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Robert Edward Homans was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.
Birth Name
Robert Edward Homans
Born
Thursday, 08 November 1877
Died
Monday, 28 July 1947
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bogart: The Untold Story | 1997 | |
| Black Dragon of Manzanar | Gorman | 1966 |
| No Leave, No Love | Railroad Ticket-Taker | 1946 |
| Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Pop Edgar | 1946 |
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Gallagher | 1946 |
| Our Hearts Were Growing Up | Doorman | 1946 |
| Cluny Brown | New York Policeman | 1946 |
| Badman's Territory | Judge | 1946 |
| Swing Parade of 1946 | Cop | 1946 |
| Because of Him | Police Sergeant | 1946 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bogart: The Untold Story | 1997 | |
| Black Dragon of Manzanar | Gorman | 1966 |
| No Leave, No Love | Railroad Ticket-Taker | 1946 |
| Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Pop Edgar | 1946 |
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Gallagher | 1946 |
| Our Hearts Were Growing Up | Doorman | 1946 |
| Cluny Brown | New York Policeman | 1946 |
| Badman's Territory | Judge | 1946 |
| Swing Parade of 1946 | Cop | 1946 |
| Because of Him | Police Sergeant | 1946 |
| Girl on the Spot | Clancy | 1946 |
| Whistle Stop | Sheriff | 1946 |
| Frontier Days | Mail Clerk | 1945 |
| They Were Expendable | Bartender at Manila Hotel | 1945 |
| Man Alive | Uncle Barney | 1945 |
| Come Out Fighting | Police Sergeant Tom Riley | 1945 |
| River Gang | Police Captain | 1945 |
| Anchors Aweigh | Old Cop | 1945 |
| The Clock | Blood Test Official | 1945 |
| The Scarlet Clue - Sidney Toler As Charlie Chan | Capt. Flynn (as Robert E. Homans) / Capt. Flynn | 1945 |
| The Phantom Speaks | Death Row Guard / Death Row Guard (Uncredited) | 1945 |
| Blonde Ransom | Policeman | 1945 |
| Beyond the Pecos | Ed Remington | 1945 |
| A Medal for Benny | Police Chief | 1945 |
| Law of the Badlands | Dad Grimm | 1945 |
| The Big Show-Off | Police Captain | 1945 |
| Can't Help Singing | Albert | 1944 |
| Destiny | Grogan, Watchman | 1944 |
| Music for Millions | Railroad Conductor | 1944 |
| Rogues Gallery | Police Lt. Daniel O'Day / Police Lieutenant Daniel O'Day (as Bob Homans) | 1944 |
| Nothing But Trouble | Jailer | 1944 |
| The Thin Man Goes Home | Railroad Clerk | 1944 |
| Bowery to Broadway | Policeman | 1944 |
| Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Policeman | 1944 |
| Music in Manhattan | Justice of the Peace | 1944 |
| The Merry Monahans | Policeman | 1944 |
| The Impatient Years | Old Man Whittling on Steps | 1944 |
| Haunted Harbor | Port Captain [Chs. 1, 15] | 1944 |
| U-Boat Prisoner | Cleric Captain | 1944 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Policeman | 1944 |
| Louisiana Hayride | Police Officer Conlon | 1944 |
| Sensations of 1945 | Cop | 1944 |
| Christmas Holiday | Policeman | 1944 |
| Make Your Own Bed | Policeman | 1944 |
| Show Business | Joe | 1944 |
| Pin Up Girl | Stage Doorman | 1944 |
| Buffalo Bill | Policeman Muldoon | 1944 |
| It Happened Tomorrow | Mulcahey | 1944 |
| The Whistler | Dock Watchman / Dock Watchman (Uncredited) | 1944 |
