Police Lt. Eckhardt — Romance on the Run Character Profile

About Police Lt. Eckhardt

Police lieutenant who insists the insurance company leave the investigation to law enforcement. He suspects Drake of orchestrating the robberies, tracks Dale's telegrams, and eventually arrests the hillbilly family at the story's climax.

Character Facts

Played by

William Demarest

Appears in

Romance on the Run (1938)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Romance on the Run

• Barry Drake (Donald Woods)
• Dale Harrison (Patricia Ellis)
• Lily Lamont (Grace Bradley)
• Whitey Whitehouse (Edward Brophy)
• Charlie Cooper (Craig Reynolds)
• Mondoon (Edwin Maxwell)
• Happy Drunk (Bert Roach)
• J.W. Ridgeway (Andrew Tombes)
• Phelps (Granville Bates)
• Pappy Hatfield (Leon Weaver)
• Dolly (Jean Joyce)
• Ma Hatfield (Georgia Simmons)