District Attorney Robinson — The Witching Hour Character Profile

About District Attorney Robinson

The prosecuting attorney in Clay Thorne's murder trial. He is used as a prop in Prentice's courtroom demonstration, where the hypnotized jury foreman shoots him with blanks to prove the defense's theory of involuntary action.

Character Facts

Played by

Purnell Pratt

Appears in

The Witching Hour (1934)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Witching Hour

• Judge Martin Prentice (Guy Standing)
• Jack Brookfield (John Halliday)
• Jury Foreman (William Frawley)
• Clay Thorne (Tom Brown)
• Nancy Brookfield (Judith Allen)
• Mrs. Helen Thorne (Olive Tell)
• Lew Ellinger (Richard Carle)
• Frank Hardmuth (Ralf Harolde)
• Margaret Price (Gertrude Michael)
• Police Chief (Frank Sheridan)
• Dr. von Strohn (Ferdinand Gottschalk)