Theodore Roberts

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Theodore Roberts

Acting October 8, 1861

San Francisco, California, USA

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…

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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

6.5 1923 Movie
Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman

5.7 1916 Movie
Male and Female

Male and Female

6.4 1919 Movie
The Affairs of Anatol

The Affairs of Anatol

5.9 1921 Movie
Don't Change Your Husband

Don't Change Your Husband

6.8 1919 Movie
Miss Lulu Bett

Miss Lulu Bett

5.9 1921 Movie
For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

6.3 1919 Movie
Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit

6.6 1921 Movie
A Little Princess

A Little Princess

5.2 1917 Movie
Old Wives for New

Old Wives for New

6.4 1918 Movie
Suds

Suds

6.6 1920 Movie
The Roaring Road

The Roaring Road

6.1 1919 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1942
    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1929
    Uncle's Visit

    Movie Uncle

  3. 1929
    Noisy Neighbors

    Movie Colonel Carstairs

  4. 1928
    Ned McCobb's Daughter

    Movie Ned McCobb

  5. 1928
    The Masks of the Devil

    Movie Count Palester

  6. 1926
    The Cat's Pajamas

    Movie

  7. 1925
    Forty Winks

    Movie Adam Butterworth

  8. 1925
    Locked Doors

    Movie Mr. Reid

  9. 1924
    To the Ladies

    Movie John Kincaid

  10. 1923
    Stephen Steps Out

    Movie Stephen Harlow Sr.

  11. 1923
    The Ten Commandments

    Movie Moses - The Lawgiver

  12. 1923
    Racing Hearts

    Movie John Kent

  13. 1923
    Prodigal Daughters

    Movie J.D. Forbes

  14. 1923
    Grumpy

    Movie Grumpy

  15. 1922
    The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

    Movie Captain Morgan Pring

  16. 1922
    The Old Homestead

    Movie Uncle Joshua Whitcomb

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  1. 1922
    A Trip to Paramountown

    Movie Self

  2. 1922
    If You Believe It, It's So

    Movie Sky Blue

  3. 1922
    Our Leading Citizen

    Movie Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician

  4. 1922
    Across the Continent

    Movie John Dent

  5. 1922
    Saturday Night

    Movie Uncle

  6. 1921
    Hail the Woman

    Movie Oliver Beresford

  7. 1921
    Exit the Vamp

    Movie Old Man Shipley

  8. 1921
    Miss Lulu Bett

    Movie Dwight Deacon

  9. 1921
    The Affairs of Anatol

    Movie Gordon Bronson

  10. 1921
    Too Much Speed

    Movie Pat MacMurran

  11. 1921
    Sham

    Movie Jeriamiah Buck

  12. 1921
    The Love Special

    Movie Railroad President Gage

  13. 1921
    Forbidden Fruit

    Movie James Harrington Mallory

  14. 1921
    The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel

    Movie As himself

  15. 1920
    The Furnace

    Movie General Archibald Foulkes-Brent

  16. 1920
    Something to Think About

    Movie Luke Anderson

  17. 1920
    Sweet Lavender

    Movie Professor Phenyl

  18. 1920
    Excuse My Dust

    Movie J.D. Ward

  19. 1920
    Judy of Rogues' Harbor

    Movie Grandpap Ketchel

  20. 1920
    Double Speed

    Movie John Ogden

  21. 1920
    Suds

    Movie Undetermined Role (uncredited)

  22. 1919
    Everywoman

    Movie Wealth

  23. 1919
    Hawthorne of the U.S.A.

    Movie Sen. Ballard

  24. 1919
    Male and Female

    Movie Lord Loam