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Robert Wilcox

Actor, Writer
Born May 10, 1910Died June 11, 1955 (45 years)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Robert Wilcox (May 19, 1910, Rochester, New York – June 11, 1955, New York City), was a U.S. movie actor of the 1930s and 40s. His career began in earnest in 1936 after being discovered doing a summer-stock production of The Petrified Forest. He was married twice, first to Florence Rice in 1937, and then later to Diana Barrymore in 1950.

He is perhaps best known for playing Bob Wayne and his alter ego, The Copperhead in the 1940 movie serial Mysterious Doctor Satan.

Wilcox died of a heart attack on June 11, 1955. He was 45 years old.

He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Rochester, New York.

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Known For
  • The Man They Could Not Hang
  • Little Tough Guy
  • The Famous Teddy Z
  • Buried Alive
  • Young Fugitives
  • The Unknown
  • Blondie Takes a Vacation
  • Dreaming Out Loud
  • The Vigilantes Return

Filmography

1947
The Vigilantes Return · as Clay Curtwright
1946
The Unknown · as Richard Arnold
1940
Mysterious Doctor Satan · as Bob Wayne / Copperhead
1940
Dreaming Out Loud · as Dr. Kenneth Barnes
1940
Island of Doomed Men · as Mark Sheldon
1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes · as Ralph Bolton
1939
Buried Alive · as Johnny Martin
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang · as 'scoop' Foley
1939
Blondie Takes a Vacation · as John Larkin
1939
The Kid from Texas · as 'duke' Hastings
1938
Little Tough Guy · as Paul Wilson
1938
Young Fugitives · as Ray Riggins
1938
Rascals · as Tony

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