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.
Acted in 93
1920s
- 1929
Noisy Neighbors
Colonel Carstairs
- 1928
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Ned McCobb
The Masks of the Devil
Count Palester
- 1926
The Cat's Pajamas
Movie
- 1925
Forty Winks
Adam Butterworth
Locked Doors
Mr. Reid
- 1924
To the Ladies
John Kincaid
- 1923
Stephen Steps Out
Stephen Harlow Sr.
Racing Hearts
John Kent
Prodigal Daughters
J.D. Forbes
Grumpy
Grumpy
- 1922
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Captain Morgan Pring
The Old Homestead
Uncle Joshua Whitcomb
If You Believe It, It's So
Sky Blue
Our Leading Citizen
Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician
Across the Continent
John Dent
Saturday Night
Uncle
- 1921
Hail the Woman
Oliver Beresford
Exit the Vamp
Old Man Shipley
Miss Lulu Bett
Dwight Deacon
Too Much Speed
Pat MacMurran
Sham
Jeriamiah Buck
The Love Special
Railroad President Gage
Forbidden Fruit
James Harrington Mallory
- 1920
The Furnace
General Archibald Foulkes-Brent
Something to Think About
Luke Anderson
Sweet Lavender
Professor Phenyl
Excuse My Dust
J.D. Ward
Judy of Rogues' Harbor
Grandpap Ketchel
Double Speed
John Ogden
Suds
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1910s
- 1919
Everywoman
Wealth
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Sen. Ballard
Male and Female
Lord Loam
What Every Woman Learns
Peter Fortesque
Love Insurance
Spencer Meyrick
Fires of Faith
Salvationist
Secret Service
General Harrison Randolph
You're Fired
Gordon Rogers
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Daniel MacNeill
The Roaring Road
J.D. Ward, the Bear
For Better, for Worse
Hospital Head
The Poor Boob
Henry Platt
The Winning Girl
Major Milligan
Don't Change Your Husband
The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby
The Only Way
Movie
- 1918
The Squaw Man
Big Bill
Arizona
Canby
Such a Little Pirate
Obadiah Wolf
We Can't Have Everything
The Sultan
Old Wives for New
Tom Berkeley
M'Liss
John Benson 'Bummer' Smith
Hidden Pearls
John Garvin
A Petticoat Pilot
'Cap'n Shad' Gould
- 1917
The Devil Stone
Movie
Nan of Music Mountain
Duke Morgan
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
Movie
The Varmint
A Roman
What Money Can't Buy
Madison Hale
The Cost of Hatred
Justus Graves
- 1916
Joan the Woman
Cauchon
The Plow Girl
Varney
The Storm
Prof. Octavius Raydon
Anton the Terrible
Anton Kazoff
Common Ground
James Mordant
The Dream Girl
Jim Dugan
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Judd Tolliver
- 1915
The Immigrant
J.J. Walton
Temptation
Otto Mueller
The Unknown
Capt. Destinn
The Case of Becky
Balzamo
The Woman
The Hononorable Jim Blake
The Marriage of Kitty
Movie
The Secret Orchard
Favereau
The Wild Goose Chase
Horatio Brutus Bangs
Stolen Goods
German surgeon major
The Captive
The burgomaster
The Unafraid
Dual Empire Secret Agent
After Five
Bruno Schwartz
- 1914
The Ghost Breaker
Prince of Aragon
The Circus Man
Thomas Braddock
The Man From Home
The Grand Duke Vaseill
Ready Money
Mike Reardon
What's His Name
Character Man
Where the Trail Divides
Colonel William Landor
The Making of Bobby Burnit
Sam Stone
The Call of the North
Galen Albert
Appearances2
1940s
- 1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1920s
- 1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Self