Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

144

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-04-12

Deathday

1920-09-05 (27 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Also Known As

Bobby Harron
Robert Emmett Harron

Robert Harron

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert "Bobby" Harron (April 12, 1893 – September 5, 1920) was an American motion picture actor of the early silent film era. Although he acted in scores of films, he is possibly best remembered for his roles in the Griffith-helmed films Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation. He was also the older brother of film actor John Harron and actress Mary Harron.

Known For

6.0%

The Birth of a Nation

Feb 8, 1915

7.1%

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Sep 4, 1916

6.1%

A Corner in Wheat

Dec 13, 1909

6.2%

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

Oct 31, 1912

6.0%

The Lonely Villa

Jun 10, 1909

6.0%

Those Awful Hats

Jan 25, 1909

6.9%

True Heart Susie

Jun 1, 1919

6.3%

The Girl and Her Trust

Mar 28, 1912

5.9%

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

Dec 1, 1913

5.7%

Death's Marathon

Jun 14, 1913

5.7%

The New York Hat

Dec 5, 1912

6.3%

Judith of Bethulia

Mar 8, 1914

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Acting

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Bobby's Kodak as Son

1998

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as Self (archive footage)

1919		The Greatest Question as Jimmie Hilton
1919		The Mother and the Law as The Boy
1919		True Heart Susie as William Jenkins
1919		The Girl Who Stayed at Home as James Grey
1919		A Romance of Happy Valley as John L. Logan Jr

1918		The Greatest Thing in Life as Edward Livingston
1918		The Great Love as Jim Young
1918		Hearts of the World as The Boy - Douglas Gordon Hamilton

1917		Sunshine Alley as Ned Morris
1917		An Old Fashioned Young Man as Frank Trent
1917		The Bad Boy as Jimmie Bates

1916		Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as The Boy (Modern Story)
1916		The Marriage of Molly-O as Larry O'Dea
1916		A Child of the Paris Streets as Jimmie Parker
1916		Hoodoo Ann as Jimmie Vance
1916		The Missing Links as Henry Gaylord

1915

The Birth of a Nation as Tod

1914		The Odalisque as Ed, in love with Annie
1914		Sands of Fate as Arthur Lee
1914		A Lesson in Mechanics as Joe Merriam
1914		The Avenging Conscience as The Grocery Boy
1914		Moonshine Molly as Uriah Hudson
1914		Down by the Sounding Sea as Bob - Alice's Sweetheart
1914		Their First Acquaintance as Bob Taylor
1914		The Rebellion of Kitty Belle as Joe Belle
1914		The Newer Woman as Robert
1914		The Escape as Larry Joyce
1914		Home, Sweet Home as The Eastener, Robert Winthrop
1914		The Life of General Villa as American lover
1914		Brute Force as Harry Faulkner (Prologue) / Weakhands (The Old Days)
1914		The Battle of the Sexes as John Andrews, the son
1914		Judith of Bethulia as Nathan

1913		The Conscience of Hassan Bey as The Rugmaker's Daughter's Sweetheart
1913		The Battle at Elderbush Gulch as The Young Father
1913		The Blue or the Gray as The Southern Boy
1913		By Man's Law as Young Boy
1913		The Adopted Brother as The Adopted Brother
1913		A Misappropriated Turkey as Union Member
1913		The Reformers as The Son
1913		Her Mother's Oath as The Messenger / Medicine Show Patron / In Church
1913		Death's Marathon as The Messenger
1913		A Timely Interception as The Farmer's Adopted Son
1913		The Sorrowful Shore as One of the Son's Friends
1913		His Mother's Son as The Orphan
1913		The Yaqui Cur as Strongheart, a Yaqui Youth
1913		The House of Darkness as Asylum Guard
1913		The Lady and the Mouse as The Young Friend
1913		A Misunderstood Boy as The Son
1913		The Little Tease as Jim
1913		The Perfidy of Mary as Boy Who Gives Directions
1913		The Sheriff's Baby as The Deputy
1913		Fate as The Beloved Son
1913		Near To Earth as Gato's Brother
1913		Love in an Apartment Hotel as The Desk Clerk
1913		Brothers as The Father's Favorite Son
1913		The Tender Hearted Boy as The Tender-Hearted Boy
1913		The Coming of Angelo

