| Robert Kent | |
| Birth Name: | Douglas Blackley, Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Yearsactive: | 1934–1955 |
| Occupation: | Film actor |
| Children: | 3 |
Robert Kent (born Douglas Blackley, Jr.; December 3, 1908 – May 4, 1955),[1] was an American film actor. His career included starring roles in several film serials of the 1940s, including The Phantom Creeps, Who's Guilty?, and The Phantom Rider. He also had a role in the 1938 film The Gladiator and was Virginia Vale's leading man in Blonde Comet, a 1941 movie about a female racing driver.
He married actress Astrid Allwyn in Tijuana, Mexico, on January 10, 1937,[2] and they were divorced in 1941. He had three children: Kristina, Susan, and Kim Louise.[3] He died in Los Angeles, California of a coronary occlusion due to coronary arteriosclerosis.[4]