Robert Greig was born on December 27, 1879 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Lady Eve (1941) and Trouble in Paradise (1932). He died on June 27, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
On stage in Australia, performing in all major capital cities, 1912-21. Broadway debut in 1928. Specialised in pompous butlers and made some of his best films in the 1940's under the direction of comedy expert Preston Sturges.
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Specialized in playing butlers and manservants in films after gaining notoriety playing servant roles in the Broadway productions of "Animal Crackers" and "Tonight or Never.".
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mind Reader
1933
Swami (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
1933
White
Men Must Fight
1933
Albert
Jitters the Butler
1932
Short
Jitters, the butler
Robbers' Roost
1932
Tulliver the Butler
They Just Had to Get Married
1932
Radcliff
The Conquerors
1932
Mr. Downey (uncredited)
Trouble in Paradise
1932
Jacques, Mariette's Butler
Love Me Tonight
1932
Major Domo Flammand
Horse Feathers
1932
Biology Professor Giving Lecture (uncredited)
Jewel Robbery
1932
Main Reading Wiener Journal (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
Baritone Bartender (uncredited)
The Tenderfoot
1932
Mack
Man Wanted
1932
Harper (scenes deleted)
Beauty and the Boss
1932
Chappel
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
Chesterfield
Lovers Courageous
1932
Doorman (uncredited)
Stepping Sisters
1932
Jepson
Tonight or Never
1931
Conrad
Born to Love
1931
Hansom Cabby (uncredited)
No Limit
1931
Doorman (uncredited)
Animal Crackers
1930
Hives
Paramount on Parade
1930
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bride of Vengeance
1949
Councillor
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
Jules - the Valet (uncredited)
Forever Amber
1947
Magistrate (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
Algernon McNiff
Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945
Charles, the Butler
The Cheaters
1945
MacFarland
Nob Hill
1945
Patton, Curruthers' Butler (uncredited)
Hollywood and Vine
1945
Jenkins
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
Vonce - the Butler
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
Sir Thomas
Mrs. Parkington
1944
Mr. Orlando (uncredited)
The Great Moment
1944
Roberts, Morton's Butler (uncredited)
Summer Storm
1944
Gregory - Volsky's Butler
Million Dollar Kid
1944
Spevin - Cortlands' Butler (as Robert Grieg)
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
Cairns, Anton's Butler (uncredited)
Arabian Nights
1942
Eunuch
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Third Member Ale and Quail Club
Laugh Your Blues Away
1942
Wilfred
I Married a Witch
1942
Town Crier
The Moon and Sixpence
1942
Maitland - Wolfe's Valet (uncredited)
Girl Trouble
1942
Fields
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Lazar the Tailor (Boyer sequence) (uncredited)
I Married an Angel
1942
Oscar (uncredited)
The Mad Martindales
1942
Wallace Butler
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
Judge
Sullivan's Travels
1941
Sullivan's Butler
My Life with Caroline
1941
Albert (uncredited)
Moon Over Miami
1941
Brearley
Hello, Sucker
1941
Mr. Watson (uncredited)
The Lady Eve
1941
Burrows
Hudson's Bay
1941
Sir Robert
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
Man of Basra (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
1940
Robert
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
2nd Buther (uncredited)
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
Horace Kellogg
Tower of London
1939
Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
Mr. Borst
Little Accident
1939
Butler (uncredited)
Way Down South
1939
Judge Ravenal
It Could Happen to You
1939
Pedley
The Law West of Tombstone
1938
Townsman at Table (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Lord Melville (uncredited)
Algiers
1938
Andre Giraux
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Chamberlain (as Robert Grieg)
Midnight Intruder
1938
Willetts, the Reitter Butler
Lady Behave!
1937
Alfred
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
The Major Domo
Easy Living
1937
Butler
The Road Back
1937
Member of Dinner Party (uncredited)
Michael O'Halloran
1937
Craig, the Butler
Stowaway
1936
Captain
Lloyd's of London
1936
Lord Drayton
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
Uncle John
Easy to Take
1936
Judd - Butler
The Devil-Doll
1936
Emil Coulvet
Trouble for Two
1936
Fat Man
Small Town Girl
1936
Childers, Dakin's Butler
The Unguarded Hour
1936
Henderson
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited)
Rose-Marie
1936
Hotel Manager
Three Live Ghosts
1936
John Ferguson, Brockton's Butler
I Live for Love
1935
Fat Man Dancing at Nightclub (as Robert Grieg)
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935
Rosalind
The Gay Deception
1935
Adolph
Woman Wanted
1935
Peedles (as Robert Grieg)
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Fat Man (uncredited)
Les Misérables
1935
Prison Governor at Jean's Release (uncredited)
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
Henri
Clive of India
1935
Mr. Pemberton
One More River
1934
Blore
Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934
The Duke of Weskit
Madame Du Barry
1934
The King's Chef (uncredited)
The Love Captive
1934
First Butler
Stingaree
1934
The Innkeeper
Upperworld
1934
Marc Caldwell--Butler
Easy to Love
1934
Andrews
Female
1933
James - Alison's Main Butler (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
1933
Explorer (uncredited)
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
'Diamond Jim' Brady (uncredited)
It's Great to Be Alive
1933
Perkins
Midnight Mary
1933
Potter - Tom's Butler (uncredited)
Horse Play
1933
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Peg o' My Heart
1933
Jarvis (butler)
Pleasure Cruise
1933
Crum
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
performer: "Look for the Silver Lining" 1921 - uncredited
Love Me Tonight
1932
performer: "The Son of a Gun Is Nothing But a Tailor" 1932 - uncredited
Animal Crackers
1930
performer: "You Must Do Your Best Tonight" 1930 - uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Invasion of the Money Snatchers
2012
Short executive producer
Known for movies
Sullivan's Travels (1941) as Sullivan's Butler
The Lady Eve (1941) as Burrows
Trouble in Paradise (1932) as Jacques, Mariette's Butler
$13 Million
