Roy Roberts
97 movies · 34 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 19, 1906
- Died
- May 28, 1975 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Dade City, Florida, USA
- Also known as
- Roy Barnes Jones · Рой Барнс Джонс
Biography
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Roy Roberts (born Roy Barnes Jones; March 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975) was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen.
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Born in Tampa, Florida, Roberts began his acting career on stage with a stock company there. He left the Tampa company after a year to perform in touring stock theater for five years.
He first appeared on Broadway in May 1931 before making his motion picture debut in Gold Bricks, a 1936 two-reel comedy short released by 20th Century-Fox. He appeared in numerous films in secondary parts and returned to perform on Broadway in such productions as Twentieth Century, My Sister Eileen, and Carnival in Flanders until he began making guest appearances on television series. After appearing on Gale Storm's My Little Margie in 1956, he became part of several television series.
In a show that was the precursor to The Love Boat, Roberts played the ship's captain for four years in Storm's next hit, Oh! Susanna, which aired on CBS and ABC from 1956 to 1960. He guest-starred in scores of series, including the western-themed crime drama, Sheriff of Cochise, the western series, My Friend Flicka, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (as Texas cattle baron Shanghai Pierce, and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, and Brian Keith's Cold War drama, Crusader.
Roberts appeared on four episodes of the CBS legal drama, Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Arthur Janeel in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Malicious Mariner."
During the middle 1960s, Roberts was one of the most recognizable faces on television, and had recurring roles concurrently on a number of popular programs, including:
Bank president Mr. Cheever on CBS's The Lucy Show
John Cushing, president of the rival Merchants Bank in several episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies
The judge in The Beverly Hillbillies "The Clampetts in Court"
Railroad president Norman Curtis on CBS's Petticoat Junction
Darrin's father Frank Stephens on ABC's Bewitched, alternating with actor Robert F. Simon depending upon availability.
Banker Harry Bodkin & Dodge House Proprietor Mr. Dobie on CBS's Gunsmoke
Neighbor Bruce MacDermott on ABC's Our Man Higgins
Preston "Press" Wasco and Kelly on the NBC western, Laredo
"Doc" on John Payne's The Restless Gun in the 1957 episode "Trail to Sunset"
Banker George Bristol on NBC's Bonanza
Admiral Rogers on McHale's Navy (in some episodes, his first name is given as "John" and in others his name is given as "Bruce").
Roberts died in St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack on May 28, 1975, and was interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Fort Worth, Texas. CLR
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Known for
Roy Roberts: movies and TV shows
Acting (131)
- 2008 The Munsters: Family Portrait
as Mr.Morgan
- 1975 The Strongest Man in the World
as Mr. Roberts
- 1974 Chinatown
as Mayor Bagby
- 1973 The Outfit
as Sheriff Bob Caswell
- 1971 The Million Dollar Duck
as The Judge (uncredited)
- 1969 This Savage Land
as Dr. Mordecai Reynolds
- 1968 Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Mr. Stockman
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967 Hotel
as Bailey
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965 Look Homeward
as Mort Morgan
- 1964 Those Calloways
as E.J. Fletcher
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
- 1963
- 1962 Kid Galahad
as Jerry Bathgate
- 1962
- 1962 The Chapman Report
as Alan Roby
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Underwater City
as Tim Graham
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956 Massacre at Sand Creek
as Colonel Collery
- 1956 The King and Four Queens
as Sheriff Tom Larrabee
- 1956 The White Squaw
as Edward Purvis, Indian Agent
- 1956 Yaqui Drums
as Matt Quigg
- 1956 The Boss
as Tim Brady
- 1956
- 1956 The First Texan
as Col. Sam Sherman
- 1956 Backlash
as Major Carson
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Last Command
as Dr. Summerfield
- 1955 I Cover the Underworld
as District Attorney
- 1955 Stranger on Horseback
as Sam Kettering
- 1955 Big House, U.S.A
as Chief Ranger Will Erickson
- 1954 They Rode West
as Sgt. Creever
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Dawn at Socorro
as Doc Jameson
- 1954 The Outlaw Stallion
as Hagen
- 1954 The Strike
as Chaplain Walker
- 1954
- 1954 Wyoming Renegades
as Sheriff McVey
- 1953 Tumbleweed
as Nick Buckley
- 1953 Sea of Lost Ships
as Captain of the 'Eagle'
- 1953
- 1953 Second Chance
as Charley Malloy
- 1953 The Glory Brigade
as Sgt. Chuck Anderson
- 1953 The Lone Hand
as Mr. Skaggs
- 1953 House of Wax
as Matthew Burke
- 1953 San Antone
as John Chisum
- 1953
- 1953 The Man Behind The Gun
as Sen. Mark Sheldon
- 1952 Stars and Stripes Forever
as Maj. George Porter Houston
- 1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac
as Maj. Gladwin
- 1952 Cripple Creek
as Marshal John Tetheroe
- 1952 Skirts Ahoy!
