Roy Roberts

Acting · 1.1 popularity

Age

120

Movies

Born: March 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975
From: Dade City, Florida, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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

Works

98 films

Chinatown

19747.9

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

19637.0

House of Wax

19536.9

The Outfit

19736.8

Force of Evil

19506.6

Joan of Arc

19486.2

The Strongest Man in the World

19756.2

My Darling Clementine

19467.5

Nightmare Alley

19477.2

Guadalcanal Diary

19435.6

He Walked by Night

19496.7

Those Calloways

19646.4

Gentleman's Agreement

19477.0

The Million Dollar Duck

19715.9

Chain Lightning

19506.4

Kid Galahad

19626.1

The Enforcer

19517.1

Fighting Coast Guard

19516.7

Roger Touhy, Gangster

19447.0

Hotel

19676.0

The Reckless Moment

19496.8

Second Chance

19536.0

The King and Four Queens

19565.6

Backlash

19566.5

Sea of Lost Ships

19537.0

The Man with a Cloak

19516.8

The Big Trees

19525.6

The Man Behind The Gun

19536.0

Santa Fe

19516.8

Stranger on Horseback

19555.8

The Chapman Report

19625.1

The Last Command

19556.7

Daisy Kenyon

19476.6

Disneyland '59

19597.3

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

19496.1

Look Homeward

1965

A Kiss for Corliss

19495.8

Borderline

19505.6

Wyoming Mail

19505.2

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

19495.3

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

19478.8

The Killer That Stalked New York

19506.2

Captain from Castile

19477.2

The Munsters: Family Portrait

20088.0

A Bell for Adano

19456.0

Wilson

19445.6

Hoodlum Empire

19526.5

They Rode West

19546.5

The Fighting Sullivans

19446.3

Cripple Creek

19526.0

Now You See It, Now You Don't

19687.0

Stars and Stripes Forever

19527.0

Sierra

19505.4

Big House, U.S.A

19556.6

Dawn at Socorro

19547.2

Chicago Deadline

19496.7

Stage to Tucson

19506.2

The Foxes of Harrow

19476.0

Johnny Comes Flying Home

19468.0

Wyoming Renegades

19546.1

The Glory Brigade

19536.3

The Lone Hand

19535.7

Colonel Effingham's Raid

19466.0

Circumstantial Evidence

19455.2

Skirts Ahoy!

19525.8

Tumbleweed

19536.3

Behind Green Lights

19465.6

This Savage Land

19696.3

The Cimarron Kid

19526.1

Battles of Chief Pontiac

19525.7

The First Texan

19566.7

I Cover the Underworld

19556.5

Chicken Every Sunday

19496.2

The Brasher Doubloon

19476.0

Massacre at Sand Creek

19565.5

I Was a Communist for the FBI

19515.6

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

19465.8

Smoky

19465.7

The Tanks Are Coming

19518.3

The Gay Intruders

19486.7

The Underwater City

19625.3

Fury at Furnace Creek

19486.3

San Antone

19536.7

Tampico

19446.7

No Minor Vices

19487.1

Yaqui Drums

19569.0

The Second Face

19507.0

The White Squaw

19566.8

Within These Walls

19456.0

Strange Triangle

19464.1

The Outlaw Stallion

19547.3

The Boss

19565.9

The Palomino

195010.0

The Strike

19547.5

Bodyhold

19494.3

The Caribbean Mystery

19456.7

Flaming Fury

19497.0

Boy, Oh Boy

19367.0