Robert Homans


Robert Edward Homans was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.

Life and career

Robert Homans was born November 8, 1877, in Malden, Massachusetts. Although he studied medicine for three years after his college graduation, a 1906 newspaper article noted that "the 'stage bee' got into his bonnet and nothing would do but that he become an actor." His Broadway credits include The Blue Bird, The Blue Envelope, Johnny, Get Your Gun and Like a King.
His screen debut came in Madame Sherry. He appeared in some 400 films between 1917 and 1946.
On April 18, 1909, Homans married Agnes J. Mellon in San Francisco. Another source gives his wife's name as Agnes Maynard.
Homans died in Los Angeles, California on July 28, 1947, from a heart attack.

Filmography

Madame Sherry as Minor RoleLegally Dead as Detective PowellDark Stairways as Detective QuinnThe Breathless Moment as 'Dippy' Blake The Bandit Buster as RomeoCollege Days as Mr. GordonThe Silent Power as David WebsterRide 'em High as Rufus AllenRange Courage as Pop GallagherThe Prairie King as Jim GardnerPals in Peril as Sheriff KippMountains of Manhattan as Big Bill WrightFast and Furious as DoctorCoquette as Court Bailiff The Valiant as Newspaper Printer The [Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film)|The Isle of Lost Ships] as Mr. BurkeThe Thoroughbred as RileyBorn Reckless as Policeman For the Defense as Lineup Lieutenant Abraham Lincoln as Senator The Public Enemy as Officer Pat Burke The Lightning Flyer as John NelsonThe [Drums of Jeopardy (1931 film)|The Drums of Jeopardy] as DetectiveThe Black Camel as Chief of Police Pack Up Your Troubles as Detective If I Had a Million as Detective She Done Him Wrong as Doheney Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as Cop Mystery of the Wax Museum as Desk Sergeant Tugboat Annie as Old Salt on Schooner One Sunday Afternoon as Officer Charlie Brown Blood Money as Detective Posing as Drunk Lady Killer as Jailer Jimmy the Gent as Paddy - Irish Cop The [Thin Man (film)|The Thin Man] as Billy the Detective The Key as Patrick the Bartender The [Lemon Drop Kid (1934 film)|The Lemon Drop Kid] as Sheriff The Whole Town's Talking as Detective The Informer as Detractor Steamboat Round the Bend as Race Official She Married Her Boss as Detective Suicide Squad as Captain Tim O'ConnorBarbary Coast as Fogged-in Ship's Captain The Prisoner of Shark Island as Sergeant