Bob Kortman
American actor

Bob Kortman

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American actor
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Actor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
24 December 1887(Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA)
Death:
13 March 1967(Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
Star sign:
Capricorn
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Robert F. Kortman (December 24, 1887 – March 13, 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952.

Biography

The son of a rancher, Kortman was born in Brackettville, Texas, in 1887. He spent six years in the U.S. cavalry.

Director Tom Ince cast Kortman as a villain when he began working in films in 1911, and he went on to become the "favored on-screen opponent" for William S. Hart with regard to their film fights.

After he left acting, Kortman was president of a cooperative water company in Arrowhead Springs, California, where he lived.

Kortman was married to Gonda Durand, a Mack Sennett bathing beauty. He died in Long Beach, California from cancer.

Selected filmography

  • The Narrow Trail (1917)
  • Through the Wrong Door (1919)
  • The Great Radium Mystery (1919)
  • Godless Men (1920)
  • Winners of the West (1921)
  • Travelin' On (1922)
  • The Lone Hand (1922)
  • Another Man's Boots (1922)
  • The Shock (1923)
  • All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923)
  • His Last Race (1923)
  • The White Sheep (1924)
  • The Temptress (1926)
  • The Eagle of the Sea (1926)
  • Unseen Enemies (1926)
  • The Devil Horse (1926)
  • Duck Soup (1927)
  • Hills of Peril (1927)
  • The Noose (1928)
  • Four Sons (1928)
  • Fleetwing (1928)
  • The Black Watch (1929)
  • Devil-May-Care (1929)
  • Bear Shooters (1930)
  • The Lone Defender (1930)
  • Women Everywhere (1930)
  • Trader Horn (1931) (scenes deleted)
  • The Vanishing Legion (1931)
  • The Lightning Warrior (1931)
  • Pardon Us (1931)
  • The Last Parade (1931)
  • Beau Hunks (1931)
  • The Fighting Fool (1932)
  • The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
  • Come On, Tarzan (1932)
  • The Pride of the Legion (1932)
  • The Whispering Shadow (1933)
  • The Midnight Patrol (1933)
  • The Fugitive (1933)
  • Rainbow Ranch (1933)
  • Mystery Mountain (1934)
  • The Miracle Rider (1935)
  • Lawless Range (1935)
  • Wild Mustang (1935)
  • The Lonely Trail (1936)
  • Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
  • The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
  • Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)
  • Romance Rides the Range (1936)
  • Wild West Days(1937)
  • Anything for a Thrill (1937)
  • Sandflow (1937)
  • Texas Trail (1937)
  • The Oklahoma Kid (1939) as Juryman (uncredited)
  • Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
  • Lady from Louisiana (1941)
  • The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
  • Fugitive Valley (1941)
  • Thundering Hoofs (1942)
  • Days of Old Cheyenne (1943)
  • Black Hills Express (1943)
  • Lucky Cowboy (1944)
  • Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)