Robert Schable (1873-1947) was an American stage and screen actor as well as a stage manager from Hamilton, Ohio.
A longtime stage player from the Charles Frohman company since the 1890s, Schable began in silent films in 1919.
In films he often played comedic, character parts or men with a European flair.
He died, from Ptomaine poisoning, in Hollywood in 1947.
Alternately IMDb has his death as a suicide.
Two films Schable appeared in have been restored in recent years, Sherlock Holmes(1922) and The Man and the Moment(1929).