To save money, Buster and his wife decide to drive to Detroit to buy a new car, then drive it home.
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Nothing But Pleasure
1939
Those High Grey Walls
6.2/3
Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from...
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Those High Grey Walls
1941
Two-Faced Woman
6.4/27
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
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Two-Faced Woman
1942
This Time for Keeps
6/1
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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This Time for Keeps
1939
Outside These Walls
7.5/1
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent...
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Outside These Walls
1949
Roughshod
5.3/11
Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him b...
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Roughshod
1961
Return to Peyton Place
6.7/39
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial...
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Return to Peyton Place
1964
A Global Affair
4.5/6
Bob Hope becomes surrogate father to a baby found abandoned at the United Nations. Director Jack Arnold's 1964 comedy also stars Yvonne De Carlo, Robe...
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A Global Affair
1942
Dr. Kildare's Victory
5.8/8
Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
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Dr. Kildare's Victory
1941
Ringside Maisie
7/3
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxi...
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Ringside Maisie
1953
Column South
6/10
In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territo...
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Column South
1941
I'll Wait for You
6.8/2
A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
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I'll Wait for You
1973
Letters from Three Lovers
6/1
Three letters, whose delivery has been delayed by a year, change the lives of the people to whom they were addressed.
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Letters from Three Lovers
1939
Mandrake the Magician
5.6/4
Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
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Mandrake the Magician
1946
The Secret Heart
6.3/9
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase...
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The Secret Heart
1939
Sorority House
6.8/5
A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.
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Sorority House
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
5.8/10
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For...
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
1941
The Penalty
6/3
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy see...
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The Penalty
1939
Blondie Meets the Boss
5.8/9
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring...
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Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Only Angels Have Wings
7.3/237
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a majo...
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Only Angels Have Wings
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
7.1/9
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come...
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Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
Golden Boy
6.4/28
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangste...
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Golden Boy
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
6.6/43
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to lif...
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The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
6.5/6
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically co...
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Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
Pest from the West
7/5
A millionaire vacationing in Mexico falls for a local girl and sets out to win her.
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Pest from the West
1939
Glove Slingers
0/0
A fighter trains for the big bout, and discovers that his opponent is his girlfriend's brother.
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Glove Slingers
1940
The Heckler
5/1
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.
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The Heckler
1940
The Gay Caballero
5.2/5
The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have at...
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The Gay Caballero
1939
A Woman is the Judge
0/0
Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugne...
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A Woman is the Judge
1939
Beware Spooks!
7/1
A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.
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Beware Spooks!
1940
Manhattan Heartbeat
0/0
A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When the baby arrives things get better.
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Manhattan Heartbeat
1979
Beggarman, Thief
6/1
In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murde...
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Beggarman, Thief
1940
Mandrake the Magician
5/1
Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the USA, and believed to be a lost film.
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Mandrake the Magician
1950
The Man Who Had Influence
8/1
Business mogul's son David Grant uses his father's power to extricate himself from problems - until implication in a woman's death tests David's willi...
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The Man Who Had Influence
1945
A-26 Flying Tips
0/0
This United States Army Air Forces short documentary depicts various pieces of official advice for pilots of the A-26 fighter bomber aircraft. Special...
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A-26 Flying Tips
1942
Personalities
0/0
In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included. Th...
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Personalities
1955
Dearest Enemy
0/0
This live TV adaptation of the Broadway musical "Dearest Enemy" from 1925 is based on an American Revolutionary War incident in September 1776 when Ma...
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Dearest Enemy
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6.5/2
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1940
Yesterday's Heroes
0/0
A doctor looks at his scrapbook and reflects on college days: how success at football took him from his studies, his flirtation with a widow and his t...
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