Robert Middleton

Who was Robert Middleton?

Robert Middleton, was an American film and television actor known for his large size and beetle-like brow. With a deep, booming voice, Middleton trained for a musical career at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked steadily as a radio announcer and actor.

One of his early works was as the narrator of the educational film "Duck and Cover". After appearing on the Broadway stage and live television, Middleton began appearing in films in 1954. He is also remembered on television as the boss Mr. Marshall on CBS's The Jackie Gleason Show and in film opposite Humphrey Bogart in The Desperate Hours, Danny Kay in The Court Jester, Gary Cooper in Friendly Persuasion, Richard Egan and Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender, Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack in The Tarnished Angels, Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark in The Law and Jake Wade, and Dean Martin in Career.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Middleton appeared in many television programs in the 1950s and 1960s, including the CBS anthology series Appointment with Adventure.