Robert Middleton

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Actor Middleton in The Big Combo
Actor Middleton in The Big Combo

Robert Middleton (born Samuel G. Messer; May 13, 1911June 14, 1977) was an American film and television actor known for his large size and beetle-like brow. Middleton, with a deep, booming voice, trained for a musical career at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Tech. He worked steadily as a radio announcer and actor. After appearing on the Broadway stage and live television, Middleton began appearing in films in 1954. He's also remembered on television appearing as boss Mr. Marshall on The Jackie Gleason Show and in film opposite Humphrey Bogart in the drama The Desperate Hours (1955) and Dean Martin in Career (1959). The Cincinnati, Ohio-born actor appeared in many television programs in the 1950s and 1960s.