Robert Edward Homans[1] (November 8, 1877 – July 28, 1947) was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.

[2] Robert Homans was born November 8, 1877, in Malden, Massachusetts.

[3] Although he studied medicine for three years after his college graduation, a 1906 newspaper article noted that "the 'stage bee' got into his bonnet and nothing would do but that he become an actor.

[3] On April 18, 1909, Homans married Agnes J. Mellon in San Francisco.

[8] Homans died in Los Angeles, California on July 28, 1947, from a heart attack.