| Cover Girl | Pop - Doorman | 1944 |
| Jack London | Captain Allen | 1943 |
| Nearly Eighteen | Judge | 1943 |
| Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Barney | 1943 |
| Nobody's Darling | Policeman | 1943 |
| The Good Fellows | Roman | 1943 |
| Frontier Badmen | Sheriff | 1943 |
| Shantytown | Dugan | 1943 |
| She Has What It Takes | Captain Pat O'Neal | 1943 |
| No Time for Love | Pop Murphy | 1943 |
| Murder in Times Square | Meehan - 1st Policeman / Meehan | 1943 |
| A Stranger in Town | Police Sergeant / Sergeant | 1943 |
| After Midnight with Boston Blackie | Police Lieutenant | 1943 |
| It Ain't Hay | Policeman | 1943 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Shipbuilding Executive | 1943 |
| You Can't Beat the Law | Mr. Duncan | 1943 |
| G-Men vs. The Black Dragon | Capt. Gorman [Ch. 12-13] | 1943 |
| City Without Men | Port Captain | 1943 |
| X Marks the Spot | Police Sgt. Timothy J. Delaney / Timothy J. Delaney | 1942 |
| I Married a Witch | Fire Chief | 1942 |
| The Forest Rangers | Lumberman | 1942 |
| For Me and My Gal | New York Palace Doorman | 1942 |
| Night Monster | Constable Cap Beggs / "Cap" Beggs | 1942 |
| Moonlight in Havana | Mac | 1942 |
| The Sombrero Kid | Marshal Thomas Holden | 1942 |
| Holiday Inn | Pop | 1942 |
| Lady in a Jam | Faro Bill | 1942 |
| The Spoilers | Sea Captain | 1942 |
| In Old California | Marshal Alvin Thompson | 1942 |
| It Happened in Flatbush | Mr. Collins | 1942 |
| Fingers at the Window | Officer O'Garrity | 1942 |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Captain in Café | 1942 |
| Lone Star Ranger | Bartender | 1942 |
| Yokel Boy | Cop | 1942 |
| Nazi Agent | 1st Captain | 1942 |
| Joe Smith, American | Old Man in Waiting Room | 1942 |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Joseph - Man Talking to Mrs. O'Leary / Joseph | 1942 |
| North to the Klondike | Officer of the River Boat | 1942 |
| Main Street on the March! | Lighthouse Keeper | 1942 |
| Pacific Blackout | Police Desk Sergeant | 1941 |
| Red River Valley | Sheriff Sutherland | 1941 |
| Glamour Boy | Policeman at Stage Door | 1941 |
| Marry the Boss's Daughter | Policeman | 1941 |
| Rise and Shine | Cop | 1941 |
| Blues in the Night | Bill - Bartender | 1941 |
| Sierra Sue | George Larrabee | 1941 |
| Unholy Partners | Insp. Pat Brody | 1941 |
| The Maltese Falcon | Policeman | 1941 |
| The Feminine Touch | Policeman in Subway Train | 1941 |
| Honky Tonk | Man at Tar Party | 1941 |
| It Started with Eve | Railway Conductor | 1941 |
| You'll Never Get Rich | Joe, Stage Doorman | 1941 |
| Unexpected Uncle | Police Sergeant | 1941 |
| Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Mr. Hood, the Watchman | 1941 |
| Whistling in the Dark | Flintwood Policeman | 1941 |
| Hurricane Smith | Sheriff | 1941 |
| Double Cross | Capt. Murray | 1941 |
| Puddin' Head | Cop | 1941 |
| Out of the Fog | Officer Magruder | 1941 |
| The Getaway | Machine Shop Prison Guard | 1941 |
| The Gang's All Here | Pop Wallace | 1941 |
| The Cowboy and the Blonde | Studio Watchman | 1941 |
| Footsteps in the Dark | Harbor Police Captain | 1941 |
| A Man Betrayed | Traffic Policeman | 1941 |
