Robert Homans

Acting

Born: 1877-11-07 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1947-07-28

Biography

Robert Edward Homans (November 8, 1877 – July 28, 1947) was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.

Acting

The Grapes of Wrath

Spencer

Stormy

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Easy Living

Private Guard (uncredited)

Nobody's Darling

Policeman (uncredited)

Think It Over

The Princess from Hoboken

McCoy

Out of the Fog

Officer Magruder

Burning the Wind

Richard Gordon Sr

Lady Killer

Jailer (uncredited)

Spurs

Dad Merril (as Bob Homans)

Son of Oklahoma

John Clayton - aka Silent Jack Clay

City Streets

Police inspector

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Lt. Johnson

Guardians of the Wild

John Warren

A Man Betrayed

Traffic Policeman (uncredited)

Silence

Tim - Detective

She Done Him Wrong

Doheney

Frontier Days

Mail Clerk (uncredited)

The Scarlet Clue

Capt. Flynn

Fingers at the Window

Officer O'Garrity

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Law of the Badlands

Whistling in the Dark

Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

Laughing Irish Eyes

Announcer

Come and Get It

Cookie (uncredited)

Full Confession

Bartender (uncredited)

Maid's Night Out

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Cover Girl

Pop (uncredited)

Inside Information

Casey

Obey Your Husband

Stephens

The Nuisance

Streetcar Driver (uncredited)

Clearing the Range

'Dad' Moran

Red River Valley

Sheriff Sutherland

If I Had a Million

Detective (uncredited)

Trigger Tricks

Thomas Kingston

Double Cross

Capt. Murray

Varsity Show

Police Sgt. Murphy (uncredited)

Consolation Marriage

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Concentratin' Kid

C.C. Stile

Wild Girl

Sheriff / Gambling Kibitzer (uncredited)

Suicide Squad

Capt. Tim O'Connor

A Stranger in Town

Sergeant

Branded Men

Chairman

Easy Money

Det. Sam Belden

The Bridge of Sighs

Homicide Capt. P.G. Otheron

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

Police Lt. O'Neill

Below the Deadline

Police Captain Symonds

The Big Show-Off

Police Captain

The Gang's All Here

Pop Wallace

Sensations of 1945

Cop (uncredited)

Jim Hanvey, Detective

Sheriff Garrett

It Happened Tomorrow

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Sergeant Murphy

Gold Mine in the Sky

Lucky Langham

The 13th Man

Police Lt. Tom O'Hara

The Man from Hell's Edges

The Sheriff

Exposed

Policeman

You Can't Beat the Law

Mr. Duncan

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

Captain Joseph Filsom

Crashing Through Danger

Pop Foster

Slander House

The Irish Policeman

The Widow from Chicago

Patrolman (uncredited)

Playing Around

Pirate's Den Waiter (uncredited)

Young America

Patrolman Weems

The Night Hawk

Mulruney

Alias: The Bad Man

Silas Warner

Alias French Gertie

Prison Warden

X Marks the Spot

Timothy J. Delaney

G-men vs. the Black Dragon

Capt. Gorman [Ch. 12-13]

The Thoroughbred

Riley

Ever Since Eve

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

The President Vanishes

Cop on the Beat (uncredited)

Next Time I Marry

Bailiff (uncredited)

The Black Camel

Chief of Police (uncredited)

Dance Charlie Dance

Tim

His Family Tree

Pub Sailor at Bar

The Prairie King

Jim Gardener (as Robert E. Homans)

Sworn Enemy

1st Policeman (uncredited)

Strike Me Pink

Joe - the Cop (uncredited)

Her Master's Voice

Stationmaster

Little Miss Thoroughbred

Pat O'Reilly

Women Are Trouble

Police Lieutenant Mayer

Stagecoach

Ed the Editor (uncredited)

The Oklahoma Kid

Bartender (uncredited)

The Saint Strikes Back

Policer Officer Moriarity (Uncredited)

Blackwell's Island

Dock Guard (uncredited)

Let Us Live

Unlucky Cop (uncredited)

Dodge City

Mail Clerk (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Man (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Kildare

