Theodore Roberts

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1861-10-08

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Acting History

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
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 Man Who Saw Tomorrow as Captain Morgan Pring
1922
The Old Homestead as Uncle Joshua Whitcomb
1922
A Trip to Paramountown as Self
1922
If You Believe It, It's So as Sky Blue
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
Exit the Vamp as Old Man Shipley
1921
Miss Lulu Bett as Dwight Deacon
1921
The Affairs of Anatol as Gordon Bronson
1921
Too Much Speed as Pat MacMurran
1921
Sham as Jeriamiah Buck
1921
The Love Special as Railroad President Gage
1921
Forbidden Fruit as James Harrington Mallory
1920
The Furnace as General Archibald Foulkes-Brent
1920
Something to Think About as Luke Anderson
1920
Sweet Lavender as Professor Phenyl
1920
Excuse My Dust as J.D. Ward
1920
Judy of Rogues' Harbor as Grandpap Ketchel
1920
Double Speed as John Ogden
1920
Suds as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1919
Everywoman as Wealth
1919
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. as Sen. Ballard
1919
Male and Female as Lord Loam
1919
What Every Woman Learns as Peter Fortesque
1919
Fires of Faith as Salvationist
1919
Secret Service as General Harrison Randolph
1919
You're Fired as Gordon Rogers
1919
The Woman Thou Gavest Me as Daniel MacNeill
1919
The Roaring Road as J.D. Ward, the Bear
1919
For Better, for Worse as Hospital Head
1919
The Poor Boob as Henry Platt
1919
The Winning Girl as Major Milligan
1919
Don't Change Your Husband as The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby
1919
Peg o' My Heart
1919
The Only Way
1918
The Squaw Man as Big Bill
1918
Arizona as Canby
1918
The Source as Big John Beaumont
1918
We Can't Have Everything as The Sultan
1918
Old Wives for New as Tom Berkeley
1918
M'Liss as John Benson 'Bummer' Smith
1918
Hidden Pearls as John Garvin
1917
The Devil Stone
1917
Nan of Music Mountain as Duke Morgan
1917
A Little Princess as Cassim
1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
The Varmint as A Roman
1917
What Money Can't Buy as Madison Hale
1917
The Cost of Hatred as Justus Graves
1917
The American Consul as Abel Manning
1916
Joan the Woman as Cauchon
1916
The Storm as Prof. Octavius Raydon
1916
Common Ground as James Mordant
1916
The Dream Girl as Jim Dugan
1916
The Thousand-Dollar Husband as Uncle Sven Johnson
1916
The Sowers as Boris Dolokhof
1916
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Judd Tolliver
1916
Pudd'nhead Wilson as Pudd'nhead Wilson
1915
The Immigrant as J.J. Walton
1915
Temptation as Otto Mueller
1915
The Unknown as Capt. Destinn
1915
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo as Mr. Grex, alias of Grand Duke Augustus Peter
1915
The Case of Becky as Balzamo
1915
The Woman as The Hononorable Jim Blake
1915
The Marriage of Kitty
1915
The Secret Orchard as Favereau
1915
The Wild Goose Chase as Horatio Brutus Bangs
1915
Stolen Goods as German surgeon major
1915
The Captive as The burgomaster
1915
The Unafraid as Dual Empire Secret Agent
1915
After Five as Bruno Schwartz
1915
The Girl of the Golden West as Jack Rance
1914
The Ghost Breaker as Prince of Aragon
1914
The Circus Man as Thomas Braddock
1914
The Man From Home as The Grand Duke Vaseill
1914
Ready Money as Mike Reardon
1914
What's His Name as Character Man
1914
Where the Trail Divides as Colonel William Landor
1914
The Making of Bobby Burnit as Sam Stone
1914
The Call of the North as Galen Albert