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Robert Emmett Harron

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Robert Harron

Birth Name:
Robert Emmett Harron

Date of Birth:
April 12, 1893,

Height:
6' (1.83 m)

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Today screen actor Robert (Bobby) Harron is one of Hollywood's forgotten souls, although he graced some of the silent screen's most enduring masterpieces. A talented, charismatic star in his day, Bobby had everything going for him but died too young to make the longstanding impression he certainly deserved. He was born in New York City to an impoverished Irish-American family. In order to put food on the table, Bobby started out quite young looking for work. At age 13 he found a job working for the American Biograph Studio on East 14th Street as a messenger boy and was given a couple of film bits for added measure. Within the next year director D.W. Griffith had joined the company and the sensitive, photogenic Bobby caught the legendary director's eye almost immediately.Bobby subsequently had leading roles in many of Griffith's classic silents, usually playing characters that were much younger and much more naive. He appeared opposite other legendary female stars who also played "young-ish" roles, notably Mae Marsh and Lillian Gish. Bobby made indelible impressions in The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916), An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917), Hearts of the World (1918), A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) and True Heart Susie (1919).Bobby had become such a sensation that in 1920 he entertained thoughts about leaving the Griffith fold and forming his own company. A fatal, self-inflicted bullet wound to the left lung in September of 1920 ended those dreams before they ever got off the ground. Although it was listed as an "accidental" death, Hollywood rumor has it that a despondent Bobby killed himself in a New York hotel room on the eve of the premiere of Griffith's new film Way Down East (1920). It seems Bobby was devastated after being passed over by Griffith for the lead role in favor of the director's new prot, Richard Barthelmess. Whatever the truth may be, Bobby's death remains a tragic mystery. Ironically, Bobby had two lesser known sibling actors who also died quite young. Tessie Harron (1896-1918) died at age 22 of Spanish influenza, and John Harron (1903-1939), nicknamed Johnnie, suffered a fatal heart attack at age 36. Both appeared unbilled in Hearts of the World (1918) with Bobby.

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1. Coincidence (1921)
Billy Jenks

actor

2. A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
John L. Logan Jr

actor

3. The Mother and the Law (1919)
The Boy

actor

4. The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
James Grey

actor

5. The Great Love (1918)
Jim Young

actor

6. The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
Edward Livingston

actor

7. The Bad Boy (1917)
Jimmie Bates

actor

8. An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917)
Frank Trent

actor

9. Sunshine Alley (1917)
Ned Morris

actor

10. The Missing Links (1916)
Henry Gaylord

actor

11. A Child of the Paris Streets (1916)
Jimmie Parker

actor

12. A Wild Girl of the Sierras (1916)
Bob Jordan

actor

13. The Marriage of Molly-O (1916)
Larry O'Dea

actor

14. The Little Liar (1916)
Bobby

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15. The Wharf Rat (1916)
Eddie Douglas

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16. The Outcast (1915)
Bob

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17. The Outlaw's Revenge (1915)
The American lover

actor

18. The Victim (1915)
Frank Hastings

actor

19. Her Shattered Idol (1915)
Robert

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20. The Great Leap: Until Death Do Us Part (1914)
Bobby Dawson

actor

21. Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
At Stage Door

actor

22. The Greatest Question (1919)

23. True Heart Susie (1919)

24. Hearts of the World (1918)
uncredited

25. Hoodoo Ann (1916)

26. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Modern Story

27. The Birth of a Nation (1915)

28. The Newer Woman (1914)

29. Their First Acquaintance (1914)

30. The Stolen Code (1914)

31. The Weaker Strain (1914)

32. Down by the Sounding Sea (1914)

33. The Idiot (1914)

34. The Saving Flame (1914)

35. For Those Unborn (1914)

36. His Mother's Trust (1914)

37. Sands of Fate (1914)

38. The Deputy Sheriff's Star (1914)

39. The Odalisque (1914)

40. The Massacre (1914)

41. A Lesson in Mechanics (1914)

42. The Smugglers of Sligo (1914)

43. The Battle of the Sexes (1914)

44. Apple Pie Mary (1914)

45. Home, Sweet Home (1914)

46. The Escape (1914)

47. The Birthday Present (1914)

48. Moonshine Molly (1914)

49. The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)

50. The Great God Fear (1914)

51. Paid with Interest (1914)

52. Judith of Bethulia (1914)

53. Brute Force (1914)
The Old Days

54. In the Elemental World (1913)

55. The Pseudo Prodigal (1913)

56. The Coming of Angelo (1913)

57. An Unjust Suspicion (1913)

58. The Adopted Brother (1913)

59. A Misunderstood Boy (1913)

60. The House of Darkness (1913)

61. The Yaqui Cur (1913)

62. Death's Marathon (1913)

63. The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)

64. Fate (1913)

65. The Perfidy of Mary (1913)

66. The Little Tease (1913)

67. The Lady and the Mouse (1913)

68. His Mother's Son (1913)

69. A Timely Interception (1913)

70. Her Mother's Oath (1913)

71. The Reformers; or, The Lost Art of Minding One's Business (1913)

72. Influence of the Unknown (1913)

73. The Girl Across the Way (1913)

74. By Man's Law (1913)

75. A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)

76. Brothers (1913)

77. Oil and Water (1913)

78. Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)

