Theodore Roberts
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Theodore Roberts the actor is not to be confused with author Theodore Goodridge Roberts
, 1877–1953, who wrote "The Harbor Master". Please see discussion page.
Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861, San Francisco, California
– December 14, 1928, Hollywood, California
) 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
.
He was a cousin of the stage actress Florence Roberts
.
Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Theodore Goodridge Roberts was a Canadian novelist and poet. He was the author of thirty-four novels and over one hundred published stories and poems.He was the brother of poet Charles G.D...
, 1877–1953, who wrote "The Harbor Master". Please see discussion page.
Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861, San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
– December 14, 1928, Hollywood, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
) 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
Fanny Davenport
Fanny Lily Gipsy Davenport was an English-American stage actress. The daughter of Edward Loomis Davenport and Fanny Vining, she was born in London, England, but was brought to America when a child and educated in the Boston public schools...
in her play called Gismonda (1894) and later in The Bird of Paradise (1912) with actress Laurette Taylor
Laurette Taylor
Laurette Taylor was an American stage and silent film actress.-Personal life:Laurette Taylor was born in New York City of Irish extraction as Loretta Helen Cooney.-Personal life:...
. He started his film career in the 1910s in Hollywood, and was often was associated in the productions of Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
. He was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, originally called Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angeles, California. It is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood...
.
He was a cousin of the stage actress Florence Roberts
Florence Roberts (Stage actress)
Florence Roberts was an early twentieth century stage actress. She was born in New York but raised in California and had early success in the San Francisco area beginning in 1889. She performed at the Baldwin Theatre and the Alcazar Theatre often playing Shakespearean parts...
.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title |
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| 1914 | The Ghost Breaker The Ghost Breaker The Ghost Breaker is a 1914 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel and based on the Broadway play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. It is considered widely to be the first film of a long line based on the genre of haunted house horror... |
| The Man from Home The Man from Home (1914 film) The Man from Home is a 1914 drama film based on a novel by Booth Tarkington and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Year later the story was remade by George Fitzmaurice as The Man from Home.-Cast:* Charles Richman - Daniel Voorhees Pike... |
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| What's His Name What's His Name What's His Name is a 1914 comedy/drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.-Cast:* Max Figman - Harvey* Lolita Robertson - Nellie* Sydney Deane - Uncle Peter* Richard L'Estrange - Best Man* Merta Carpenter - Friend Of Nellie's* Fred Montague - Fairfax... |
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| The Call of the North The Call of the North The Call of the North is a 1914 silent adventure-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille.-Cast:* Robert Edeson - Ned & Graehme Stewart* Theodore Roberts - Galen Albert* Winifred Kingston - Virginia* Horace B... |
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| 1915 | Temptation Temptation (film) Temptation is a 1915 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Geraldine Farrar - Renee Dupree* Theodore Roberts - Otto Mueller* Pedro de Cordoba - Julian* Elsie Jane Wilson - Madame Maroff... |
| The Arab The Arab (1915 film) The Arab is a 1915 silent adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Edgar Selwyn had starred in the Broadway play version of the story in 1911. This film is based on that play. A print of the film survives at the Gosfilmfond film archive.-Cast:... |
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| The Wild Goose Chase The Wild Goose Chase (film) The Wild Goose Chase is a 1915 comedy-drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Ina Claire - Betty Wright* Lucien Littlefield - The 'grind'* Helen Marlborough - Mrs. Wright* Raymond Hatton - Mr. Wright... |
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| The Captive The Captive (film) -Cast:* Blanche Sweet - Sonya Martinovich* House Peters - Muhamud Hassan* Page Peters - Marko* Theodore Roberts - The burgomaster* Gerald Ward - Milos Martinovich* Jeanie MacPherson - Milka* Marjorie Daw* William Elmer - Turkish officer* Tex Driscoll... |
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| The Unafraid The Unafraid -Cast:* Rita Jolivet - Delight Warren* House Peters - Stefan Balsic* Page Peters - Michael Balsic* William Elmer - Jack McCarty* Lawrence Peyton - Danilo Lesendra* Theodore Roberts - Dual Empire Secret Agent* Al Ernest Garcia - Joseph* Marjorie Daw - Irenya... |
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| After Five After Five After Five is a 1915 comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel.-Cast:* Edward Abeles - Ted Ewing* Sessue Hayakawa - Oki, the Valet* Betty Schade - Nora Hildreth* Jane Darwell - Mrs... |
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| The Girl of the Golden West The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film) The Girl of the Golden West is a 1915 Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was originally a play by David Belasco, which he then turned into a novel. It became an opera by Giacomo Puccini in 1910. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress film archive... |
