Theodore Roberts

Personal Info

Birthday

October 8, 1861

Day of Death

1928-12-14

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Theodore Nowlin Roberts

The Grand Duke of Hollywood

Theodore Roberts

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.

Known For

The Ten Commandments

The Poor Boob

The Roaring Road

Forbidden Fruit

Male and Female

The Captive

The Affairs of Anatol

Locked Doors

Filmography

1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1929
Uncle's Visit
as Uncle
1928
Ned McCobb's Daughter
as Ned McCobb
The Masks of the Devil
as Count Palester
1925
Forty Winks
as Adam Butterworth
Locked Doors
as Mr. Reid
1924
To the Ladies
as John Kincaid
1923
Stephen Steps Out
as Stephen Harlow Sr.
The Ten Commandments
as Moses - The Lawgiver
Racing Hearts
as John Kent
Prodigal Daughters
as J.D. Forbes
1922
The Old Homestead
as Uncle Joshua Whitcomb
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
Our Leading Citizen
as Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician
Across the Continent
as John Dent
Saturday Night
as Uncle
1921
Hail the Woman
as Oliver Beresford
Miss Lulu Bett
as Dwight Deacon
The Affairs of Anatol
as Gordon Bronson
Too Much Speed
as Pat MacMurran
Sham
as Jeriamiah Buck
The Love Special
as Railroad President Gage
Forbidden Fruit
as James Harrington Mallory
1920
The Furnace
as General Archibald Foulkes-Brent
Something to Think About
as Luke Anderson
Excuse My Dust
as J.D. Ward
Judy of Rogues' Harbor
as Grandpap Ketchel
Double Speed
as John Ogden
Suds
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1919
Everywoman
as Wealth
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
as Sen. Ballard
Male and Female
as Lord Loam
Fires of Faith
as Salvationist
Secret Service
as General Harrison Randolph
You're Fired
as Gordon Rogers
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
as Daniel MacNeill
The Roaring Road
as J.D. Ward, the Bear
For Better, for Worse
as Hospital Head
The Poor Boob
as Henry Platt
The Winning Girl
as Major Milligan
Don't Change Your Husband
as The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby
1918
The Squaw Man
as Big Bill
Arizona
as Canby
The Source
as Big John Beaumont
We Can't Have Everything
as The Sultan
Old Wives for New
as Tom Berkeley
M'Liss
as John Benson 'Bummer' Smith
Hidden Pearls
as John Garvin
1917
Nan of Music Mountain
as Duke Morgan
A Little Princess
as Cassim
What Money Can't Buy
as Madison Hale
The Cost of Hatred
as Justus Graves
The American Consul
as Abel Manning
1916
Joan the Woman
as Cauchon
Common Ground
as James Mordant
The Dream Girl
as Jim Dugan
The Thousand-Dollar Husband
as Uncle Sven Johnson
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Judd Tolliver
Pudd'nhead Wilson
as Pudd'nhead Wilson
1915
The Immigrant
as J.J. Walton
Temptation
as Otto Mueller
The Unknown
as Capt. Destinn
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
as Mr. Grex, alias of Grand Duke Augustus Peter
The Case of Becky
as Balzamo
The Woman
as The Hononorable Jim Blake
The Wild Goose Chase
as Horatio Brutus Bangs
Stolen Goods
as German surgeon major
The Captive
as The burgomaster
The Unafraid
as Dual Empire Secret Agent
After Five
as Bruno Schwartz
The Girl of the Golden West
as Jack Rance
1914
The Ghost Breaker
as Prince of Aragon
The Circus Man
as Thomas Braddock
The Man From Home
as The Grand Duke Vaseill
Ready Money
as Mike Reardon
What's His Name
as Character Man
Where the Trail Divides
as Colonel William Landor
The Making of Bobby Burnit
as Sam Stone
The Call of the North
as Galen Albert