| Mr. Dynamite | Police Captain | 1941 |
| Flight from Destiny | Jailer | 1941 |
| Back Street | Station Master | 1941 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Turnkey | 1940 |
| Lady with Red Hair | Policeman on Courthouse Steps | 1940 |
| Little Nellie Kelly | Dooley Pub Owner in Ireland | 1940 |
| Street of Memories | Detective | 1940 |
| Youth Will Be Served | Second Revenue Officer | 1940 |
| East of the River | Patrolman Shanahan | 1940 |
| Goin' Fishin' | Police officer | 1940 |
| A Dispatch from Reuters | Reporter | 1940 |
| Barnyard Follies | Fire Inspector | 1940 |
| Rhythm on the River | Detective | 1940 |
| Son of Roaring Dan | Roaring Dan McPhail | 1940 |
| Black Diamonds | Dad Norton | 1940 |
| Pop Always Pays | Police Lieutenant | 1940 |
| The Captain Is a Lady | Clem - Seaman | 1940 |
| Lillian Russell | Stage Doorman | 1940 |
| I Take This Oath | Mike Hanagan | 1940 |
| Beyond Tomorrow | Sergeant | 1940 |
| 'Til We Meet Again | Dock Policeman | 1940 |
| Enemy Agent | Doorman | 1940 |
| Virginia City | Southerner | 1940 |
| Forgotten Girls | Policeman | 1940 |
| Johnny Apollo | Receptionist Guard | 1940 |
| The Grapes of Wrath | Spencer | 1940 |
| Double Alibi | Policeman at Diner | 1940 |
| Castle on the Hudson | Clyde Burton | 1940 |
| High School | Policeman | 1940 |
| West of Carson City | Judge Harkins | 1940 |
| Swanee River | Sheriff | 1940 |
| Rulers of the Sea | Constable Dunn / Constable Dunn (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Missing Evidence | Policeman | 1939 |
| Blondie Brings Up Baby | Police Capt. James | 1939 |
| Heroes in Blue | Police Officer | 1939 |
| Scandal Sheet | McHale | 1939 |
| Here I Am a Stranger | Jonesy, Policeman / Jonesy - Policeman | 1939 |
| Full Confession | Bartender | 1939 |
| Blackmail | Cooper | 1939 |
| Smuggled Cargo | Kincaid | 1939 |
| When Tomorrow Comes | Policeman | 1939 |
| The Spellbinder | Court Policeman at Door / Court Policeman at Door (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Winter Carnival | Conductor | 1939 |
| They Shall Have Music | Policeman at Barney's Pool Room | 1939 |
| Each Dawn I Die | Mac - a Guard | 1939 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Hardy | 1939 |
| Five Came Back | Police Captain | 1939 |
| Ex-Champ | Policeman | 1939 |
| Unexpected Father | Mr. Callahan | 1939 |
| Inside Information | Casey | 1939 |
| Young Mr. Lincoln | Mr. Clay | 1939 |
| Unmarried | Watchman | 1939 |
| Radio Hams | Lighthouse Keeper | 1939 |
| The Kid from Kokomo | Old Cop in Fistfight | 1939 |
| Union Pacific | Man | 1939 |
| Calling Dr. Kildare | Hickman - Policeman Bringing Jenny | 1939 |
| Dodge City | Mail Clerk | 1939 |
| On Trial | Policeman | 1939 |
| Let Us Live | 'Unlucky' Cop | 1939 |
| You Can't Get Away with Murder | Keeper Burns | 1939 |
| The Adventures of Jane Arden | Irishman | 1939 |
| King of Chinatown | Detective | 1939 |
| The Oklahoma Kid | BartenderBartender / Bartender | 1939 |
| The Saint Strikes Back | Policer Officer Moriarity / Policer Officer Moriarity (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Stagecoach | Ed - Editor | 1939 |
| Yes, My Darling Daughter | Sgt. Murphy / Sergeant Murphy | 1939 |