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| 1916 | The Dream Girl The Dream Girl (film) The Dream Girl is a 1916 silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is now considered to be lost. The film is an original story by DeMille writer Jeanie MacPherson.-Cast:* Mae Murray - Meg Dugan* Theodore Roberts - Jim Dugan... |
| The Trail of the Lonesome Pine The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916 film) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1916 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on the novel of the same name. A surviving motion picture at George Eastman House, Rochester.-Cast:* Charlotte Walker - June Tolliver... |
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| 1917 | Nan of Music Mountain Nan of Music Mountain Nan of Music Mountain is a 1917 short drama film directed by George Melford and Cecil B. DeMille. A lost film. -Cast:* Wallace Reid - Henry de Spain* Ann Little - Nan Morgan * Theodore Roberts - Duke Morgan* James Cruze - Gale Morgan... |
| The Devil-Stone The Devil-Stone The Devil-Stone is a 1917 romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film had sequences filmed in the Handschiegl Color Process .... |
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| The Little Princess | |
| Joan the Woman Joan the Woman Joan the Woman is a 1916 silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc.It was the first film to use the Handschiegl Color Process for certain scenes... |
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| 1918 | The Squaw Man The Squaw Man (1918 film) The Squaw Man is a 1918 Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is a remake of DeMille's 1914 film of the same name. It would be remade again by DeMille in 1931... |
| We Can't Have Everything We Can't Have Everything We Can't Have Everything is a 1918 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Kathlyn Williams - Charity Coe Cheever* Elliott Dexter - Jim Dyckman* Wanda Hawley - Kedzie Thropp* Sylvia Breamer - Zada L'Etoile... |
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| Old Wives for New Old Wives for New Old Wives for New is a 1918 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film survive at the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House.-Cast:* Elliott Dexter - Charles Murdock* Florence Vidor - Juliet Raeburn... |
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| M'Liss M'Liss (1918 film) M'Liss is a 1918 silent film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on a Bret Harte's story. The film was made previously in 1915 and was remade again in 1922 as The Girl Who Ran Wild, starring Gladys Walton. Another same-titled remake was released in 1936, starring Anne... |
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| 1919 | Male and Female Male and Female Male and Female is a 1919 silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Its main themes are gender relations and social class. It is based on the J. M. Barrie play "The Admirable Crichton".-Plot:... |
| For Better, for Worse | |
| Don't Change Your Husband Don't Change Your Husband Don't Change Your Husband is a 1919 comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. A print of the film survives.-Cast:* Elliott Dexter - James Denby Porter* Gloria Swanson - Leila Porter* Lew Cody - Schuyler Van Sutphen* Sylvia Ashton - Mrs. Huckney... |
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| What Every Woman Learns What Every Woman Learns What Every Woman Learns is a silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo.-Cast:* Enid Bennett as Amy Fortesque* Milton Sills as Walter Melrose* Irving Cummings as Dick Gaylord* William Conklin as John Matson* Lydia Knott as Aunt Charlotte... |
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| 1920 | Something to Think About Something to Think About -Cast:* Elliott Dexter - David Markely* Gloria Swanson - Ruth Anderson* Monte Blue - Jim Dirk* Theodore Roberts - Luke Anderson* Claire McDowell - Housekeeper* Michael D. Moore - Bobby * Julia Faye - Banker's Daughter... |
| Suds Suds (film) Suds is a 1920 silent film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Mary Pickford. The film is based upon the stage production Op o' me Thumb.-Plot:Amanda Afflick is a poor laundry woman working in London springtime... |
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| Judy of Rogue's Harbor Judy of Rogue's Harbor Judy of Rogue's Harbor is a 1920 silent film drama directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Mary Miles Minter. The film is taken from the novel Judy of Rogue's Harbor by Grace Miller White. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Realart and Paramount Pictures... |
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| 1921 | Hail the Woman Hail the Woman Hail the Woman is a 1921 John Griffith Wray silent, drama-genre film. A Thomas Ince production. A Library of Congress copy of this film is listed as incomplete, September 1, 1977.-Synopsis:... |
| The Affairs of Anatol The Affairs of Anatol The Affairs of Anatol is a 1921 silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.-Cast:* Wallace Reid as Anatol DeWitt Spencer* Gloria Swanson as Vivian Spencer * Wanda Hawley as Emilie Dixon* Theodore Roberts as Gordon Bronson... |
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| Forbidden Fruit Forbidden Fruit (1921 film) Forbidden Fruit is a 1921 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is a remake of the 1915 film The Golden Chance, which was also directed by DeMille. The film survives in prints at George Eastman House and the Library of Congress.-Cast:... |
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| 1922 | Across the Continent Across the Continent Across the Continent is a silent film released by Paramount Pictures in June 1922. It was one of star Wallace Reid's last films before his death on 18 January 1923... |
| Saturday Night | |
| 1923 | The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (1923 film) The Ten Commandments is a 1923 American epic silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Theodore Roberts as Moses, Charles de Rochefort as Pharaoh Ramesses, Estelle Taylor as Miriam the sister of Moses, and James Neill as Aaron, the brother of Moses... - Moses Moses Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed... |