Portrait of Robert Woolsey

Robert Woolsey

Acting

Biography

Robert Rolla Woolsey (August 14, 1888 – October 31, 1938) was an American stage and screen comedian and half of the 1930s comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey.

Born: August 12, 1888

Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA

Filmography

1986
Classic Comedy Teams

as Self (archive footage)

1937
High Flyers

as Pierre Potkin

1937
On Again—Off Again

as Claude Horton

1936
Mummy's Boys

as Aloysius C. Whittaker

1936
Silly Billies

as Dr. Philip 'Painless' Pennington

1935
The Rainmakers

as Roscoe Horne

1935
The Nitwits

as Newton

1934
Kentucky Kernels

as Elmer Dugan

1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray!

as Dr. Dudley

1933
Diplomaniacs

as Hercules Grub

1933
So This Is Africa

as Alexander

1932
Hold 'Em Jail

as Spider Robbins

1932
Girl Crazy

as Slick Foster

1931
Peach-o-Reno

as Julius Swift

1931
Caught Plastered

as Eggbert G. Higginbothom

1931
Everything’s Rosie

as Dr. J. Dockweiler Droop

1931
Cracked Nuts

as Zander Ulysses Parkhurst

1931
The Stolen Jools

as Robert Woolsey

1930
Hook, Line and Sinker

as Addington Ganzy

1930
Half Shot at Sunrise

as Gilbert Simpson

1930
Dixiana

as Ginger Dandy

1930
The Cuckoos

as Prof. Cunningham

1929
Rio Rita

as Ned Lovett