| King of the Turf | Sgt. Brannigan | 1939 |
| Blackwell's Island | Dock Guard | 1939 |
| Ambush | Garage Watchman | 1939 |
| Tom Sawyer, Detective | Ship's Captain | 1938 |
| Gambling Ship | Policeman | 1938 |
| Heart of the North | Boat Captain Ashman / Capt. Ashman - Arctic Queen Riverboat Captain | 1938 |
| Ride a Crooked Mile | Police Officer | 1938 |
| Next Time I Marry | Bailiff | 1938 |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | Policeman | 1938 |
| Exposed | Policeman | 1938 |
| The Sisters | City Editor | 1938 |
| Slander House | The Irish Policeman / Irish Policeman | 1938 |
| The Night Hawk | Mulruney | 1938 |
| Letter of Introduction | Policeman Outside Theatre | 1938 |
| Think It Over | Fire Chief | 1938 |
| Little Tough Guy | Mr. Morgan | 1938 |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Lt. Johnson | 1938 |
| Gold Mine in the Sky | Lucky Langham | 1938 |
| Little Miss Thoroughbred | Police Officer Pat O'Reilly / Pat O'Reilly | 1938 |
| The Devil's Party | Cop at Circle House | 1938 |
| You and Me | Security Guard in Store | 1938 |
| Over the Wall | John Davis | 1938 |
| Walking Down Broadway | Cop | 1938 |
| Maid's Night Out | Desk Sergeant | 1938 |
| Penrod and His Twin Brother | Chief Flynn | 1938 |
| Hollywood Stadium Mystery | Captain Joseph Filsom | 1938 |
| Gold Is Where You Find It | Miner Grogan | 1938 |
| Outside of Paradise | Uncle Terence | 1938 |
| The Kid Comes Back | Policeman Mike Dougherty | 1938 |
| The Jury's Secret | Cop | 1938 |
| Exiled to Shanghai | Desk Sergeant | 1937 |
| Hollywood Hotel | Hollywood Bowl Watchman | 1937 |
| Submarine D-1 | Sailor on the Western Star | 1937 |
| Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Police Officer Higgins | 1937 |
| Partners in Crime | Policeman | 1937 |
| Music for Madame | Police Desk Sergeant / Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| Carnival Queen | Captain Charters | 1937 |
| Hot Water | Desk Sergeant | 1937 |
| Varsity Show | Police Sgt. Murphy | 1937 |
| The Man Who Cried Wolf | Doorman | 1937 |
| Dead End | Policeman on Morning Beat / Policeman on Morning Beat (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| Stella Dallas | Policeman Outside Wedding | 1937 |
| Ever Since Eve | Police Sergeant | 1937 |
| Easy Living | Private Guard | 1937 |
| Dance Charlie Dance | Tim - the Doorman / Tim | 1937 |
| Wild West Days | Prospector [Ch. 9] | 1937 |
| Forlorn River | Winters | 1937 |
| The 13th Man | Lt. Tom O'Hara / Police Lt. Tom O'Hara | 1937 |
| Fifty Roads to Town | Policeman | 1937 |
| Meet the Missus | House Detective | 1937 |
| Parnell | Irish Cop in New York | 1937 |
| The Go Getter | Policeman | 1937 |
| The Great Hospital Mystery | Bank Guard | 1937 |
| A Star Is Born | Bailiff | 1937 |
| Jim Hanvey, Detective | Sheriff Garrett | 1937 |
| Song of the City | Policeman in the Fog | 1937 |
| Git Along Little Dogies | Garrett | 1937 |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Principal Keeper | 1937 |
| Midnight Court | Policeman | 1937 |
| Penrod and Sam | Sheriff | 1937 |
| The Great O'Malley | Policeman Jim Dugan | 1937 |
| Time Out for Romance | Cop | 1937 |
| Breezing Home | Policeman | 1937 |
| Girl Overboard | Cop | 1937 |
