Robert Gleckler


Robert Gleckler was an American film and stage actor who appeared in nearly 60 movies between 1927 until his death in 1939. He was cast for the role of Jonas Wilkerson, overseer of the slaves at Tara in Gone with the Wind, but died during the filming and was replaced with Victor Jory.

Selected filmography

The Dove as Minor Role Mother's Boy as Gus LeGrandThe Sea God as Big SchultzBig Money as MonkThe Finger Points as Larry Haynes - Sphnix Club ManagerDefenders of the Law as Joe VeletHer Bodyguard as Hood Take a Chance as Mike CarusoThe Personality Kid as GavinNow I'll Tell as Al MossiterThe Defense Rests as Lou GentryMillion Dollar Ransom as 'Doc' CarsonMarie Galante as Steamship Captain The Great Hotel Murder as Police CaptainThe Perfect Clue as DelaneyIt Happened in New York as VenitteThe Case of the Curious Bride as Detective ByrdGo Into Your Dance as Pete Brown Mister Dynamite as James V. KingThe Headline Woman as Harry ChaseThe Glass Key as Shad O'RoryThe Daring Young Man as Editor HooleyDante's Inferno as DeanThe Farmer Takes a Wife as FisherHere Comes the Band as SimmonsWhipsaw as Steve ArnoldShow Them No Mercy! as Gus HansenToo Tough to Kill as Bill AndersonAbsolute Quiet as Jasper CowdrayForgotten Faces as Mike DavidsonYours for the Asking as Slick DoranI'd Give My Life as Buck GordonLove Begins at 20 as Gangster Mugsy O'BannonSworn Enemy as HinkleThe Girl on the Front Page as BillNorth of Nome as BrunoGreat Guy as Marty CavanaughKing of Gamblers as Ed MerkilWings Over Honolulu as Squadron Lieutenant Commander Pick a Star as Head WaiterThe Man Who Cried Wolf as Capt. Walter ReidHot Water as Hal LynchBulldog Drummond's Revenge as HardcasleThe [Bad Man of Brimstone] as Tom 'Skunk' Rogers Gun Law as Flash ArnoldRascals as Police LieutenantGangs of [New York (1938 film)|Gangs of New York] as NolanAlexander's Ragtime Band as EddieLittle Miss Broadway as DetectiveBoys Town as Mr. Reynolds Fugitives for a Night as J. G. McGee Tarnished Angel as Checkers - Casino Owner Orphans of the Street as HughesRide a Crooked Mile as Prison WardenStand Up and Fight as Sheriff BarneyThey Made Me a Criminal as Doc Ward