as Captain Graymont
- 1952 Hoodlum Empire
as Police Chief
- 1952 The Big Trees
as Judge Crenshaw
- 1952 The Cimarron Kid
as Pat Roberts
- 1951 The Man with a Cloak
as Policeman
- 1951 The Tanks Are Coming
as Major General
- 1951 Fighting Coast Guard
as Captain Gibbs
- 1951 I Was a Communist for the FBI
as Father Novac
- 1951 Santa Fe
as Cole Sanders
- 1951 The Enforcer
as Captain Frank Nelson
- 1950 The Second Face
as Allan Wesson
- 1950 Stage to Tucson
as Jim Maroon
- 1950 Wyoming Mail
as Charles De Haven
- 1950 The Killer That Stalked New York
as Mayor of New York
- 1950 Force of Evil
as Ben Tucker
- 1950 Sierra
as Sheriff Knudsen
- 1950 The Palomino
as Ben Lane
- 1950 Borderline
as Harvey Gumbin
- 1950 Chain Lightning
as Maj. Gen. Hewitt
- 1949 The Reckless Moment
as Nagel
- 1949 Bodyhold
as Charlie Webster
- 1949 A Kiss for Corliss
as Uncle George
- 1949 Chicago Deadline
as Jerry Cavanaugh
- 1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Roberts - Construction Foreman (uncredited)
- 1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Marshal Peak
- 1949 Flaming Fury
as Capt. S. Taplinger
- 1949 He Walked by Night
as Police Captain Breen
- 1949 Chicken Every Sunday
as Harry Bowers
- 1948 Joan of Arc
as Wandamme, a Burgundian Captain
- 1948 No Minor Vices
as Mr. Felton (uncredited)
- 1948 The Gay Intruders
as Charles McNulty
- 1948 Fury at Furnace Creek
as Al Shanks
- 1947 Captain from Castile
as Capt. Alvarado
- 1947
- 1947 Gentleman's Agreement
as Mr. Calkins
- 1947 Nightmare Alley
as McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
- 1947 The Foxes of Harrow
as Tom Warren
- 1947 The Brasher Doubloon
as Lt. Breez
- 1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Mr. Foster
- 1946 My Darling Clementine
as Mayor
- 1946 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as "Mitch" Mitchell
- 1946 Smoky
as Jeff Nix
- 1946 Strange Triangle
as Harry Matthews
- 1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home
as J.P. Hartley
- 1946 Behind Green Lights
as Max Calvert
- 1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Army Captain Rampey
- 1945 Within These Walls
as Martin 'Marty' Deutsch
- 1945 A Bell for Adano
as WW Middleton
- 1945 The Caribbean Mystery
as Capt. Van den Bark
- 1945 Circumstantial Evidence
as Marty Hannon
- 1944 Wilson
as Ike Hoover - Chief White House Butler (uncredited)
- 1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited)
- 1944 Tampico
as Crawford (uncredited)
- 1944 The Fighting Sullivans
as Father Francis
- 1943 Guadalcanal Diary
as Capt. Jame Cross
- 1936 Boy, Oh Boy
as Mr. Hutchinson
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1959