79. Broken Ways (1913)

80. Near to Earth (1913)

81. The Sheriff's Baby (1913)

82. The Sorrowful Shore (1913)

83. The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)

84. Man's Lust for Gold (1912)

85. Billy's Stratagem (1912)

86. For His Son (1912)

87. Under Burning Skies (1912)

88. A Change of Spirit (1912)

89. A Sailor's Heart (1912)
unconfirmed

90. The Transformation of Mike (1912)

91. One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)

92. Iola's Promise (1912)

93. Fate's Interception (1912)

94. The Girl and Her Trust (1912)

95. A String of Pearls (1912)

96. A Child's Remorse (1912)

97. Those Hicksville Boys (1912)

98. Just Like a Woman (1912)

99. The Lesser Evil (1912)

100. The Old Actor (1912)

101. A Lodging for the Night (1912)

102. A Beast at Bay (1912)

103. Home Folks (1912)

104. A Temporary Truce (1912)

105. The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)

106. Man's Genesis (1912)

107. The Sands of Dee (1912)

108. The Inner Circle (1912)

109. The New York Hat (1912)

110. A Pueblo Legend (1912)

111. An Unseen Enemy (1912)

112. Friends (1912)

113. So Near, Yet So Far (1912)

114. A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)

115. The Painted Lady (1912)

116. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)

117. Heredity (1912)

118. The Informer (1912)

119. Brutality (1912)

120. My Hero (1912)

121. The Burglar's Dilemma (1912)

122. A Cry for Help (1912)

123. The Diving Girl (1911)

124. The Unveiling (1911)

125. The Failure (1911)

126. The White Rose of the Wilds (1911)

127. Bobby, the Coward (1911)

128. A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (1911)

129. A Country Cupid (1911)

130. Her Awakening (1911)

131. The Long Road (1911)

132. The Battle (1911)

133. The Broken Cross (1911)

134. The Primal Call (1911)

135. When a Man Loves (1911)

136. The Italian Barber (1911)

137. Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)

138. The Last Drop of Water (1911)

139. The Miser's Heart (1911)

140. Fighting Blood (1911)

141. A Summer Idyll (1910)

142. The Lesson (1910)

143. Winning Back His Love (1910)

144. In the Season of Buds (1910)

145. Examination Day at School (1910)

146. A Plain Song (1910)

147. The Newlyweds (1910)

148. Her Terrible Ordeal (1910)

149. A Child's Impulse (1910)

150. Wilful Peggy (1910)

151. The Modern Prodigal (1910)

152. The Banker's Daughters (1910)
unconfirmed

153. Sunshine Sue (1910)

154. The Converts (1910)

155. The Way of the World (1910)

156. The Call (1910)

157. A Burglar's Mistake (1909)

158. The Message (1909)

159. The Broken Locket (1909)

160. A Sweet Revenge (1909)

161. His Duty (1909)

162. The Welcome Burglar (1909)

163. Pranks (1909)

164. Through the Breakers (1909)

165. A Corner in Wheat (1909)

166. In a Hempen Bag (1909)

167. To Save Her Soul (1909)

168. A Wreath in Time (1909)

169. A Sound Sleeper (1909)

170. The Drive for a Life (1909)

171. The Hessian Renegades (1909)

172. Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)

173. Those Awful Hats (1909)

174. The Girls and Daddy (1909)

175. The Brahma Diamond (1909)

176. Tragic Love (1909)

177. The Hindoo Dagger (1909)

178. At the Altar (1909)

179. His Wife's Mother (1909)

180. The Salvation Army Lass (1909)

181. A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)

182. Trying to Get Arrested (1909)

183. A Troublesome Satchel (1909)

184. Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909)

185. One Busy Hour (1909)

186. The Note in the Shoe (1909)

187. Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909)

188. Two Memories (1909)

189. The Lonely Villa (1909)

190. They Would Elope (1909)

191. The Little Darling (1909)

192. In Old Kentucky (1909)

193. The Snowman (1908)

194. Her First Adventure (1908)
uncredited

195. Bobby's Kodak (1908)

196. The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled (1908)

197. Mixed Babies (1908)

198. Professional Jealousy (1908)

199. Thompson's Night Out (1908)

200. At the French Ball (1908)
uncredited

201. At the Crossroads of Life (1908)

202. Balked at the Altar (1908)

203. Behind the Scenes (1908)

204. Where the Breakers Roar (1908)

205. Concealing a Burglar (1908)

206. The Song of the Shirt (1908)

207. The Valet's Wife (1908)

208. The Feud and the Turkey (1908)

209. The Reckoning (1908)

210. The Test of Friendship (1908)

211. The Helping Hand (1908)

212. A Smoked Husband (1908)

213. The Clubman and the Tramp (1908)

214. The Helping Hand (1908)

215. Her First Adventure (1908)
uncredited

216. Dr. Skinum (1907)

217. Mr. Gay and Mrs. (1907)

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