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Robert Strauss

Robert Strauss

Actor · Died February 20, 1975, aged 61 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Strauss (November 8, 1913 – February 20, 1975) was a gravel-voiced American actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Strauss (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 8, 1913
Died
February 20, 1975 (aged 61)
From
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 47% in 30 days

What are Robert Strauss' films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Self
20%
Morality
19%
Survival
17%
Power
9%
Society
8%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 14 · Serious 5 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 11 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 10 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 12 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 18 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 23 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 3 of 10 analyzed roles.

Trickster
3 of 10
Threshold guardian
2 of 10
Mentor
2 of 10
Shapeshifter
1 of 10
Ally
1 of 10
Herald
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Joyful
10
Absurd
8
Warm
5
Melancholic
6
Other
23

How their films linger

Feel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Robert Strauss' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Robert Strauss' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

75 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Noah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Noah

  • The Green Hornet(1974)

    as Bud Crocker

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc.(1971)

    as John Blackstone

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Fort Utah(1967)

    as Ben Stokes

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Rango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Mr. Terrific (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Carl

  • Run, Buddy, Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Monkees(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Captain

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • The Green Hornet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Bud Crocker

  • Frankie and Johnny(1966)

    as Blackie

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Get Smart(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Franco

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Honey West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as King

  • Mona McCluskey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 26 episodes · as Sgt. Stan Gruzewsky

  • Green Acres(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • My Mother the Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • That Funny Feeling(1965)

    as Bartender

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Family Jewels(1965)

    as Pool Player

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Harlow(1965)

    as Hank

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Stage to Thunder Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Bob Acres

  • The Munsters(1964)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Simon Baldanado

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Bewitched(1964)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Wheeler Dealers(1963)

    as Feinberg (Taxi Driver)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Erwin 'Faces' Schmidt

  • The Thrill of It All(1963)

    as Truck Driver

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Girls! Girls! Girls!(1962)

    as Sam (owner, Pirate's Den)

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Going My Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Beverly Hillbillies(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Ted Beale

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben Roper

  • The George Raft Story(1961)

    as Frenchie

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Straightaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Dick Van Dyke Show(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Mike Martin

  • Twenty Plus Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Jimmy Honsinger

  • The Last Time I Saw Archie(1961)

    as MSgt. Stanley Erlenheim

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Dondi(1961)

    as Sammy Boy

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Roaring 20's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Herbie

  • The Aquanauts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben Penfield

  • September Storm(1960)

    as Ernie Williams

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Wake Me When It's Over(1960)

    as Sam Weiscoff

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Li'l Abner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Romeo Scragg

  • 4D Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Roy Parker

  • Startime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Frank

  • Inside the Mafia(1959)

    as Sam Galey

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Lawless Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • I Mobster(1959)

    as Black Frankie Udino

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Sam Lewellyn

  • Frontier Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Yubo

  • Bat Masterson(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Howard C. Smith

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Brace Logan

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Danny Barker · as Pete Kamboly

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Attack(1956)

    as Bernstein

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Man with the Golden Arm(1955)

    as Schwiefka

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Seven Year Itch(1955)

    as M. Kruhulik

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Damon Runyon Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Lucky Farrar

  • The Atomic Kid(1954)

    as Stan Cooper

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri(1954)

    as Beer Barrel

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Whistler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Money from Home(1953)

    as Seldom Seen Kid

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Act of Love(1953)

    as Johnny Blackwood

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Here Come the Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Jack the Slasher

  • The Loretta Young Show(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Hap

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Stalag 17(1953)

    as Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Grover Healy · as Hank Wahr

  • The Redhead from Wyoming(1953)

    as "Knuckles" Hogan

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Cavalcade of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as Baron Henry William Von Stiegel

  • Jumping Jacks(1952)

    as Sergeant McClusky

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Sailor Beware(1952)

    as CPO Lardoski

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as John Fenner

  • The Sleeping City(1950)

    as Police Lt. Barney Miller (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · as Gilroy

  • Native Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Frank Mason, grocer

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 75 titles from 1942 to 1975; peak year 1962.

Biggest box office

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

$29K worldwide

Highest rated

Stalag 17 (1953)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Film career

19421975

Peak 1962 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting75 of 75: 75 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

By decade

1940s2 · acting1950s31 · acting1960s39 · acting1970s3 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
5257

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Robert Strauss' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Dondi (1961)

86th percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Stalag 17 (1953)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Robert Strauss' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 18 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 2 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Robert Strauss work with?

People who share at least 2 of Robert Strauss' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jerry Lewis shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles