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. 1936- appeared in Trail of the lonesome pine.

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)