Hickman - Policeman Bringing Jenny (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

Mr. Clay (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)

Five Came Back

Police Captain (uncredited)

The Spellbinder

Court Policeman at Door (uncredited)

Hell's Kitchen

Hardy

Each Dawn I Die

Mac - a Guard (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

Policeman (uncredited)

The Valiant

Newspaper Printer (uncredited)

Nazi Agent

1st Captain (uncredited)

Missing Evidence

Policeman

Heroes in Blue

Police Officer

Swanee River

Sheriff

Blackmail

Cooper (uncredited)

Gambling Ship

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Police Capt. James (uncredited)

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Cop

Confidential

Fat Pool Player

I Married a Witch

Heart of the North

Boat Captain Ashman

Fury

Incoming Watchman (uncredited)

Under-Cover Man

Flannagan

Midnight Court

Policeman

The Maltese Falcon

Policeman (uncredited)

The Great O'Malley

Policeman Jim Dugan (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

Gray (uncredited)

Here I Am a Stranger

Jonesy, Policeman

The President's Mystery

Sergeant

Sierra Sue

George Larrabee

Lady in a Jam

Faro Bill

It Happened in Flatbush

Mr. Collins

Little Miss Nobody

Policeman

Here Comes Trouble

Time Out for Romance

Cop

Smart Blonde

Cop (uncredited)

I Take This Oath

Mike Hanagan

Coquette

Court Bailiff

The Thin Man

Billy the Detective (uncredited)

Smuggled Cargo

Kincaid

Rogues' Gallery

Police Lieutenant Daniel O'Day (as Bob Homans)

The Whistler

Dock Watchman (Uncredited)

Man Alive

Uncle Barney McBride (uncredited)

Virginia City

Southerner (uncredited)

Shantytown

Dugan

Radio Hams

Lighthouse Keeper

The Plough and the Stars

Timmy, Barman

West of Carson City

Judge Harkins

Son of Roaring Dan

Roaring Dan McPhail

Mr. Skitch

Norville - Flat River Sheriff

Lillian Russell

Stage Doorman

Little Nellie Kelly

Dooley Pub Owner (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

Clyde Burton - the Detective Escort (uncredited)

A Dispatch from Reuters

Reporter (uncredited)

East of the River

Patrolman Shanahan

'Til We Meet Again

Dock Policeman (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair

Policeman on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)

Beyond Tomorrow

Sergeant

Love Thy Neighbor

Turnkey

Rhythm on the River

Detective

Johnny Apollo

Receptionist Guard (uncredited)

Blindfold

Captain Jenkins

No Time for Love

Pop Murphy (uncredited)

Over the Wall

John Davis

Music for Madame

Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Madame Racketeer

Chief of Police

Afraid to Talk

Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective

Sinner Take All

Sgt. Donovan (uncredited)

The Sombrero Kid

Marshal Thomas Holden

Steamboat Round the Bend

Race Official

Pop Always Pays

Police Lieutenant

In Old California

Marshal Alvin Thompson

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Joseph

Honky Tonk

Man at Tar Party (uncredited)

Walking Down Broadway

Cop

Night Monster

Captain "Cap" Beggs

Son of the Gods

Dugan (uncredited)

The Silent Power

David Webster

Winter Carnival

Conductor

Double Alibi

Policeman at Diner

Pacific Blackout

Police Desk Sergeant

High School

Policeman

One Sunday Afternoon

Officer Charlie Brown (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

Policeman (uncredited)

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage)

King of the Turf

Sgt. Brannigan

Penrod and His Twin Brother

Chief Flynn

Main Street on the March!

Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)

The Merry Monahans

Policeman

Wolves of the North

Simon Blake

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Police Lieutenant

Hot Water

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Penrod and Sam

Sheriff (uncredited)

The Public Pays

Officer Donovan (uncredited)

The Informer

Detractor

Say Uncle

Errol's Real Uncle

The Jury's Secret

Cop

Ex-Champ

Policeman

River Gang

Police Captain

Flight from Destiny

Jailer

Make Your Own Bed

Policeman

Rulers of the Sea

Constable Dunn (Uncredited)

Badman's Territory

Judge (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln

A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)

The Public Enemy

Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)

It Ain't Hay

Policeman (uncredited)

A Medal for Benny

Police Chief (uncredited)

Black Legion

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh

Old Cop (uncredited)

Ship Cafe

Derrick Man (uncredited)

Murder in Times Square

Meehan

The Great Hospital Mystery

Bank Guard

Fast and Furious

Doctor

Dead End

Policeman on Morning Beat (uncredited)

The One Way Trail

George Beck

Gold Is Where You Find It

Miner Grogan (uncredited)

The Phantom Speaks

Death Row Guard (Uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)

They Were Expendable

Bartender at Manila Hotel (uncredited)

Come Out Fighting

Police Sergeant Tom Riley

Union Depot

Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited)

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Desk Sergeant, 12th Precinct

She Has What It Takes

Captain Pat O'Neal

Ride, Ranger, Ride

Colonel Summeral

For Me and My Gal

New York Palace Doorman (uncredited)

Nearly Eighteen

Judge

The Isle of Lost Ships

Mr. Burke

Smiling Irish Eyes

Shamus O'Connor

The Breathless Moment

Detective Quinn (as Robert E. Homans)

Vagabond Lady

Tony’s Old Crony (uncredited)

King of Chinatown

Detective (uncredited)

Parnell

Irish Cop in New York

You and Me

Security Guard in Store (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Keeper Burns (uncredited)

Thirty Day Princess

Detective #1 (uncredited)

Born Reckless

Policeman

Murder on a Honeymoon

Police Stenographer (uncredited)

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Sergeant (uncredited)

Florida Special

Police Captain (uncredited)

Extravagance

Process Server (uncredited)

When Tomorrow Comes

Policeman (uncredited)

Jimmy the Gent

Paddy (uncredited)

Music in Manhattan

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Lawyer's Secret

Chief of Police (uncredited)

The Masked Angel

Detective Bives

Dark Stairways

'Dippy' Blake

The Lightning Flyer

John Nelson

Mountains of Manhattan

'Big Bill' Wright

The Silent Avenger

Steven Gilmore

The Grapes of Wrath

Spencer

Stormy

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Easy Living

Private Guard (uncredited)

Nobody's Darling

Policeman (uncredited)

Think It Over

The Princess from Hoboken

McCoy

Out of the Fog

Officer Magruder

Burning the Wind

Richard Gordon Sr

Lady Killer

Jailer (uncredited)

Spurs

Dad Merril (as Bob Homans)

Son of Oklahoma

John Clayton - aka Silent Jack Clay

City Streets

Police inspector

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Lt. Johnson

Guardians of the Wild

John Warren

A Man Betrayed

Traffic Policeman (uncredited)

Silence

Tim - Detective

She Done Him Wrong

Doheney

Frontier Days

Mail Clerk (uncredited)

The Scarlet Clue

Capt. Flynn

Fingers at the Window

Officer O'Garrity

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Law of the Badlands

Whistling in the Dark

Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

Laughing Irish Eyes

Announcer

Come and Get It

Cookie (uncredited)

Full Confession

Bartender (uncredited)

Maid's Night Out

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Cover Girl

Pop (uncredited)

Inside Information

Casey

Obey Your Husband

Stephens

The Nuisance

Streetcar Driver (uncredited)

Clearing the Range

'Dad' Moran

Red River Valley

Sheriff Sutherland

If I Had a Million

Detective (uncredited)

Trigger Tricks

Thomas Kingston

Double Cross

Capt. Murray

Varsity Show

Police Sgt. Murphy (uncredited)

Consolation Marriage

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Concentratin' Kid

C.C. Stile

Wild Girl

Sheriff / Gambling Kibitzer (uncredited)

Suicide Squad

Capt. Tim O'Connor

A Stranger in Town

Sergeant

Branded Men

Chairman

Easy Money

Det. Sam Belden

The Bridge of Sighs

Homicide Capt. P.G. Otheron

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

Police Lt. O'Neill

Below the Deadline

Police Captain Symonds

The Big Show-Off

Police Captain

The Gang's All Here

Pop Wallace

Sensations of 1945

Cop (uncredited)

