James Robinson Jr. was an American

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 film actor.

Career

Robinson played the role of "Hambone" Johnson in Fontaine Fox's Mickey McGuire

Mickey McGuire (film series)

Mickey McGuire was an American comedy series of short subjects from 1927 to 1934. The series was notable for essentially launching the careers of Mickey Rooney and Billy Barty. The series was based on Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip series, Toonerville Trolley. The series was very popular in its...

 film series of short subjects. He was in the series from its beginning in 1927 until its end in 1934, appearing in most of the shorts in series. During his Mickey McGuire days, Robinson also appeared in other films, such as Tenderfeet and Penrod and Sam. After the McGuire series, Robinson continued to act, but mostly in bit parts.

Filmography

• Tenderfeet (1928)
• Penrod and Sam (1931) - Herman Washington
• Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
  Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
  Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1934 comedy-genre film, directed by Norman Taurog, and based on the 1901 novel by Alice Hegan Rice. It also appeared as a radio series between 1936 and 1938. It is one of two movies that feature a rare film performance by famed Broadway stage actress Pauline...
  
   (1934) - Mose, Newspaper Office Boy (uncredited)
• On Probation (1935) - Negro Lad (uncredited)
• Becky Sharp (1935) - Sedley's Page
• Anthony Adverse
  Anthony Adverse
  Anthony Adverse is a 1936 American drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney is based on the sprawling 1,224-page novel of the same title by Hervey Allen.-Plot:...
  
   (1936) - Black Man (uncredited)
• A Day at the Races
  A Day at the Races (film)
  Further reading* Elisabeth Buxbaum: Veronika, der Lenz ist da. Walter Jurmann – Ein Musiker zwischen den Welten und Zeiten. Mit einem Werkverzeichnis von Alexander Sieghardt. Edition Steinbauer, Wien 2006, ISBN 3-902494-18-2-External links:*...
  
   (1937) - Extra in Jazz Number (uncredited)
• The Buccaneer
  The Buccaneer (1938 film)
  The Buccaneer is a 1938 American adventure film made by Paramount Pictures based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. It was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille from a screenplay by Harold Lamb, Edwin Justus Mayer and C. Gardner Sullivan adapted by Jeanie...
  
   (1938) - Poster Boy (uncredited)
• Phantom Gold
  Phantom Gold
  Phantom Gold is a 1936 adventure film about the search for Lasseter's Reef. It was the first feature from director Rupert Kathner.-External links:* in the Internet Movie Database...
  
   (1938) - Pancake
• Long Shot (1939) - Tucky
• South of Suez (1940) - Spying Native Boy (uncredited)
• The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) - Second Black Newsboy (uncredited)
• The Black Klansman
  The Black Klansman
  The Black Klansman is a feature film of the blaxploitation genre originally released in 1966 under the name I Crossed the Color Line. Set during the struggle for Civil Rights, the film tells the story of an African-American man, played by Richard Gilden, who disguises himself as a white man to join...
  
   (1966) - Barnaby

See also

• Mickey McGuire
  Mickey McGuire (film series)
  Mickey McGuire was an American comedy series of short subjects from 1927 to 1934. The series was notable for essentially launching the careers of Mickey Rooney and Billy Barty. The series was based on Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip series, Toonerville Trolley. The series was very popular in its...
  
   (1927–1934)
• Mickey Rooney
  Mickey Rooney
  Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...
  
  
• Billy Barty
  Billy Barty
  Billy Barty was an American film actor.-Biography:Barty, an Italian American, was born William John Bertanzetti in Millsboro, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Delia Bogard
  Delia Bogard
  Delia Bogard was an American film actress and dancer.-Biography:Delia Bogard was born in San Francisco, California. She played the role of "Tomboy Taylor" in Fontaine Fox's Mickey McGuire film series from 1927 to 1933. After departing from the series, she became a dancer for stage and screen...