Bob Kortman

Robert F. Kortman (December 24, 1887 – March 13, 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952.

Bob Kortman
Lobby card for The Fugitive (1933) with Kortman (left) and Rex Bell
Born	Robert F. Kortman (1887-12-24)December 24, 1887 Brackettville, Texas
Died	March 13, 1967(1967-03-13) (aged 79) Long Beach, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914-1952
Spouse	Gonda Durand

Biography

The son of a rancher, Kortman was born in Brackettville, Texas, in 1887. He spent six years in the U.S. cavalry.^[1]

Director Tom Ince cast Kortman as a villain when he began working in films in 1911,^[2] and he went on to become the "favored on-screen opponent" for William S. Hart with regard to their film fights.^[3]

After he left acting, Kortman was president of a cooperative water company in Arrowhead Springs, California, where he lived.^[4]

Kortman was married to Gonda Durand, a Mack Sennett bathing beauty.^[4] He died in Long Beach, California from cancer.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

• Cactus Nell (1917)
• The Narrow Trail (1917)
• Through the Wrong Door (1919)
• The Great Radium Mystery (1919)
• Godless Men (1920)
• Winners of the West (1921)
• Travelin' On (1922)
• The Lone Hand (1922)
• Another Man's Boots (1922)
• The Shock (1923)
• All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923)
• His Last Race (1923)
• The White Sheep (1924)
• The Temptress (1926)
• The Eagle of the Sea (1926)
• Unseen Enemies (1926)
• The Devil Horse (1926)
• Duck Soup (1927)
• Hills of Peril (1927)
• The Noose (1928)
• Four Sons (1928)
• Fleetwing (1928)
• The Black Watch (1929)
• Devil-May-Care (1929)
• Bear Shooters (1930)
• The Lone Defender (1930)
• Women Everywhere (1930)
• Trader Horn (1931) (scenes deleted)
• The Vanishing Legion (1931)
• The Lightning Warrior (1931)
• Pardon Us (1931)
• The Last Parade (1931)
• Beau Hunks (1931)
• The Fighting Fool (1932)
• The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
• Come On, Tarzan (1932)
• The Forty-Niners (1932)
• The Pride of the Legion (1932)
• The Whispering Shadow (1933)
• Before Midnight (1933)
• The Midnight Patrol (1933)
• The Fugitive (1933)
• Rainbow Ranch (1933)
• Mystery Mountain (1934)
• The Miracle Rider (1935)
• Lawless Range (1935)
• Wild Mustang (1935)
• The Lonely Trail (1936)
• Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
• The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
• Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)
• Romance Rides the Range (1936)
• Wild West Days (1937)
• Luck of Roaring Camp (1937)
• Anything for a Thrill (1937)
• Sandflow (1937)
• Texas Trail (1937)
• The Oklahoma Kid (1939) as Juryman (uncredited)
• Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
• Lady from Louisiana (1941)
• The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
• Fugitive Valley (1941)
• Thundering Hoofs (1942)
• Days of Old Cheyenne (1943)
• Black Hills Express (1943)
• Lucky Cowboy (1944)
• Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)

References

1. "At the Dome". New Castle Herald. Pennsylvania, New Castle. May 13, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Staunton's Movie Talk". The News Leader. Virginia, Staunton. September 30, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Freese, Gene (2017). Classic Movie Fight Scenes: 75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914–1989. McFarland. p. 6. ISBN 9781476629353. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
4. Heffernan, Harold (December 20, 1950). "Rates Tom Mix tops". The Kansas City Star. North America Newspaper Alliance. p. 24. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Bob Kortman at IMDb