Robert Burton (actor)
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Robert George Burton''' was an American film and television actor.
Career
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.
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 after completing The Slime People.
Partial filmography
Fearless Fagan - Owen GillmanMy Man and I - SheriffEverything I Have Is Yours - Dr. CharlesDesperate Search - Wayne LangmuirSky Full of Moon - CustomerThe Bad and the Beautiful - McDill Above and Beyond - Brigadier General Samuel E. RobertsConfidentially Connie - Dr. Willis ShoopThe Girl Who Had Everything - John AshmondCode Two - Police Capt. Bill WilliamsCry of the Hunted - Warden KeeleyFast Company - David SandringA Slight Case of Larceny - Police CaptainThe Band Wagon - Caterer Latin Lovers - Mr. CumberlyInferno - SheriffThe Big Heat - Gus BurkeAll the Brothers Were Valiant - Asa WorthenTaza, Son of Cochise - General George CrookRiot in Cell Block 11 - Guard AmbroseSiege at Red River - SheriffBroken Lance - Mac AndrewsRogue Cop - Inspector Adrian CassidyHit the Deck - Commander A Man Called Peter - Mr. PeytonThe Road to Denver - PeteLay That Rifle Down - General BallardThe Last Command - Businessman in Cantina The Left Hand of God - Rev. Marvin Count Three and Pray - BishopJubal - Dr. GrantReprisal! - Jeb CantrellThe Rack - Col. Ira HansenThree Brave Men - W. L. DietzThe Brass Legend - Tom GipsonThe Tall T - TenvoordeSlander - Harry Walsh The Spirit of St. Louis - Maj. Albert Lambert - The Hired Gun - Nathan ConroyDomino Kid - Sheriff TraversNo Down Payment - Mr. Cagle I Was a Teenage Frankenstein - Dr. KarltonThe Hard Man - Sheriff HackerThe Young Lions - Col. Mead Too Much, Too Soon - Bill Henning Man or Gun - Deputy Sheriff Burt BurtonMardi Gras - Comdr. TydingsCompulsion - Charles StrausThe 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock - First GeneralA Private's Affair - Gen. Charles E. HargraveSpace Invasion of Lapland - Dr. Frederick WilsonThe Story on Page One - District Attorney NordeauWake Me When It's Over - Col. DowlingThe Gallant Hours - Maj. Gen. Roy GeigerSeven Ways from Sundown - EavensThe Absent-Minded Professor - Sam Wheeler The Young Savages - JudgeAda - Committee Man Sweet Bird of Youth - Director Birdman of Alcatraz - Sen. Ham Lewis The Manchurian Candidate - Convention Chairman Billy Rose's Jumbo - Madison The Slime People - Professor Galbraith