Robert Ames

Robert Ames

Born: March 22, 1889
Died: November 27, 1931
in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Robert Downing Ames (March 23, 1889 – November 27, 1931) was an American stage and film actor whose career was cut short by his death at age 42.

After a brief stint in vaudeville, Ames moved to Hollywood in the mid 1920s to concentrate on film work, though on occasion he would return to perform on the New York stage. He co-starred in several early talkies, including The Trespasser (1929) with Gloria Swanson, A Lady to Love (1930) with Vilma Bánky and Edward G. Robinson, and the 1930 version of Holiday, opposite Ann Harding in the role later taken by Cary Grant in the better-remembered 1938 remake.

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Title: Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Character: Gail Redman
Released: February 5, 1932
Type: Movie
A young wife wants to have children, but her husband neglects her. She confides her longings to a handsome brain surgeon. Complications ensue.
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Rich Man's Folly
Title: Rich Man's Folly
Character: Joe Warren
Released: November 14, 1931
Type: Movie
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
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Smart Woman
Title: Smart Woman
Character: Donald 'Don' / 'Donnie' Gibson
Released: September 12, 1931
Type: Movie
A society man's loving, devoted wife, upon learning that he has been unfaithful and is planning to leave her for the other woman, strategically pretends to be having an affair of her own. The woman's friends gladly assist in the deception.
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Rebound
Title: Rebound
Character: Bill Truesdale
Released: August 28, 1931
Type: Movie
A woman struggles to rekindle the affection of her husband.
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Three Who Loved
Title: Three Who Loved
Character: Philip Wilson
Released: July 3, 1931
Type: Movie
A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
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The Stolen Jools
Title: The Stolen Jools
Character: Robert Ames (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
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Behind Office Doors
Title: Behind Office Doors
Character: James Duneen
Released: March 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
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Millie
Title: Millie
Character: Tommy Rock
Released: February 6, 1931
Type: Movie
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.
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Madonna of the Streets
Title: Madonna of the Streets
Character: Morton
Released: November 25, 1930
Type: Movie
Directed by John S. Robertson. With Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames, Ivan Linow, Josephine Dunn.
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War Nurse
Title: War Nurse
Character: Robin Neill
Released: November 22, 1930
Type: Movie
Untrained, volunteer Nurses from America treat Allied soldiers behind and on the lines in France. They face the horrors of war, fight off the attentions of soldiers and face their own loneliness.
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Holiday
Title: Holiday
Character: Johnny Case
Released: July 3, 1930
Type: Movie
A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.
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Not Damaged
Title: Not Damaged
Released: May 25, 1930
Type: Movie
A fortune teller informs a hopeless romantic that she'll be meeting a mysterious, tall, dark stranger. Initially skeptical, the young lady latterly concedes when the soothsayer's premonitions begin to ring true.
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Double Cross Roads
Title: Double Cross Roads
Character: David Harvey
Released: April 20, 1930
Type: Movie
Based on a novel by William R. Lipman
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A Lady to Love
Title: A Lady to Love
Character: Buck
Released: February 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena enclosing a photo of his handsome younger brother Buck. When she gets there she overlooks his duplicity and marries him. Then she falls in love with Buck.
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Nix on Dames
Title: Nix on Dames
Released: November 24, 1929
Type: Movie
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The Trespasser
Title: The Trespasser
Character: Jack Merrick
Released: November 11, 1929
Type: Movie
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
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The Voice of the City
Title: The Voice of the City
Character: Bobby Doyle
Released: April 13, 1929
Type: Movie
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.
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Black Waters
Title: Black Waters
Character: Darcy
Released: April 5, 1929
Type: Movie
A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
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The Crown of Lies
Title: The Crown of Lies
Character: John Knight
Released: March 27, 1926
Type: Movie
Romantic drama directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki.
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Three Faces East
Title: Three Faces East
Character: Frank Bennett
Released: February 3, 1926
Type: Movie
A spy story that takes place during World War I.
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The Wedding Song
Title: The Wedding Song
Character: Hayes Hallan
Released: November 29, 1925
Type: Movie
A beautiful con artist marries Hayes Hallan, the owner of a pearl-rich island. No sooner has the couple said "I do" than Beatrice's partners in crime show up, claiming to be the bride's parents.
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Without Mercy
Title: Without Mercy
Character: John Orme, M.P.
Released: October 4, 1925
Type: Movie
In this silent melodrama Sir Melmoth Craven is running against John Orme for a seat in Parliament. Orme is an honest man, but Craven is on the shady side. For campaign money, he borrows money from an equally shady establishment called Gordon, Ltd. Orme's sweetheart, Margaret Garth, becomes infatuated with Craven, much to the dismay of her mother, Enid.
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What Women Want
Title: What Women Want
Character: William Holliday Jr.
Released: September 1, 1920
Type: Movie
During World War I, Francine D'Espard, a young French woman, meets William Holliday, a U.S. Army officer at the front, and they become engaged. Returning to America, William finds his father at the mercy of his business rival, Ezekiel Bates. Shortly after, when Francine arrives in America to marry her fiancé, she is informed that her lover is about to marry Bates's daughter Susan. Her love now turning to hate, Francine devotes herself to the task of destroying her former suitor.