Bob Manning — Mexicali Rose Character Profile

About Bob Manning

Happy's younger brother and ward, a college football quarterback. He introduces his fiancée Marie to Happy and believes Happy owns a gold mine, planning to spend his honeymoon there. After sending a telegram announcing his marriage, he unknowingly marries Rose, Happy's ex-wife.

Character Facts

Played by

William Janney

Appears in

Mexicali Rose (1929)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Mexicali Rose

• Mexicali Rose (Barbara Stanwyck)
• Happy Manning (Sam Hardy)
• Loco, the Halfwit (Arthur Rankin)
• Joe, the Croupier (Louis Natheaux)
• Ortiz (Harry J. Vejar)
• Marie (uncredited) (Dorothy Gulliver)
• Marie's Blonde Friend (uncredited) (Greta Granstedt)
• Dad, the Drunk (Louis King)
• Manuela, Loco's Mother (Julia Bejarano)
• The Little Boy (uncredited) (Frankie Genardi)
• Rose's Cantina Admirer (uncredited) (Jerry Miley)
• (uncredited) (Claude Gillingwater)