Robert Sterling

Known for ActingBorn 1917-11-13Died 2006-05-30New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA

Robert Sterling, born William Sterling Hart (November 13, 1917 – May 30, 2006) was an American film and television actor. The son of baseball player and umpire Bill Hart, he was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and worked as a clothing salesman before pursuing an acting career. After signing with Columbia Pictures in 1939, he changed his name to Robert Sterling to avoid confusion with silent western star William S. Hart. In 1941, Sterling went to MGM. He worked steadily as a supporting player for several years. After serving in World War II as an Army Air Force flight instructor, he returned to Hollywood, but by the end of the decade, his film career had faltered. He did, however, play the non-singing role of Steve Baker, opposite Ava Gardner as Julie, in the hit MGM 1951 film version of Show Boat. Sterling later revived his acting career on the small screen with numerous appearances on Television.Read more

Movies & web series

Dearest Enemy

Yesterday's Heroes

Outside These Walls

The Twilight Zone

Beware Spooks!

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

This Time for Keeps

Manhattan Heartbeat

Murder, She Wrote

Masquerade

The Ford Television Theatre

Letters from Three Lovers

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Penalty

Sorority House

Only Angels Have Wings

Hotel

Night of 100 Stars

What's My Line?

Pest from the West

Simon & Simon

Good Girls Go to Paris

The Heckler

Blondie Brings Up Baby

A Woman is the Judge

General Electric Theater

I'll Wait for You

Return to Peyton Place

Lux Video Theatre

Letter to Loretta

Nanny and the Professor

The Man They Could Not Hang

The Brian Keith Show

The Secret Heart

Front Row Center

Golden Boy

Two-Faced Woman

Those High Grey Walls

The Steve Allen Show

Show Boat

Column South

Dr. Kildare's Victory

Topper

Johnny Eager

Ichabod and Me

Bunco Squad

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Man Who Had Influence