Jim Hanvey, Detective

Sheriff Garrett

It Happened Tomorrow

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Sergeant Murphy

Gold Mine in the Sky

Lucky Langham

The 13th Man

Police Lt. Tom O'Hara

The Man from Hell's Edges

The Sheriff

Exposed

Policeman

You Can't Beat the Law

Mr. Duncan

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

Captain Joseph Filsom

Crashing Through Danger

Pop Foster

Slander House

The Irish Policeman

The Widow from Chicago

Patrolman (uncredited)

Playing Around

Pirate's Den Waiter (uncredited)

Young America

Patrolman Weems

The Night Hawk

Mulruney

Alias: The Bad Man

Silas Warner

Alias French Gertie

Prison Warden

X Marks the Spot

Timothy J. Delaney

G-men vs. the Black Dragon

Capt. Gorman [Ch. 12-13]

The Thoroughbred

Riley

Ever Since Eve

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

The President Vanishes

Cop on the Beat (uncredited)

Next Time I Marry

Bailiff (uncredited)

The Black Camel

Chief of Police (uncredited)

Dance Charlie Dance

Tim

His Family Tree

Pub Sailor at Bar

The Prairie King

Jim Gardener (as Robert E. Homans)

Sworn Enemy

1st Policeman (uncredited)

Strike Me Pink

Joe - the Cop (uncredited)

Her Master's Voice

Stationmaster

Little Miss Thoroughbred

Pat O'Reilly

Women Are Trouble

Police Lieutenant Mayer

Stagecoach

Ed the Editor (uncredited)

The Oklahoma Kid

Bartender (uncredited)

The Saint Strikes Back

Policer Officer Moriarity (Uncredited)

Blackwell's Island

Dock Guard (uncredited)

Let Us Live

Unlucky Cop (uncredited)

Dodge City

Mail Clerk (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Man (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Kildare

Hickman - Policeman Bringing Jenny (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

Mr. Clay (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)

Five Came Back

Police Captain (uncredited)

The Spellbinder

Court Policeman at Door (uncredited)

Hell's Kitchen

Hardy

Each Dawn I Die

Mac - a Guard (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

Policeman (uncredited)

The Valiant

Newspaper Printer (uncredited)

Nazi Agent

1st Captain (uncredited)

Missing Evidence

Policeman

Heroes in Blue

Police Officer

Swanee River

Sheriff

Blackmail

Cooper (uncredited)

Gambling Ship

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Police Capt. James (uncredited)

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Cop

Confidential

Fat Pool Player

I Married a Witch

Heart of the North

Boat Captain Ashman

Fury

Incoming Watchman (uncredited)

Under-Cover Man

Flannagan

Midnight Court

Policeman

The Maltese Falcon

Policeman (uncredited)

The Great O'Malley

Policeman Jim Dugan (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

Gray (uncredited)

Here I Am a Stranger

Jonesy, Policeman

The President's Mystery

Sergeant

Sierra Sue

George Larrabee

Lady in a Jam

Faro Bill

It Happened in Flatbush

Mr. Collins

Little Miss Nobody

Policeman

Here Comes Trouble

Time Out for Romance

Cop

Smart Blonde

Cop (uncredited)

I Take This Oath

Mike Hanagan

Coquette

Court Bailiff

The Thin Man

Billy the Detective (uncredited)

Smuggled Cargo

Kincaid

Rogues' Gallery

Police Lieutenant Daniel O'Day (as Bob Homans)

The Whistler

Dock Watchman (Uncredited)

Man Alive

Uncle Barney McBride (uncredited)

Virginia City

Southerner (uncredited)

Shantytown

Dugan

Radio Hams

Lighthouse Keeper

The Plough and the Stars

Timmy, Barman

West of Carson City

Judge Harkins

Son of Roaring Dan

Roaring Dan McPhail

Mr. Skitch

Norville - Flat River Sheriff

Lillian Russell

Stage Doorman

Little Nellie Kelly

Dooley Pub Owner (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

Clyde Burton - the Detective Escort (uncredited)

