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
DiedMarch 13, 1967(1967-03-13) (aged 79)
Long Beach, California
OccupationActor
Years active1914-1952
SpouseGonda Durand

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.

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.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "At the Dome". New Castle Herald. Pennsylvania, New Castle. May 13, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ "Staunton's Movie Talk". The News Leader. Virginia, Staunton. September 30, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved October 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  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. 1 2 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.
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