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Robert Burton
Robert Burton
	Burton (right) with Robert Cummings in The Bob Cummings Show, 1958
Born	Robert George Burton; August 13, 1895; Eastman, Georgia, U.S.
Died	September 29, 1962 (aged 67); Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film and television actor
Years active	1952–1963

American film and television actor

Robert George Burton (August 13, 1895 – September 29, 1962) was an American film and television actor.

Burton was born in Eastman, Georgia. He appeared in over 100 films and television programs, and was best known for playing Tom Gipson in the 1956 film The Brass Legend.^[1]

He also appeared as a sheriff in the 1957 Gunsmoke episode "What The Whiskey Drummer Heard". He had a recurring role as Dr. Burrage in the television series The Rifleman, which aired from September 30, 1958, to April 8, 1963.

Burton died in September 1962 in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 67.^[2]

Partial filmography

Fearless Fagan (1952)^[3] - Owen Gillman
My Man and I (1952) - Sheriff
Everything I Have Is Yours (1952) - Dr. Charles
Desperate Search (1952) - Wayne Langmuir
Sky Full of Moon (1952) - Customer
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - McDill (uncredited)
Above and Beyond (1952) - Brigadier General Samuel E. Roberts
Confidentially Connie (1953) - Dr. Willis Shoop
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) - John Ashmond
Code Two (1953) - Police Capt. Bill Williams
Cry of the Hunted (1953) - Warden Keeley
Fast Company (1953) - David Sandring
A Slight Case of Larceny (1953) - Police Captain
The Band Wagon (1953) - Caterer (uncredited)
Latin Lovers (1953) - Mr. Cumberly
Inferno (1953) - Sheriff
The Big Heat (1953)^[4]^[5] - Gus Burke
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) - Asa Worthen
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) - General George Crook
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) - Guard Ambrose
Siege at Red River (1954) - Sheriff
Broken Lance (1954) - Mac Andrews
Rogue Cop (1954)^[6] - Inspector Adrian Cassidy
Hit the Deck (1955) - Commander (uncredited)
A Man Called Peter (1955) - Mr. Peyton
The Road to Denver (1955) - Pete
Lay That Rifle Down (1955) - General Ballard
The Last Command (1955) - Businessman in Cantina (uncredited)
The Left Hand of God (1955) - Rev. Marvin (uncredited)
Count Three and Pray (1955) - Bishop
Jubal (1956) - Dr. Grant
Reprisal! (1956) - Jeb Cantrell
The Rack (1956) - Col. Ira Hansen
Three Brave Men (1956) - W. L. Dietz
The Brass Legend (1956) - Tom Gipson
The Tall T (1957) - Tenvoorde
Slander (1957) - Harry Walsh (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) - Maj. Albert Lambert (Lindbergh Sponsor) - (uncredited)
The Hired Gun (1957) - Nathan Conroy
Domino Kid (1957) - Sheriff Travers
No Down Payment (1957) - Mr. Cagle (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) - Dr. Karlton
The Hard Man (1957) - Sheriff Hacker
The Young Lions (1958) - Col. Mead (uncredited)
Too Much, Too Soon (1958) - Bill Henning (uncredited)
Man or Gun (1958) - Deputy Sheriff Burt Burton
Mardi Gras (1958) - Comdr. Tydings
Compulsion (1959) - Charles Straus
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959) - First General
A Private's Affair (1959) - Gen. Charles E. Hargrave
Space Invasion of Lapland (1959) - Dr. Frederick Wilson
The Story on Page One (1959) - District Attorney Nordeau
Wake Me When It's Over (1960) - Col. Dowling
The Gallant Hours (1960) - Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger
Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)^[7] - Eavens
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) - Sam Wheeler (uncredited)
The Young Savages (1961) - Judge
Ada (1961) - Committee Man (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - Director (uncredited)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Sen. Ham Lewis (uncredited)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Convention Chairman (uncredited)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) - Madison
The Slime People (1963) - Professor Galbraith