A Dispatch from Reuters

Reporter (uncredited)

East of the River

Patrolman Shanahan

'Til We Meet Again

Dock Policeman (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair

Policeman on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)

Beyond Tomorrow

Sergeant

Love Thy Neighbor

Turnkey

Rhythm on the River

Detective

Johnny Apollo

Receptionist Guard (uncredited)

Blindfold

Captain Jenkins

No Time for Love

Pop Murphy (uncredited)

Over the Wall

John Davis

Music for Madame

Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Madame Racketeer

Chief of Police

Afraid to Talk

Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective

Sinner Take All

Sgt. Donovan (uncredited)

The Sombrero Kid

Marshal Thomas Holden

Steamboat Round the Bend

Race Official

Pop Always Pays

Police Lieutenant

In Old California

Marshal Alvin Thompson

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Joseph

Honky Tonk

Man at Tar Party (uncredited)

Walking Down Broadway

Cop

Night Monster

Captain "Cap" Beggs

Son of the Gods

Dugan (uncredited)

The Silent Power

David Webster

Winter Carnival

Conductor

Double Alibi

Policeman at Diner

Pacific Blackout

Police Desk Sergeant

High School

Policeman

One Sunday Afternoon

Officer Charlie Brown (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

Policeman (uncredited)

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage)

King of the Turf

Sgt. Brannigan

Penrod and His Twin Brother

Chief Flynn

Main Street on the March!

Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)

The Merry Monahans

Policeman

Wolves of the North

Simon Blake

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Police Lieutenant

Hot Water

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Penrod and Sam

Sheriff (uncredited)

The Public Pays

Officer Donovan (uncredited)

The Informer

Detractor

Say Uncle

Errol's Real Uncle

The Jury's Secret

Cop

Ex-Champ

Policeman

River Gang

Police Captain

Flight from Destiny

Jailer

Make Your Own Bed

Policeman

Rulers of the Sea

Constable Dunn (Uncredited)

Badman's Territory

Judge (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln

A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)

The Public Enemy

Officer Pat Burke (uncredited)

It Ain't Hay

Policeman (uncredited)

A Medal for Benny

Police Chief (uncredited)

Black Legion

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh

Old Cop (uncredited)

Ship Cafe

Derrick Man (uncredited)

Murder in Times Square

Meehan

The Great Hospital Mystery

Bank Guard

Fast and Furious

Doctor

Dead End

Policeman on Morning Beat (uncredited)

The One Way Trail

George Beck

Gold Is Where You Find It

Miner Grogan (uncredited)

The Phantom Speaks

Death Row Guard (Uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)

They Were Expendable

Bartender at Manila Hotel (uncredited)

Come Out Fighting

Police Sergeant Tom Riley

Union Depot

Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited)

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Desk Sergeant, 12th Precinct

She Has What It Takes

Captain Pat O'Neal

Ride, Ranger, Ride

Colonel Summeral

For Me and My Gal

New York Palace Doorman (uncredited)

Nearly Eighteen

Judge

The Isle of Lost Ships

Mr. Burke

Smiling Irish Eyes

Shamus O'Connor

The Breathless Moment

Detective Quinn (as Robert E. Homans)

Vagabond Lady

Tony’s Old Crony (uncredited)

King of Chinatown

Detective (uncredited)

Parnell

Irish Cop in New York

You and Me

Security Guard in Store (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Keeper Burns (uncredited)

Thirty Day Princess

Detective #1 (uncredited)

Born Reckless

Policeman

Murder on a Honeymoon

Police Stenographer (uncredited)

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Sergeant (uncredited)

Florida Special

Police Captain (uncredited)

Extravagance

Process Server (uncredited)

When Tomorrow Comes

Policeman (uncredited)

Jimmy the Gent

Paddy (uncredited)

Music in Manhattan

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Lawyer's Secret

Chief of Police (uncredited)

The Masked Angel

Detective Bives

Dark Stairways

'Dippy' Blake

The Lightning Flyer

John Nelson

Mountains of Manhattan

'Big Bill' Wright

The Silent Avenger

Steven Gilmore