Theodore Roberts

Born: 1861-10-08 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 1928-12-14

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1925

Locked Doors as Mr. Reid
Forty Winks as Adam Butterworth

1924

To the Ladies as John Kincaid

1923

The Ten Commandments as Moses - The Lawgiver
Stephen Steps Out as Stephen Harlow Sr.
Prodigal Daughters as J.D. Forbes
Racing Hearts as John Kent

1922

Saturday Night as Uncle
The Old Homestead as Uncle Joshua Whitcomb
Our Leading Citizen as Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician
A Trip to Paramountown as Self
Across the Continent as John Dent
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow as Captain Morgan Pring
If You Believe It, It's So as Sky Blue

1921

Sham as Jeriamiah Buck
Hail the Woman as Oliver Beresford
Forbidden Fruit as James Harrington Mallory
Miss Lulu Bett as Dwight Deacon
Exit the Vamp as Old Man Shipley
The Affairs of Anatol as Gordon Bronson
Too Much Speed as Pat MacMurran
The Love Special as Railroad President Gage

1920

Double Speed as John Ogden
Something to Think About as Luke Anderson
Suds as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Excuse My Dust as J.D. Ward
Sweet Lavender as Professor Phenyl
Judy of Rogues' Harbor as Grandpap Ketchel
The Furnace as General Archibald Foulkes-Brent

1919

Male and Female as Lord Loam
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. as Sen. Ballard
Secret Service as General Harrison Randolph
For Better, for Worse as Hospital Head
The Roaring Road as J.D. Ward, the Bear
The Poor Boob as Henry Platt
Don't Change Your Husband as The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby
What Every Woman Learns as Peter Fortesque
Everywoman as Wealth
Fires of Faith as Salvationist
The Woman Thou Gavest Me as Daniel MacNeill
The Winning Girl as Major Milligan
Peg o' My Heart
You're Fired as Gordon Rogers
The Only Way

1918

Old Wives for New as Tom Berkeley
The Source as Big John Beaumont
We Can't Have Everything as The Sultan
The Squaw Man as Big Bill
M'Liss as John Benson 'Bummer' Smith
Hidden Pearls as John Garvin
Arizona as Canby

1917

A Little Princess as Cassim
The Cost of Hatred as Justus Graves
What Money Can't Buy as Madison Hale
The Devil Stone
The American Consul as Abel Manning
Nan of Music Mountain as Duke Morgan
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

1916

The Sowers as Boris Dolokhof
Joan the Woman as Cauchon
Pudd'nhead Wilson as Pudd'nhead Wilson
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Judd Tolliver
The Dream Girl as Jim Dugan
Common Ground as James Mordant
The Thousand-Dollar Husband as Uncle Sven Johnson
The Storm as Prof. Octavius Raydon

1915

The Unafraid as Dual Empire Secret Agent
The Captive as The burgomaster
The Unknown as Capt. Destinn
The Wild Goose Chase as Horatio Brutus Bangs
Temptation as Otto Mueller
The Girl of the Golden West as Jack Rance
The Woman as The Hononorable Jim Blake
The Case of Becky as Balzamo
The Secret Orchard as Favereau
The Marriage of Kitty
After Five as Bruno Schwartz
Stolen Goods as German surgeon major
The Immigrant as J.J. Walton
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo as Mr. Grex, alias of Grand Duke Augustus Peter

1914

What's His Name as Character Man
Ready Money as Mike Reardon
The Ghost Breaker as Prince of Aragon
Where the Trail Divides as Colonel William Landor
The Call of the North as Galen Albert
The Man From Home as The Grand Duke Vaseill
The Making of Bobby Burnit as Sam Stone
The Circus Man as Thomas Braddock