Robert Emmett Keane
Date of birth: 1883-03-03
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Robert E. Keane, R. Emmett Keane
Biography
Movie Credits
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
Under Suspicion
1937-11-22
Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his milli
A Double Life
1947-12-25
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage takin
Angels' Alley
1948-03-07
Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jim
Fear in the Night
1947-04-10
The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a siniste
Out of the Storm
1948-09-11
Donald Lewis is a low-paid clerk in a high-profile shipbuilding firm. When the company is robbed in
Scared Stiff
1945-06-22
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945-01-12
The title character, played by Edmund Lowe, is a famous magician who fakes his own death -- then rea
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941-04-11
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. O
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948-11-10
Bonny Kane and 'Skid' Johnson are vaudeville performers in the 1920s. The two of them suffer marital
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942-08-07
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins
Night Editor
1946-03-29
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
Blondie's Hero
1950-03-09
Dagwood enters the Army Reserve and Blondie visits only to discover that he has caused all sorts of
The Red Dragon
1945-08-01
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets
When Gangland Strikes
1956-03-15
In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to g
Fool's Gold
1946-10-09
The son of an Army friend is about the join an outlaw gang. Hoppy prevents this and brings the gang
The Border Legion
1940-12-05
Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an ou
Double Alibi
1940-03-01
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
The Saint Takes Over
1940-06-07
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the a
Outside These Walls
1939-05-04
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After se
You're My Everything
1949-07-22
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942-04-27
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime se
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947-02-04
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horse
Rainbow Over Texas
1946-05-09
Roy visits his home town while on a personal appearance tour. While there he enters a pony express r
Susanna Pass
1949-04-29
The bad guys dynamite a fish hatchery. They're trying to put the hatchery out of business so they ca
Think It Over
1938-07-24
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
The Shadow Returns
1946-02-16
The Shadow (Kane Richmond) cracks a case of missing jewels, murder and plastics.
Beware Of Ladies
1936-12-21
An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredi
Laugh and Get Rich
1931-03-27
An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've be
The Rookie Cop
1939-04-28
A rookie cop tries to prove his friend is innocent of a robbery, despite the police commissioner's o
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939-10-24
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937-04-05
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance com
It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings
Born to Be Wild
1938-02-16
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking c
Jitterbugs
1943-06-05
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in
Billy The Kid Returns
1938-09-04
After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him
Pacific Blackout
1941-12-31
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. U
Casanova Brown
1944-08-23
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But w
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940-12-19
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyll
My Favorite Blonde
1942-04-02
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an
Men Call It Love
1931-03-14
Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.
The Spellbinder
1939-07-28
Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending crim
The Sickle or the Cross
1949-07-01
Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty ye
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944-03-22
An usher at a radio station studio pretends to be an executive at the station in order to help a pre
Slightly Tempted
1940-10-18
A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.
Hello, Sucker
1941-06-01
A young couple buy a bankrupt vaudeville booking agency, and try to make it a success.
Uncertain Glory
1944-04-07
In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strike
Man Of The People
1937-01-27
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
The Big Noise
1936-06-22
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for hi
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939-02-10
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
The Sun Never Sets
1939-05-31
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home fr
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939-09-22
A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglect
These Glamour Girls
1939-08-18
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked
News Is Made at Night
1939-07-20
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a co
Follow Me Quietly
1949-07-07
When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim
Kansas City Kitty
1944-08-24
A piano teacher and her roommate decide to invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comed
Swanee River
1939-12-29
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls
Babes in Arms
1939-10-10
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his gir
Incident
1948-10-30
An innocent man -- due to a case of mistaken identity -- is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle i
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940-05-30
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a m
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940-01-11
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He
There's Always a Woman
1938-04-20
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However,
Captain Thunder
1930-12-27
A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner B
Why Girls Leave Home
1945-10-09
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night c
Hawaiian Nights
1939-09-08
Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to
Mary Ryan, Detective
1949-11-03
A female police detective enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity
Primrose Path
1940-03-22
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, he
It Happened in Flatbush
1942-05-28
A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is
Jailbreak
1936-08-05
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
The Good Humor Man
1950-03-24
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Mar
The Atomic Kid
1954-12-08
A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are bein
The Whistler
1944-03-30
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. Bu
Down the Stretch
1936-09-18
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
The Night Before the Divorce
1942-03-06
Marital comedy with a dash of murder.
Boom Town
1940-08-30
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both lov
The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's m
Freshman Love
1936-01-18
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like
Tin Pan Alley
1940-11-29
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to Engla
Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Brides Are Like That
1936-04-18
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his n
Little Nellie Kelly
1940-11-22
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and matern
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949-12-19
A Gay-Nineties musical set in NYC's Bowery and East-Side explores the life of its inhabitants---an I
City of Chance
1940-01-13
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to
The Captain's Kid
1936-11-14
In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town d
I Surrender Dear
1948-10-06
Patty Nelson lands a job as a singer with orchestra leader Al Tyler, and tours with the band as "Pat
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947-07-31
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 2
Hills of Oklahoma
1950-06-01
In this remake of Gene Autry's 1942 "Call of the Canyon", Rex Allen, the newly-elected head of the c
Cafe Society
1939-03-03
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get
Three Girls About Town
1941-10-23
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next doo
Gossip
1929-04-29
A husband and wife arguing about which sex gossips more. Just then a friend they both know comes to
The Timber Trail
1948-06-14
Monte Hale is a stagecoach driver for Jed Baker's stage-line. Jed believes his brother, Ralph, is be
Frontier Investigator
1949-05-01
Rocky Lane, out to find the murderer of his brother, runs into a battle between two stage lines for
Navajo Trail Raiders
1949-10-15
Outlaw gangs are plundering the freight lines that bring supplies into Yellow Creek. The only thing
Undercover Maisie
1947-03-01
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on th
Sabotage Squad
1942-08-27
A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts t
Blonde Inspiration
1941-02-07
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
Boys Town
1938-09-08
Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juven
Men of Boys Town
1941-04-11
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
The Impatient Years
1944-09-10
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to di
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949-02-13
The first of Monogram's "Father" series was Henry, the Rainmaker, assembled in a fast seven days. He
The Chaser
1938-07-29
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him,
This Time for Keeps
1942-03-01
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
Hot Water
1937-09-24
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous new
Fired Wife
1943-09-04
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets
Crazy House
1943-10-08
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie.
Dames
1934-09-01
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
The Falcon in Danger
1943-07-17
Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,00
Strange Affair
1944-10-05
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet h
Panic on the Air
1936-04-10
A sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover that
In the Navy
1941-05-30
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tomm
Over 21
1945-08-08
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newsp
One Hour To Live
1939-11-10
Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.
Her Lucky Night
1945-02-09
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their r
Streets of New York
1939-04-12
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of ma
Mad Love
1935-07-12
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's han
Hot Money
1936-07-18
Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942-10-22
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and
Thrill of a Romance
1945-05-23
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business mee
Forgotten Faces
1936-05-15
Harry Ashton is a superstitious gambling house owner, who relies on sprigs of heliotrope as his good
Lady in a Jam
1942-06-19
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned
The Toast of New Orleans
1950-08-24
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman c
Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16
While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pi