Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1861-10-08
- Day of Death1928-12-14 (67 years)
- Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
- Also Known AsTheodore Nowlin RobertsThe 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1928
Ned McCobb's Daughter
As: Ned McCobb
- 1928
The Masks of the Devil
As: Count Palester
- 1925
Forty Winks
As: Adam Butterworth
- 1924
To the Ladies
As: John Kincaid
- 1923
Stephen Steps Out
As: Stephen Harlow Sr.
- 1923
The Ten Commandments
As: Moses - The Lawgiver
- 1923
Racing Hearts
As: John Kent
- 1923
Prodigal Daughters
As: J.D. Forbes
1922The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
As: Captain Morgan Pring
1922The Old Homestead
As: Uncle Joshua Whitcomb
1922If You Believe It, It's So
As: Sky Blue
1922Our Leading Citizen
As: Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician
1922Across the Continent
As: John Dent
1922Saturday Night
As: Uncle
1921Hail the Woman
As: Oliver Beresford
1921Exit the Vamp
As: Old Man Shipley
- 1921
Miss Lulu Bett
As: Dwight Deacon
1921The Affairs of Anatol
As: Gordon Bronson
1921Too Much Speed
As: Pat MacMurran
1921Sham
As: Jeriamiah Buck
1921The Love Special
As: Railroad President Gage
1921Forbidden Fruit
As: James Harrington Mallory
1920The Furnace
As: General Archibald Foulkes-Brent
1920Something to Think About
As: Luke Anderson
1920Sweet Lavender
As: Professor Phenyl
1920Excuse My Dust
As: J.D. Ward
1920Judy of Rogues' Harbor
As: Grandpap Ketchel
1920Double Speed
As: John Ogden
1920Suds
As: Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1919Everywoman
As: Wealth
1919Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
As: Sen. Ballard
- 1919
Male and Female
As: Lord Loam
1919What Every Woman Learns
As: Peter Fortesque
1919Fires of Faith
As: Salvationist
1919Secret Service
As: General Harrison Randolph
1919You're Fired
As: Gordon Rogers
1919The Woman Thou Gavest Me
As: Daniel MacNeill
1919The Roaring Road
As: J.D. Ward, the Bear
1919For Better, for Worse
As: Hospital Head
- 1919
Don't Change Your Husband
As: The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby
1918The Squaw Man
As: Big Bill
1918Arizona
As: Canby
1918The Source
As: Big John Beaumont
1918We Can't Have Everything
As: The Sultan
1918Old Wives for New
As: Tom Berkeley
1918M'Liss
As: John Benson 'Bummer' Smith
1918Hidden Pearls
As: John Garvin
1917Nan of Music Mountain
As: Duke Morgan
1917A Little Princess
As: Cassim
1917The Cost of Hatred
As: Justus Graves
- 1916
Joan the Woman
As: Cauchon
1916The Storm
As: Prof. Octavius Raydon
1916Common Ground
As: James Mordant
1916The Dream Girl
As: Jim Dugan
1916The Sowers
As: Boris Dolokhof
1916The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
As: Judd Tolliver
1915The Immigrant
As: J.J. Walton
1915Temptation
As: Otto Mueller
1915The Unknown
As: Capt. Destinn
1915The Case of Becky
As: Balzamo
1915The Woman
As: The Hononorable Jim Blake
1915The Secret Orchard
As: Favereau
1915The Wild Goose Chase
As: Horatio Brutus Bangs
1915Stolen Goods
As: German surgeon major
1915The Captive
As: The burgomaster
1915The Unafraid
As: Dual Empire Secret Agent
1915After Five
As: Bruno Schwartz
1915The Girl of the Golden West
As: Jack Rance
1914The Ghost Breaker
As: Prince of Aragon
1914The Circus Man
As: Thomas Braddock
1914The Man From Home
As: The Grand Duke Vaseill
1914Ready Money
As: Mike Reardon
1914What's His Name
As: Character Man
1914Where the Trail Divides
As: Colonel William Landor
1914The Call of the North
As: Galen Albert