Roy Roberts (disambiguation)
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Roy Roberts may refer to:
- Roy RobertsRoy RobertsRoy Roberts was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen.-Biography:...
(1906-1975), American character actor - Roy A. RobertsRoy A. RobertsRoy Allison Roberts was a managing editor, president, editor and general manager of The Kansas City Star who guided the paper during its influential period during the Presidencies of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D...
(1887-1967), Kansas City Star editor - Roy 'Hog' RobertsRoy 'Hog' RobertsRoy Michael "Hog" Roberts was executed in Missouri by lethal injection for the murder of a guard named Tom Jackson. A new investigation has been opened to see about the possibility that Roberts was innocent of the crime.-See also:* List of individuals executed in Missouri* Capital punishment in...
(1952-1999), controversial inmate executed in Missouri - Roy Roberts (blues artist)Roy Roberts (blues artist)Roy Roberts is an American blues artist, music producer, and singer-songwriter. Roy Roberts grew up in a small town in Livingston, Tennessee, listening to blues and R&B on radio stations...
(b. 1943), North Carolina blues artist - Roy Roberts (baseball)Roy Roberts (baseball)Leroy Roberts was a pitcher in baseball's Negro Leagues from 1916 to 1934. He played for several teams, but was mostly associated with the Bacharach Giants. In 1921 he spent a season as the ace pitcher of the Columbus Buckeyes, leading the Negro National League in innings pitched and several...
, pitcher in the Negro Leagues - Roy Roberts (entrepreneur)Roy Roberts (entrepreneur)Roy S. Roberts is an American business executive who had a long, distinguished career at General Motors before retiring as group vice president, North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing in 2000...
, an African-American businessman and former vice-president of General MotorsGeneral MotorsGeneral Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010... - Roy Roberts (inventor)Roy Roberts (inventor)Roy Roberts was the inventor of the gripper rod or tack strip used to secure carpets.His innovation in 1938 revolutionised the fitting system for carpets, allowing installers to quickly set a perimeter of grippers onto which the carpet edge could be quickly stretched...
, inventor of the Carpet Gripper Rod or Tack Strip