Acting
Robert Greig
Born 1879-12-26
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department: Acting
Biography
Robert Greig (December 27, 1879 – June 27, 1958) was an Australian-American actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1930 and 1949, usually as the dutiful butler.
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Sullivan's Travels
1941
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You Can't Take It with You
1938
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The Lady Eve
1941
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Trouble in Paradise
1932
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
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The Thief of Bagdad
1940
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Animal Crackers
1930
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Horse Feathers
1932
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I Married a Witch
1942
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The Palm Beach Story
1942
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (94 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1987 |
 | Bride of Vengeance | Councillor | Movie | 1949 |
 | Unfaithfully Yours | Jules | Movie | 1948 |
 | Forever Amber | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Algernon McNiff | Movie | 1947 |
 | Love, Honor and Goodbye | Charles, the Butler | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Cheaters | MacFarland | Movie | 1945 |
 | Hollywood and Vine | Jenkins | Movie | 1945 |
 | Earl Carroll Vanities | Vonce the Butler | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sir Thomas | Movie | 1945 |
 | Mrs. Parkington | Mr. Orlando (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | Summer Storm | Gregory | Movie | 1944 |
 | Million Dollar Kid | Spevin | Movie | 1944 |
 | Three Hearts for Julia | Cairns, Anton's Butler (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Arabian Nights | Eunuch | Movie | 1942 |
 | Laugh Your Blues Away | Wilfred | Movie | 1942 |
 | I Married a Witch | Town Crier (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Girl Trouble | Fields | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Palm Beach Story | Third Member Ale and Quail Club | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Mad Martindales | Wallace Butler | Movie | 1942 |
 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Judge | Movie | 1942 |
 | Sullivan's Travels | Burroughs | Movie | 1941 |
 | Moon Over Miami | Brearley, Boulton's Butler | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Lady Eve | Burrows | Movie | 1941 |
 | Hudson's Bay | Sir Robert | Movie | 1940 |
 | No Time for Comedy | Robert | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Thief of Bagdad | Man of Basra (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | Charlie McCarthy, Detective | 2nd Buther | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Honeymoon's Over | Horace Kellogg | Movie | 1939 |
 | Tower of London | Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
| Tower of London | Friar Cautioning John Wyatt | Movie | 1939 |
 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Mr. Borst | Movie | 1939 |
 | Way Down South | Judge Ravenal | Movie | 1939 |
 | It Could Happen to You | Pedley | Movie | 1939 |
 | You Can't Take It with You | Lord Melville (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Chamberlain | Movie | 1938 |
 | Midnight Intruder | Willetts | Movie | 1938 |
 | Algiers | Giraux | Movie | 1938 |
 | Lady Behave! | Alfred | Movie | 1937 |
 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | The Major Domo | Movie | 1937 |
 | Easy Living | Butler | Movie | 1937 |
 | Michael O'Halloran | Craig, the Butler | Movie | 1937 |
 | Stowaway | Captain | Movie | 1936 |
 | Lloyd's of London | Lord Drayton | Movie | 1936 |
 | Theodora Goes Wild | Uncle John | Movie | 1936 |
 | Easy to Take | Judd | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Devil-Doll | Émile Coulvet | Movie | 1936 |
 | Trouble for Two | Fat Man | Movie | 1936 |
 | Small Town Girl | Childers, Dakin's Butler | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Unguarded Hour | Henderson | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Great Ziegfeld | Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Rose Marie | Hotel Manager | Movie | 1936 |
 | Three Live Ghosts | John Ferguson, Brockton's Butler | Movie | 1936 |
 | I Live for Love | Nightclub patron | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Gay Deception | Adolph | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Bishop Misbehaves | Rosalind | Movie | 1935 |
 | Woman Wanted | Peedles | Movie | 1935 |
 | Mark of the Vampire | Fat Man (uncredited) | Movie | 1935 |
 | Les Misérables | Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited) | Movie | 1935 |
| Les Misérables | Prison Governor at Jean's Release | Movie | 1935 |
 | Folies Bergère de Paris | Henri | Movie | 1935 |
 | Clive of India | Mr. Pemberton | Movie | 1935 |
 | One More River | Blore | Movie | 1934 |
 | Cockeyed Cavaliers | The Duke | Movie | 1934 |
 | Stingaree | The Innkeeper | Movie | 1934 |
 | Upperworld | Marc Caldwell | Movie | 1934 |
 | Easy to Love | Andrews | Movie | 1934 |
 | Female | James, Alison's Main Butler (Uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Meet the Baron | Explorer (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Broadway to Hollywood | 'Diamond Jim' Brady | Movie | 1933 |
 | It's Great to Be Alive | Perkins | Movie | 1933 |
 | Midnight Mary | Tom's Butler Potter (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Peg o' My Heart | Jarvis (butler) | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Mind Reader | Swami (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Pleasure Cruise | Crum | Movie | 1933 |
 | Dangerously Yours | White | Movie | 1933 |
 | Men Must Fight | Albert | Movie | 1933 |
 | They Just Had to Get Married | Radcliff | Movie | 1933 |
 | Wonderland of California | Self | Movie | 1933 |
 | Robbers' Roost | Tulliver the Butler | Movie | 1932 |
| Jitters the Butler | Jitters, the butler | Movie | 1932 | |
 | Trouble in Paradise | Jacques | Movie | 1932 |
 | Horse Feathers | Biology Professor (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
 | Love Me Tonight | Major Domo Flammand | Movie | 1932 |
 | Jewel Robbery | Man Reading 'Wiener Journal' (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Baritone Bartender (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Tenderfoot | Mack | Movie | 1932 |
 | Beauty and the Boss | Chappel | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Chesterfield | Movie | 1932 |
 | Born to Love | Hansom Cabby (uncredited) | Movie | 1931 |
 | Tonight or Never | Conrad | Movie | 1931 |
 | Animal Crackers | Hives | Movie | 1930 |
 | Paramount on Parade | (uncredited) | Movie | 1930 |