{{Short description|American actor (1858–1924)}} {{Distinguish|text = Forrest G. Robinson, the American academic}} {{Infobox person | name = Forrest Robinson | image = ForrestRobinson.jpg | alt = | caption = Black-and-white portrait photograph of Forrest Robinson from studio of C. M. Galbert located on Cherry St. in Philadelphia, date unknown | birth_name = | birth_date = 1858 | birth_place = | death_date = January 6, {{death year and age|1924|1858}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Mabel Bert }}
'''Forrest Robinson''' (1858 – January 6, 1924) was an American stage and silent era actor.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDGSCgAAQBAJ&dq=forrest+robinson+film&pg=PA220|title=Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies|first=Robert K.|last=Klepper|date=September 16, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604848|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was a leading man at the Boston Museum Theater and acted in numerous theatrical productions in New York.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Forrest Robinson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=8 January 1924|page=23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/forrest-robinson-58064|title=Forrest Robinson – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> He has also appeared in numerous films.
Robinson was in the Broadway productions Sag Harbor (play) (by James A. Herne and with Lionel Barrymore) at the Republic Theatre in 1900;<ref name="sag"/> ''Fortune-Hunter'' (by Winchell Smith and with John Barrymore) in 1909 at the Gaiety Theatre;<ref name="nyt1"/> ''The Master of the House''<ref name="master"/> at the 39th Street Theatre in 1912; John Cort's ''The Iron Door'' in 1913; and Philip Moeller's production of Molière in 1919 at the Liberty Theatre.<ref name="moliere"/> Robinson toured London's West End in 1914 with Smith's Fortune-Hunter. The critic, Boyle Lawrence, described Robinson's performance in the Pall Mall Magazine ''Mr. Forrest Robinson, as an inventor, acted charmingly. Without any trace of effort, he projected a real, lovable personality over the footlights''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Lawrence|first=Boyle|title=The Theatre|magazine=Pall Mall Magazine|date=1914|volume=53|issue=251|pages=363–372|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/6390168|id={{ProQuest|6390168}}}}</ref>
Robinson's silent film career included starring with Winifred Allen in ''From Two to Six'' (1918). His role in ''Tess of the Storm Country'' was described in the ''New York Times'' saying he '"gives the character of simplicity to Tess's father".<ref name="nyt2">{{Cite news|title=Rough Matrimonial Weather|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 November 1922|page=20|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/11/13/archives/the-screen-rough-matrimonial-weather.html}}</ref>
Robinson was married to the actress Mabel Bert.<ref name="Oakland Tribune 1934">{{cite journal|title=Information - 17 Oct 1934, Wed • Page 17|journal=Oakland Tribune|date=1934|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14136084/oakland_tribune/|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref>
==Theater== *''Love Finds the Way'' (1896) *''Sag Harbor'' (1900)<ref name="sag">{{Cite web|title=Sag Harbor|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195169867.001.0001/acref-9780195169867-e-2699|publisher=Oxford Reference}}</ref> *''Fortune-Teller'' (1909)<ref name="nyt1">{{Cite news|title=Fortune-Hunter Delightful Comedy|date=5 September 1909|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1909/09/05/archives/fortunehunter-delightful-comedy-winchell-smiths-new-play-scores.html}}</ref> *''The Master of the House'' (1912)<ref name="master">{{Citation|title=39th Street Theatre|magazine=Theater|volume=16|date=1912|publisher=Meyer Bros. & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l81KAQAAMAAJ&dq=Forrest+Robinson+actor&pg=RA2-PR13}}</ref> *''The Iron Door'' (1913)<ref name="nyt3">{{Cite news|title=John Cort Shows The Iron Door|work=The New York Times|date=30 January 1913|page=11|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/01/30/archives/john-cort-shows-the-iron-door.html}}</ref> *''East Meets West'' (1918) *''Molière'' (1919)<ref name="moliere">{{Citation|last=Hornblow|first=Arthur|title=Mr. Hornblow Goes to the Play|magazine=Theatre Magazine|volume=29|date=May 1919|publisher=Theatre Magazine Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZRRAQAAMAAJ&dq=Forrest+Robinson+actor&pg=PA273}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''The House of a Thousand Candles'' (1915) as Bates *''The Dawn of a Tomorrow'' (1915) as Sir Oliver Holt *''The Mating'' (1918) as Mr. Fane *''Little Miss Hoover'' (1918) as Colonel William Craddock *''Just a Woman'' (1918) as Judge Van Brink *''From Two to Six'' (1918) *''The Hidden Truth'' (1919) *''His House in Order'' (1920) *''Tol'able David'' (1921) as Grandpa Hatburn *''Tess of the Storm Country'' (1922)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhpSAAAAYAAJ&dq=forrest+robinson+film&pg=PT269|title=Hollywood|date=May 19, 1922|via=Google Books}}</ref> as Orn 'Daddy' Skinner *''Adam's Rib'' (1923) as Kramer *''Ashes of Vengeance'' (1923) as Father Paul *''Souls for Sale'' (1923) as Rev. John Steddon, Mem's father *''When a Man's a Man'' as The Dean
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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0732624}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Forrest}} Category:20th-century American male actors Category:1858 births Category:1924 deaths