Theodore Roberts
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.
The Ten Commandments
as Moses - The LawgiverThe first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his...
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Joan the Woman
as CauchonA WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of...
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Suds
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)Amanda Afflick is a lovesick laundress who daydreams about customer Horace Greensmith and...
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M'Liss
as John Benson 'Bummer' SmithM'liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher....
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Saturday Night
as UncleThough betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to...
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Double Speed
as John OgdenAuto racer Speed Carr enters a marathon race across the United States, from New York to Los...
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Male and Female
as Lord LoamWhen an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.
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A Trip to Paramountown
as SelfDocumentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood,...
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Everywoman
as WealthEverywoman is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on...
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The Source
as Big John BeaumontA young man of social standing chooses instead to live as a hobo. He gets work in a lumber camp,...
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The Woman
as The Hononorable Jim BlakeWilliam C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille's father...
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Old Wives for New
as Tom BerkeleyCharles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest...
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The Captive
as The burgomasterSet during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia, a young woman living in...
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The Affairs of Anatol
as Gordon BronsonSocialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of...
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Forty Winks
as Adam ButterworthThe Butterworth family attorney Gaspar Le Sage, and a suitor for the hand of Eleanor...
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Forbidden Fruit
as James Harrington MalloryMary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has...
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A Little Princess
as CassimLittle Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he...
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Secret Service
as General Harrison RandolphLewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate...
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Across the Continent
as John DentJimmy Dent , son of John Dent, the maker of the reliable but plain Dent automobile, is dismissed...
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The Girl of the Golden West
as Jack RanceA saloon hostess loves Ramerrez, a notorious highwayman. Sheriff Jack Rance, who loves the girl...
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Stephen Steps Out
as Stephen Harlow Sr.Stephen Steps Out is a 1923 comedy short.
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Sham
as Jeriamiah BuckBased upon a description in a film publication,[3] Katherine Van Riper (Clayton) is an...
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To the Ladies
as John KincaidThree clerks for the Kincaid Piano Company -- Leonard Beebe, Chester Mullin, and Tom Baker are...
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Racing Hearts
as John KentAutomobile maker John Kent is an old-fashioned sort who refuses to advertise his car line. His...
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Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
as Sen. BallardA light-hearted romantic adventure.
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For Better, for Worse
as Hospital HeadDr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the...
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We Can't Have Everything
as The SultanA married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their...
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The Woman Thou Gavest Me
as Daniel MacNeillMary Mac Neill (Katherine MacDonald), whose father (Theodore Roberts) marries her off to Lord...
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Hidden Pearls
as John GarvinHawaiian prince Tom Garvin (Sessue Hayakawa) receives an American college education and falls in...
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Ready Money
as Mike ReardonEdward Abeles and Theodore Roberts as a couple of prospectors who get involved with greedy city...
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Prodigal Daughters
as J.D. ForbesElinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J....
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The Unknown
as Capt. DestinnRichard Farquhar, the ne'er-do-well nephew of a titled Englishman, after a protracted "good...
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Something to Think About
as Luke AndersonWealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns...
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Miss Lulu Bett
as Dwight DeaconLois Wilson (as Lulu) is the spinsterish member of the Deacon family: "The family beast of...
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The Roaring Road
as J.D. Ward, the Bear"Toodles" Waldron, racing enthusiast and the best salesman for J. D. Ward's automobile company,...
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The Squaw Man
as Big BillFramed for embezzlement, an English nobleman flees to America, eventually finding romance in...
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Hail the Woman
as Oliver BeresfordOliver Beresford is a stern, Puritanical, and uncompromisingly rigid father. When shameful...
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Temptation
as Otto MuellerOpera singer Renee Dupree is in love with struggling composer Julian who falls very seriously...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of...
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Excuse My Dust
as J.D. WardA top race-car driver leaves the sport to get married and settle down, because his new wife...
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The Unafraid
as Dual Empire Secret AgentIn Montegro brothers Stefan and Michael kidnap American heiress Delight Warren. Stefan marries...
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Nan of Music Mountain
as Duke MorganHenry de Spain is determined to find the man who murdered his father. He becomes sort of an...
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Ned McCobb's Daughter
as Ned McCobbCarol runs a restaurant out of her house, while her husband George collects the ferry's tolls....
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Arizona
as CanbyA lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not...
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The Ghost Breaker
as Prince of AragonCarmen, a maid, steals a locket belonging to the Aragon princess Maria Theresa and sells it to...
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The Cost of Hatred
as Justus GravesJustus Graves (Theodore Roberts) is a mean-spirited human being, so it's no surprise that when...
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What's His Name
as Character ManSoda jerk Harvey is the most popular man in Blakeville NY and deliriously happy through three...
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You're Fired
as Gordon RogersRailroad magnate Gordon Rogers agrees to allow his daughter, Helen, to marry wealthy idler Billy...
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Don't Change Your Husband
as The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas ThornbyLeila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and...
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Too Much Speed
as Pat MacMurranEgotistical race-car driver Dusty Rhoades learns that humility pays off even better than acclaim.
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The Immigrant
as J.J. WaltonMasha, a young Russian emigrant traveling to the U.S., is saved from an officer's advances by...
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The Masks of the Devil
as Count PalesterBaron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with...
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The Call of the North
as Galen AlbertGraehme, Ned Stewart's father, was accused of adultery and killed being innocent. Ned decided to...
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Judy of Rogues' Harbor
as Grandpap KetchelJudy, an orphaned waif, lives with Grandpap Ketchel, a cruel and often brutal man. The sole...
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The Devil Stone
as uncreditedFishermaid Marcia Manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a Norse queen and is cursed....
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Judd TolliverJack Hale, a revenue agent, is sent into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to track down...
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The Circus Man
as Thomas BraddockDavid Jenison, accused of a crime which he did not commit, escapes his guards and joins a...
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Where the Trail Divides
as Colonel William LandorCol. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in...
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Common Ground
as James MordantCrusading Judge Evans wants to expose the unscrupulous Judge Mordant even though he is engaged...
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The Case of Becky
as BalzamoWhen a young girl is placed under hypnotism, it's discovered that she has a split personality.
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The Dream Girl
as Jim DuganThe father of San Francisco waif Meg runs an illegal liquor club and supports "English" Hal in...
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The Old Homestead
as Uncle Joshua WhitcombSilent drama film based upon the play of the same name by Denman Thompson.
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All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
as uncreditedShort film with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford & W.S. Hart promoting war bonds.
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The Love Special
as Railroad President GageJim Glover is an engineer in charge of constructing a railroad to the sea. He gives the company...
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Stolen Goods
as German surgeon majorThe lives of a poor orphan and a rich kleptomaniac intertwine after the former is framed for a...
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The Wild Goose Chase
as Horatio Brutus BangsTwo American grandfathers in France try to arrange marriages for their grandson and...
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