The best Robert B. Williams’s comedy movies

Robert B. Williams

Robert B. Williams

23/09/1904- 17/06/1978
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Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins
7.8/10
A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain
8.3/10
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk
7.4/10
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.

Over 21

Over 21
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/08/1945
  • Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.

The Tunnel of Love

The Tunnel of Love
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 21/11/1958
  • Character: Night Motel Man (as Robert Williams)
The Pooles are unable to have a baby after years of trying. They apply to the Rock-A-Bye Adoption Agency, and are assigned Miss Novick as an investigator. Through a farfetched mis-communication she gets a very bad impression of Augie Poole and indicates her report will be unfavorable. Through even more far-fetched circumstances, Augie is able to change Miss Novick's mind, and later comes to believe the baby she is carrying is his. Rock-A-Bye does find the Pooles a baby, and Augie is convinced it is Miss Novick's, and that he is the real father...so much so that his wife comes to believe it, too. She threatens to leave him, but all the misunderstandings are finally cleared up for a happy ending.

Slightly French

Slightly French
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 02/02/1949
  • Character: Newsman / Photographer (uncredited)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery

The Good Humor Man

The Good Humor Man
6.3/10
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.

Beer Barrel Polecats

Beer Barrel Polecats
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/01/1946
  • Character: Guard #1
The stooges make a whole batch of homemade beer, but get tossed in jail when Curly sells some to a cop. Their minor indiscretion turns into a forty year sentence when a keg of beer Curly has hidden under his coat explodes while the boys are being photographed. In prison the stooges get into more trouble with the warden and wind on the rockpile when they try to escape. Released as old men with long gray beards, the first thing Curly wants is a bottle of beer.

A Bird in the Head

A Bird in the Head
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/02/1946
  • Character: Mr. Beedle
The stooges are working as paperhangers in the home of Professor Panzer, a mad scientist looking for a brain to use in his experiments. The professor wants to put a human brain into a gorilla but has trouble finding a brain small enough, which leads him to select Curly as the perfect donor.

Rough, Tough and Ready

Rough, Tough and Ready
6.4/10
The story is the old bromide about two brawling buddies, duking it out over the same girl, in this case pert Jo Matheson (Jean Rogers). Owen and Brad own a salvage company, but split up over Jo. Both separately sign up for the army, and both are reunited in the Pacific.

The Ghost That Walks Alone

The Ghost That Walks Alone
4.8/10
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.

The Girl in the Case

The Girl in the Case
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 20/04/1944
  • Character: Malloy (as Bob Williams)
William Warner (Edmund Lowe, Dillinger) is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted by German spies who want him to open a chest containing a secret formula. This leads to a madcap adventure involving spies, the police and lots of picked locks! Also starring Janis Carter (Flying Leathernecks), GIRL IN THE CASE is an entertaining comedy-adventure.

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