Theodore Roberts

Biography

Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 – December 14, 1928) was an American movie and stage actor. He was a stage actor decades before becoming lovable old man in silents. On stage in the 1890s he acted with Fanny Davenport in her play called Gismonda (1894) and later in The Bird of Paradise (1912) with actress Laurette Taylor. He started his film career in the 1910s in Hollywood, and was often was associated in the productions of Cecil B. DeMille. He was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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Known For

The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
The Squaw Man
The Squaw Man
Temptation
Temptation
The Cost of Hatred
The Cost of Hatred
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Ready Money
Ready Money
The Circus Man
The Circus Man
We Can't Have Everything
We Can't Have Everything
Racing Hearts
Racing Hearts

Filmography

1942 Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1929 Uncle's Visit
as Uncle
1928 Ned McCobb's Daughter
as Ned McCobb
1928 The Masks of the Devil
as Count Palester
1926 The Cat's Pajamas
as
1925 Forty Winks
as Adam Butterworth
1925 Locked Doors
as Mr. Reid
1924 To the Ladies
as John Kincaid
1923 Stephen Steps Out
as Stephen Harlow Sr.
1923 The Ten Commandments
as Moses - The Lawgiver
1923 Racing Hearts
as John Kent
1923 Prodigal Daughters
as J.D. Forbes
1922 The Old Homestead
as Uncle Joshua Whitcomb
1922 A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
1922 Our Leading Citizen
as Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician
1922 Across the Continent
as John Dent
1922 Saturday Night
as Uncle
1921 Hail the Woman
as Oliver Beresford
1921 Miss Lulu Bett
as Dwight Deacon
1921 The Affairs of Anatol
as Gordon Bronson