| Black Legion | Motorcycle Cop | 1937 |
| Smart Blonde | Cop | 1937 |
| A Man Betrayed | Detective | 1936 |
| The Plough and the Stars | Barman / Timmy, Barman | 1936 |
| Three Smart Girls | Policeman in Park | 1936 |
| Sinner Take All | Sgt. Donovan | 1936 |
| Crack-Up | Steamer Captain | 1936 |
| Come and Get It | Cookie | 1936 |
| The Public Pays | Officer Donovan | 1936 |
| Ride, Ranger, Ride | Colonel Summeral | 1936 |
| The President's Mystery | Sergeant | 1936 |
| Sworn Enemy | 1st Policeman | 1936 |
| Hollywood Boulevard | Gray | 1936 |
| Crashing Through Danger | Pop Foster | 1936 |
| Charlie Chan at the Race Track | Judge | 1936 |
| It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) | Police Lt. O'Neill | 1936 |
| A Son Comes Home | Cop | 1936 |
| Women Are Trouble | Police Lieutenant Mayer | 1936 |
| Mary of Scotland | Jailer | 1936 |
| Easy Money | Sam Belden / Det. Sam Belden | 1936 |
| Below the Deadline | Police Captain Symonds | 1936 |
| Little Miss Nobody | Policeman | 1936 |
| Fury | Incoming Watchman | 1936 |
| Florida Special | Police Captain | 1936 |
| Song and Dance Man | Sergeant | 1936 |
| Laughing Irish Eyes | Announcer | 1936 |
| Here Comes Trouble | Police Chief | 1936 |
| The Bridge of Sighs | Homicide Capt. P.G. Otheron | 1936 |
| The Prisoner of Shark Island | Sergeant | 1936 |
| Strike Me Pink | Joe - the Cop | 1936 |
| Rose of the Rancho | Passenger | 1936 |
| Your Uncle Dudley | Customer | 1935 |
| Suicide Squad | Capt. Tim O'Connor | 1935 |
| Nevada | Carver | 1935 |
| Stormy | Train Conductor | 1935 |
| Confidential | Fat Pool Player | 1935 |
| Barbary Coast | Fogged-in Ship's Captain | 1935 |
| His Family Tree | Pub Sailor at Bar | 1935 |
| She Married Her Boss | Detective | 1935 |
| Steamboat Round the Bend | Race Official | 1935 |
| The Informer | Detractor | 1935 |
| Vagabond Lady | Tony's Old Crony | 1935 |
| Gypsy Sweetheart | Gypsy | 1935 |
| Murder on a Honeymoon | Police Stenographer | 1935 |
| The Whole Town's Talking | Detective | 1935 |
| Red Hot Tires | Court Police Guard | 1935 |
| The President Vanishes | Cop on the Beat | 1935 |
| The Silver Streak | Morgan - Boulder Dam Engineer | 1934 |
| 6 Day Bike Rider | Captain | 1934 |
| Have a Heart | Policeman | 1934 |
| Straight Is the Way | Policeman | 1934 |
| The Key | Patrick - a Bartender | 1934 |
| The Thin Man | Billy the Detective | 1934 |
| Thirty Day Princess | Detective #1 | 1934 |
| Private Scandal | Policeman Clancy | 1934 |
| Looking for Trouble | Cop | 1934 |
| Jimmy the Gent | Paddy - Irish Cop | 1934 |
| Mr. Skitch | Norville - Flat River Sheriff | 1933 |
| The Women in His Life | Cop | 1933 |
| Lady Killer | Jailer | 1933 |
| Blood Money | Detective Posing as Drunk | 1933 |
| From Headquarters | Sergeant / Orderly | 1933 |
| One Sunday Afternoon | Officer Charlie Brown | 1933 |
| Tugboat Annie | Old Salt on Schooner | 1933 |
| The Nuisance | Streetcar Driver | 1933 |
| Exposed | Policeman | 1933 |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum | Desk Sergeant / Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| She Done Him Wrong | Doheney | 1933 |
| Hallelujah I'm a Bum | Cop | 1933 |
| The Billion Dollar Scandal | Manhole Worker | 1933 |
