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

Youth Outside Church

The New York Hat

The Boy (Modern Story)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Joe Belle

The Rebellion of Kitty Belle

Jimmie Bates

The Bad Boy

The Grocery Boy

The Avenging Conscience

William Jenkins

True Heart Susie

Family Friend

The Long Road

Stagehand / Usher

To Save Her Soul

Larry Joyce

The Escape

Rival Gang Member / In Alley / At Dance

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

The Deputy

The Sheriff's Baby

At Stage Door

Two Daughters of Eve

Witness to Accident

A Cry for Help

The Father's Favorite Son

Brothers

Union Member

A Misappropriated Turkey

The Desk Clerk

Love in an Apartment Hotel

The Rugmaker's Daughter's Sweetheart

The Conscience of Hassan Bey

Indian

Heredity

The Young Man

My Hero

Gato's Brother

Near To Earth

One of the Son's Friends

The Sorrowful Shore

The Coming of Angelo

Uriah Hudson

Moonshine Molly

Bob - Alice's Sweetheart

Down by the Sounding Sea

On Street / Accident Witness

Her Awakening

Ed, in love with Annie

The Odalisque

The Boyfriend

An Unseen Enemy

Nathan

Judith of Bethulia

The Delivery Boy

One Is Business, the Other Crime

Larry O'Dea

The Marriage of Molly-O

The Young Father

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

Boy in Front of Store

Mixed Babies

The Messenger

The Old Actor

The Son

A Misunderstood Boy

The Messenger

Death's Marathon

The Tender-Hearted Boy

The Tender Hearted Boy

Boy Who Gives Directions

The Perfidy of Mary

Theatre Audience

Those Awful Hats

On the Bridge

A Sweet Revenge

The Little Darling

Enoch Arden: Part II

Beau at Ice Cream Festival

The Painted Lady

A Union soldier (uncredited)

The Battle

When a Man Loves

Strongheart, a Yaqui Youth

The Yaqui Cur

The Rival / In Club

So Near, Yet So Far

In Cavalry

The Massacre

In Wagon Train

The Last Drop of Water

The Old Soldier's Son

Fighting Blood

A Farmer

A Beast at Bay

Bobby

The Sands of Dee

At Soda Fountain

For His Son

Young Burglar

The Burglar’s Dilemma

Messenger

At the Crossroads of Life

Harry Faulkner (Prologue) / Weakhands (The Old Days)

Brute Force

The Eastener, Robert Winthrop

Home, Sweet Home

The Boy - Douglas Gordon Hamilton

Hearts of the World

Jimmie Hilton

The Greatest Question

Balked at the Altar

Theatre Usher

A Drunkard's Reformation

Stock Boy

The Song of the Shirt

The Messenger / Medicine Show Patron / In Church

Her Mother's Oath

Young Boy

By Man's Law

Robert

The Newer Woman

Bob Taylor

Their First Acquaintance

The Orphan

His Mother's Son

Joe Merriam

A Lesson in Mechanics

Arthur Lee

Sands of Fate

Weakhands

Man's Genesis

Swifty

The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled

The Boy

The Mother and the Law

Extra in Crowd

Her First Adventure

On Street

At the Altar

The Adopted Brother

The Adopted Brother

James Grey

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

On Ship

The Primal Call

At Station

Her Terrible Ordeal

The Lonely Villa

Young Boy

The Lesson

Under Burning Skies

John L. Logan Jr

A Romance of Happy Valley

On Porch

A Sailor’s Heart

Sign Changer

Thompson's Night Out

Young Man

Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court

Messenger

Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

On Boardwalk

Where the Breakers Roar

Jim Young

The Great Love

Edward Livingston

The Greatest Thing in Life

George Wilkinson

The Feud and the Turkey

Valet

The Valet's Wife

American lover

The Life of General Villa

The Girl and Her Trust

Outside Company Office

The Broken Locket

Buying Newspapers

The Italian Barber

Boy with Drum

The Newlyweds

A Settler

Billy's Stratagem

Messenger

The Helping Hand

Messenger

The Welcome Burglar

A Messenger

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

Two Memories

Henry Gaylord

The Missing Links

Frank Trent

An Old Fashioned Young Man

Enoch's Teenage Son

Enoch Arden

Tod

The Birth of a Nation

Jimmie Vance

Hoodoo Ann

The Beloved Son

Fate

The Southern Boy

The Informer

A Brother

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

The Great Brother's Friend

A Pueblo Legend

The Young Woman's Brother

Home Folks

The Errand Boy

Fate's Interception

Sweatshop Employee

Sunshine Sue

The Murdered Indian's Son

A Temporary Truce

Jim

The Little Tease

Self (archive footage)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

The Son

The Reformers

John Andrews, the son

The Battle of the Sexes

Ned Morris

Sunshine Alley

Bobby

Bobby the Coward

The Farmer's Adopted Son

A Timely Interception

Jimmie Parker

A Child of the Paris Streets

The Young Friend

The Lady and the Mouse

One of the Boys

Pranks

Ramona

The Victim / In Gambling Hall

A Lodging for the Night

The Southern Boy

The Blue or the Gray

Asylum Guard

The House of Darkness

Messenger

Drive for a Life

Bellboy

A Calamitous Elopement

Schoolboy

The School Teacher and the Waif

Farmer

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

A Corner in Wheat

Man Leaving Factory

The Test of Friendship

Messenger

The Hindoo Dagger

Bystander

The Converts

The Boy

The Unveiling

The Bellboy

The Diving Girl

At the Club

Through the Breakers

They Would Elope

Friends

Bakery Assistant

The Miser's Heart

Son

Bobby's Kodak

The Messenger

A Burglar’s Mistake

Messenger

A Smoked Husband

The Neighbor with Unbuttoned Cuffs

A String of Pearls

In Street Crowds

The Salvation Army Lass

One of the Children on the Street

His Duty

Messenger

The Girls and Daddy

Backstage messenger

Professional Jealousy

The Country Boy

A Child's Impulse

At Post Office

The Modern Prodigal

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

151

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-04-12

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Also Known As

Bobby Harron