Robert Emmett Tansey (June 28, 1897 – June 17, 1951) was an American actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was active in cinema in various roles from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was credited under at least 15 pseudonyms, such as Charles Anders, John Foster, Al Lane or Frank Simpson. Tansey died in Hollywood at age 53.
Selected filmography
Riding to Fame (1927)
Romance of the West (1930)
Riders of the Rio (1931)
The Way of the West (1934)
Badge of Honor (1934)
Paradise Canyon (1935)
Courage of the North (1935)
Timber Terrors (1935)
Westward Ho (1935)
Song of the Gringo (1936)
Pinto Rustlers (1936)
Where Trails Divide (1937)
Riders of the Dawn (1937)
Gun Packer (1938)
The Painted Trail (1938)
Man from Texas (1939)
Overland Mail (1939)
Across the Plains (1939), producer and screenwriter
Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)