| Under-Cover Man | Flannagan | 1932 |
| Afraid to Talk | Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective | 1932 |
| If I Had a Million | Detective | 1932 |
| Wild Girl | Sheriff / Gambling Kibitzer | 1932 |
| Hell's Highway | Sheriff | 1932 |
| Pack Up Your Troubles | Detective | 1932 |
| Madame Racketeer | Chief of Police | 1932 |
| Son of Oklahoma | John Clayton - aka Silent Jack Clay | 1932 |
| Lady and Gent | Judge | 1932 |
| The Man from Hell's Edges | Sheriff | 1932 |
| Young America | Patrolman Weems | 1932 |
| The Beast of the City | Policeman in Car 91 | 1932 |
| Lovers Courageous | Foreman | 1932 |
| Two Kinds of Women | Cop | 1932 |
| Union Depot | Policeman in Paddy Wagon | 1932 |
| Consolation Marriage | Justice of the Peace | 1931 |
| Branded Men | Chairman | 1931 |
| The One Way Trail | George Beck | 1931 |
| 24 Hours | Desk Sergeant | 1931 |
| Silence | Tim - Detective | 1931 |
| Alias the Bad Man | Silas Warner | 1931 |
| The Black Camel | Chief of Police | 1931 |
| The Lawyer's Secret | Chief of Police | 1931 |
| The Public Enemy | Officer Pat Burke | 1931 |
| City Streets | Police Inspector | 1931 |
| Clearing the Range | Dad Moran / 'Dad' Moran | 1931 |
| The Lightning Flyer | John Nelson | 1931 |
| The Drums of Jeopardy | Detective | 1931 |
| The Widow from Chicago | Patrolman Foster | 1930 |
| The Concentratin' Kid | C.C. Stile | 1930 |
| The Silver Horde | Servant | 1930 |
| Extravagance | Process Server | 1930 |
| Check and Double Check | Mason | 1930 |
| The Lottery Bride | Miner | 1930 |
| Spurs | Dad Merril / Dad Merril (as Bob Homans) | 1930 |
| Abraham Lincoln | A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors | 1930 |
| The Thoroughbred | Riley | 1930 |
| For the Defense | Lineup Lieutenant | 1930 |
| Born Reckless | Policeman | 1930 |
| Border Justice | Robert Maitland | 1930 |
| Ladies Love Brutes | Cop | 1930 |
| Alias French Gertie | Prison Warden | 1930 |
| Son of the Gods | Dugan | 1930 |
| Playing Around | Pirate's Den Waiter | 1930 |
| The Isle of Lost Ships | Mr. Burke | 1929 |
| Smiling Irish Eyes | Shamus O'Connor | 1929 |
| The Valiant | Newspaper Printer | 1929 |
| Coquette | Court Bailiff | 1929 |
| Fury of the Wild | Matt Roark | 1929 |
| Burning the Wind | Richard Gordon Sr | 1928 |
| Guardians of the Wild | John Warren | 1928 |
| The Masked Angel | Detective Bives | 1928 |
| Obey Your Husband | Stephens | 1928 |
| The Branded Man | Chairman | 1928 |
| Ride 'em High | Rufus Allen | 1927 |
| The Silent Avenger | Steven Gilmore | 1927 |
| Pals in Peril | Sheriff Kipp | 1927 |
| Fast and Furious | Doctor | 1927 |
| Mountains of Manhattan | 'Big Bill' Wright | 1927 |
| The Prairie King | Jim Gardener / Jim Gardener (as Robert E. Homans) | 1927 |
| The Fightin' Comeback | Sheriff Beasley | 1927 |
| The Princess from Hoboken | McCoy | 1927 |
| Heroes of the Night | 'Bull' Corrigan | 1927 |
| The Bandit Buster | Romeo | 1926 |
| College Days | Mr. Gordon | 1926 |
| Fighting with Buffalo Bill | Caleb Crosby | 1926 |
| Dark Stairways | 'Dippy' Blake | 1924 |
| The Breathless Moment | Detective Quinn | 1924 |
| Legally Dead | Detective Powell | 1923 |
| Madame Sherry | Undetermined Role | 1917 |
