Highest rated movie: Citizen Kane (1941)
Lowest rated movie: Belle of the Yukon (1944)
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Movies starring Robert Dudley have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 62%.
Citizen Kane - released in 1941 - is Robert Dudley's highest rated movie, with a score of 87% based on 945 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Robert Dudley is Belle of the Yukon - released in 1944 - with a score of 42% based on 2 reviews.
Robert Dudley (September 13, 1869 – September 15*, 1955) was a dentist turned film character actor who, in his 35-year career, appeared in more than 115 films.
Dudley was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and was educated at Lake Forest College in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, where he majored in oral surgery. In 1917 he appeared in his first film, Seven Keys to Baldpate, and then made three other silent films through 1921. After 1922 he worked consistently, appearing in three or four films a year, and making the transition to sound films in 1929 with The Bellamy Trial. Dudley often played characters with a quick temper, including jurors, shopkeepers, ticket agents, court clerks and justices of the peace, as well as an occasional farmer, hobo, or laborer. His performances in these small parts were frequently uncredited.
In the 1940s, Dudley was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in six films written and directed by Sturges. His most distinctive and memorable role for Sturges was the "Wienie King" in 1942's The Palm Beach Story, the funny little self-made rich well with a big hat who spontaneously bankrolls Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea on their escapade.
The 5' 9" Dudley, who was the founder of the "Troupers Club of Hollywood", was married to Elaine Anderson, and they had two girls, Jewell and Patricia Lee.
He made his final film, As Young as You Feel, in 1951, and died in 1955 in San Clemente, California.
*[TMDb note: The California Death Index indicates that Mr. Dudley died on 12 November 1955. That date should therefore be considered accurate and official.
Robert Dudley has acted in films with Bess Flowers, Bert Moorhouse, Byron Foulger and William Demarest.
Robert Dudley has worked with these film directors: Preston Sturges, William A. Wellman, Orson Welles and John Ford.
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