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Actor Born: July 22, 1890 in Denmark Death: June 25, 1963 in Studio City, CA Biography:A major character star of the silent era, brawny "Robert Anderson" (born Andersen) hailed from Delaware and not Odense, Denmark, as his official bios claimed. Discovered by "D.W. Griffith", Anderson made quite an impact as the comical M'Sieur Cuckoo in the World War I melodrama "Hearts of the World" (1918), which some critics felt he stole outright from nominal leads "Lillian Gish" and "Robert Harron". Contracted by Universal, Anderson went on to portray a series of equally memorable character parts in mostly undeserving potboilers, and later supported such major stars as "Mary Miles Minter", "Laura La Plante", "Renée Adorée", and "Greta Garbo" in more popular fare that ranged from the North Country melodrama "The Eternal Struggle" (1923) to the romantic comedy "Love Me and the World Is Mine" (1928). Anderson's final memorable performance came in W. S. Van Dyke's offbeat mixture of melodrama and... Full Biography
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