Robert Emhardt

Robert Emhardt (July 24, 1913 – December 26, 1994) was an American stage, film, and television actor who typically played villains.

Career

Emhardt studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.^[1] He began his Broadway career in the 1930s as an understudy for the equally heavyset Sydney Greenstreet. Emhardt made his actual stage debut in The Pirate (1942).

One of the founding members of The Actors Studio,^[2] Emhardt was a member of the cast of the original 1952 Broadway stage production of The Seven Year Itch. His notable film appearances include 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and Underworld U.S.A. (1961).

On television, he was a regular on Another World, as Mackenzie Cory, and The Kids From C.A.P.E.R., as Sergeant Vinton. He also made many guest appearances, on such series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Riverboat, The Tall Man, The Twilight Zone (episode "Static"), GE True, Stoney Burke, Going My Way, The Andy Griffith Show (episode "Man in a Hurry"), and The Brady Bunch (episode "Fender Benders"). He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer J.J. Flaherty in the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Ominous Outcast."

Personal life

He was married to actress Silvia Sideli, with whom he had a son and two daughters.^[1]

Partial filmography

• 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
• The Badlanders (1958)
• Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
• Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
• The Intruder (1962)
• Kid Galahad (1962)
• The Group (1966)
• Hostile Guns (1967)
• Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
• Rascal (1969)
• Change of Habit (1969)
• Lawman (1971)
• It's Alive (1974)
• Fraternity Row (1977)
• It Happened One Christmas (1977) (TV)
• Forced Vengeance (1982)

References

External links

• Robert Emhardt at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Emhardt at the Internet Broadway Database