1912		A Cry for Help as Witness to Accident
1912		The Massacre as In Cavalry
1912		The Burglar’s Dilemma as Young Burglar
1912		My Hero as The Young Man
1912		The New York Hat as Youth Outside Church
1912		A Sailor’s Heart as On Porch
1912		The Informer as The Southern Boy
1912		Heredity as Indian
1912		The Musketeers of Pig Alley as Rival Gang Member / In Alley / At Dance
1912		The Painted Lady as Beau at Ice Cream Festival
1912		A Feud in the Kentucky Hills as A Brother
1912		So Near, Yet So Far as The Rival / In Club
1912		Friends
1912		Two Daughters of Eve as At Stage Door
1912		An Unseen Enemy as The Boyfriend
1912		A Pueblo Legend as The Great Brother's Friend
1912		Man's Genesis as Weakhands
1912		The School Teacher and the Waif as Schoolboy
1912		A Temporary Truce as The Murdered Indian's Son
1912		Home Folks as The Young Woman's Brother
1912		A Beast at Bay as A Farmer
1912		A Lodging for the Night as The Victim / In Gambling Hall
1912		The Old Actor as The Messenger
1912		One Is Business, the Other Crime as The Delivery Boy
1912		Fate's Interception as The Errand Boy
1912		The Girl and Her Trust
1912		The Sands of Dee as Bobby
1912		Under Burning Skies
1912		Billy's Stratagem as A Settler
1912		For His Son as At Soda Fountain

1911		The Miser's Heart as Bakery Assistant
1911		The Battle as A Union soldier (uncredited)
1911		The Long Road as Family Friend
1911		The Unveiling as The Boy
1911		Her Awakening as On Street / Accident Witness
1911		The Diving Girl as The Bellboy
1911		The Last Drop of Water as In Wagon Train
1911		Bobby the Coward as Bobby
1911		Fighting Blood as The Old Soldier's Son
1911		The Primal Call as On Ship
1911		Enoch Arden: Part II
1911		Enoch Arden as Enoch's Teenage Son
1911		The Italian Barber as Buying Newspapers
1911		When a Man Loves

1910		The Lesson as Young Boy
1910		Sunshine Sue as Sweatshop Employee
1910		Ramona
1910		The Newlyweds as Boy with Drum
1910		The Converts as Bystander
1910		Her Terrible Ordeal as At Station

1909		To Save Her Soul as Stagehand / Usher
1909		A Corner in Wheat
1909		Through the Breakers as At the Club
1909		A Sweet Revenge as On the Bridge
1909		The Broken Locket as Outside Company Office
1909		1776, or The Hessian Renegades as Farmer
1909		The Little Darling
1909		Pranks as One of the Boys
1909		They Would Elope
1909		The Lonely Villa
1909		Two Memories
1909		Drive for a Life as Messenger
1909		A Drunkard's Reformation as Theatre Usher
1909		A Burglar’s Mistake as The Messenger
1909		At the Altar as On Street
1909		The Hindoo Dagger as Messenger
1909		Those Awful Hats as Theatre Audience
1909		The Welcome Burglar as Messenger
1909		Mr. Jones Has a Card Party as A Messenger

1908		The Helping Hand as Messenger
1908		The Test of Friendship as Man Leaving Factory
1908		The Feud and the Turkey as George Wilkinson
1908		The Valet's Wife as Valet
1908		The Song of the Shirt as Stock Boy
1908		A Smoked Husband as Messenger
1908		Where the Breakers Roar as On Boardwalk
1908		Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters as Messenger
1908		Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court as Young Man
1908		Balked at the Altar
1908		A Calamitous Elopement as Bellboy
1908		At the Crossroads of Life as Messenger
1908		Mixed Babies as Boy in Front of Store
1908		Thompson's Night Out as Sign Changer
1908		Her First Adventure as Extra in Crowd
1908		The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled as Swifty

Directing

1915

The Birth of a Nation as Assistant Director