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Bob Kortman

Acting

Born December 24, 1887 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died March 13, 1967

Also known as Robert Fred Kortman · Robert Kortman · Fred Kortman

Biography

Robert F. Kortman (December 24, 1887 – March 13, 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952.

Filmography50+ titles

Wild Mustang

1935as Utah Evans

The Vanishing Legion

1931as Marno

Wild West Days

1937as Trigger Benton

The Night Rider

1932as Steve

Ace in the Hole

1951as Digger (uncredited)

The Vigilantes Are Coming

1936as Boris Petroff

Sunrise

1927as Villager (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

1938as Man (uncredited)

The Mysterious Rider

1938as Henchman

The Soldier and the Lady

1937as Tartar (Uncredited)

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

1936as Gang Yacht Capt. Wilson

Stagecoach Outlaws

1945as Matt Brawley

A Volta do Besouro Verde

1940as Gang Farmhouse Owner

Winners of the West

1940as Gorbel

Beau Geste

1939as Maharaja's Agent (uncredited)

Rainbow Ranch

1933as Marvin Black

Island of Lost Souls

1932as Mr. Hogan (uncredited)

The Last of the Mohicans

1932as Magua

Broken Arrow

1950as Minor Role (uncredited)

Boss of Rawhide

1943as Henchman

Rawhide Rangers

1941as Dirk

Come On, Tarzan

1932as Henchman Spike

Gold

1932as Henchman Without Mustache

Rex the Devil Horse

1926as Prowling Wolf (as Robert Kortman)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923as Hook-Hand (uncredited)

Best of the Badmen

1951as Henchman (uncredited)

Wide Open Town

1941as Henchman Blackie

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936as Gorley Falin

Call of the Rockies

1944as Henchman Watson

Bullets and Saddles

1943as Henchman (archive footage)

Lost Canyon

1942as Joe

Texas Trail

1937as Hawks

The Lightning Warrior

1931as Wells - Henchman

Branded

1950

Border Patrol

1943as Mine Guard

When the Daltons Rode

1940as Rigby Henchman

Devil-May-Care

1929as Bonapartist (uncredited)

Leather Burners

1943as Blackie

The Criminal Code

1931as Red, the Convict Barber (uncredited)

Hell's Hinges

1916as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

Guns of the Law

1944as Joe Hyslop

The Whispering Skull

1944as Joe Carter

Fugitive Valley

1941as Red Langdon

The Green Hornet

1940as George Scanlon - Ballot Stuffer (uncredited)

The Oklahoma Kid

1939as Juror #9 (uncredited)

The Renegade Ranger

1938as Henchman Idaho

Along Came Jones

1945as Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Hidden Gold

1940as Hideout Henchman

Copper Canyon

1950as Bill Newton

Stick to Your Guns

1941as Henchman Concho