Matty Roubert

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Matty Roubert
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Born
Matthew Roubert

(1907-01-22)January 22, 1907
Manhattan, New York
DiedMay 17, 1973(1973-05-17) (aged 66)
Honolulu, Hawaii
OccupationActor
Known forThe Universal Boy

Matthew "Matty" Roubert (January 22, 1907 – May 17, 1973) was an American actor, who started out as a child actor working in silent films. As an adult, he mainly worked in B movie western films. Roubert made his film debut at the age of two in Uncle Tom's Cabin[1]

At the age of seven, The Universal Company hired Roubert to star in a series of short films as "The Universal Boy", who visited many prominent people and celebrities.[2] When he was twelve, Reelcraft Picture Company cast him in the Romances of Youth series, which were marketed to a wider audience. Roubert was inducted into the Young Hollywood Hall of Fame in 1913.[3]

Biography

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Matty Roubert was born on January 22, 1907, in Manhattan, New York to William and Rachel Roubert.[4] His father was an actor and director, and his mother was a member of the Powers Motion Picture Company.[5] Roubert made his film debut at the age of two in Uncle Tom's Cabin[1] His father also established a production company, named after his son, Matty Roubert Productions, which produced Heritage.[6]

Career

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Roubert first appeared in films for Vitagraph and Biograph before starring in comedies for Pat Powers. He was frequently featured alongside Baby Early. They were known as the "Powers Kids".[7] In 1914, the Universal company hired him to star in a series of short films, and he was known as the Universal Boy.[8][9] In 1920, Reelcraft Picture Company cast him in several short films known as the Romance of Youth series.[10] As an adult, he starred primarily in western films, sometimes working as a stunt double. Roubert has over 140 credits as an actor.[11]

In 1917, while directing Roubert in Parentage, Hobart Henley remarked that Roubert was "probably the greatest boy actor in the industry" at that time. Henley said he didn't bother with costumes or make-up for the actor, because he "wanted him just as he found him, just as he looked when he went to school each day".[12] Film historian Anthony Slide suggested that during the 1910s, there were more children on the screen than at any other period in film history, with Roubert being one of the most prominent.[13] When he turned 18, Roubert recalled working with Norma Talmadge and Mary Pickford before they became well known, and D. W. Griffith directed him in the first two-reeler he made. Roubert also starred in the first three-reeler made in the United States.[14]

Personal life

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In 1924, he was dating Thelma Salter, who he had starred with in several productions when they were child actors. That same year, Roubert also told the Los Angeles Times, that when he was a boy, he once had lunch with Theodore Roosevelt, after he climbed on the running board of Roosevelt's car.[15] In 1934, he married Helen Gutierrez, while living in Hollywood. She appeared in several Community Playhouse productions.[16] In 1936, Roubert and his wife traveled to Tahiti, where they lived for six months.[17] By 1973, Roubert was living in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he died in May 1973.[4]

Filmography

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Clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin, featuring Roubert in his debut at two years old
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Advertisement for silent film The Waif
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Advertisement for Heritage
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Roubert publicity photograph circa 1914
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Roubert with Hobart Henley in a scene from Parentage
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Roubert at eighteen years old
Year Film Ref.
1910 Uncle Tom's Cabin [18]
1911 The Freshet [19]
1912 Baby Sherlock [20]
The Coming Generation [21]
The Golden Rule [22]
Ransom [23]
Tangled [24]
1913 A Man's Awakening [25]
Mrs. Brown's Burglar [26]
When Dolly Died [27]
1914 How Villains Are Made [28]
John Barleycorn [29]
Little Billy's City Cousin [30]
One Day Of Matty's Life [31]
The Race [32]
Vasco the Vampire [33]
1915 A Bachelor's Christmas [34]
1916 The Big Sister [35]
Blind Man's Bluff [36]
The Scarlet Mark [37]
1917 The Waif [38]
1918 Parentage [39]
1920 Heritage [40]
1923 For You My Boy [41]
The Stolen Child [42]
1925 After a Reputation [43]
1929 Close Harmony [44]
1931 The Wife Wins [45]
Up Pops the Devil [46]
1932 Tom Brown of Culver [47]
1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady [48]
1934 Broadway Bill [49]
Evelyn Prentice [49]
Jealousy [49]
The Merry Widow [49]
The Mighty Barnum [49]
1935 Mad Love [50]
The Four Star Boarder [51]
1936 Divot Diggers [52]
1937 Crusade Against Rackets [53]
1938 Gold Mine in the Sky [54]
Shine On, Harvest Moon [55]
1939 Saga of Death Valley [56]
1940 Adventures of Red Ryder [57]
Frontier Vengeance [58]
Lone Star Raiders [59]
Knute Rockne, All American [60]
One Man's Law [61]
The Trail Blazers [62]
Under Texas Skies [63]
1941 Arizona Bound [64]
Gauchos of Eldorado [65]
The Phantom Cowboy [66]
1943 The Blocked Trail [67]
West of Texas [68]
1945 Gangster's Den [69]
Song of the Prairie [70]
1946 Daughter of Don Q [71]
The Fighting Frontiersman [11]
Galloping Thunder [11]
Gunning for Vengeance [11]
Heading West [72]
Lone Star Moonlight [73]
Prairie Outlaws [11]
Romance of the West [74]
Santa Fe Uprising [75]
Stars Over Texas [11]
Terror Trail [72]
That Texas Jamboree [11]
Thunder Town [11]
Tumbleweed Trail [76]
Two-Fisted Stranger [73]
1947 Border Feud [11]
Buffalo Bill Rides Again [11]
The Fighting Vigilantes [11]
Law of the Lash [77]
The Lone Hand Texan [78]
Valley of Fear [11]
1948 G-Men Never Forget [79]
Phantom Valley [11]
1949 Challenge of the Range [80]
1950 Gunfire [11]
Hoedown [11]
I Shot Billy the Kid [11]
1951 Cyclone Fury [81]
1952 The Rough, Tough West [82]

Short films series

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Circus Days, 1920 silent film starring Roubert, Romances of Youth series
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Advertisement for The Universal Boy series
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Advertisement for Romances of Youth series

Roubert was seven years old when he became the Universal Boy. During his stint in the series, Roubert would meet a well known celebrity in each short, among them: American actors King Baggot, William Shay, Frank Crane, DeWolf Hopper, American aviator Lincoln Beachey, New York Giants manager John McGraw, Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman, American lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson, Secretary of War Lindley Garrison, the Columbia University rowing crew, Theodore Roosevelt, American race car driver Barney Oldfield, American businessman Nathan Straus, and German-American editorial cartoonist Hy Mayer.[83][84][85]

Roubert was twelve when he was cast in the Romance of Youth series. According to R.C. Cropper, president of Reelcraft Pictures, "this will be the biggest series of its kind ever attempted in the independent field. These will be feature productions in every sense of the word, from the preparation of the story right on through cast and production. The stories will concern adventures of boys and girls, in other words, the days of youth, but they will appeal to audiences of all ages."[10]

Universal Boy Series
Year Film Ref.
1914 The Universal Boy [86]
The Universal Boy Joins the Boy Scouts
The Universal Boy Solves the Chinese Mystery
The Universal Boy in the Juvenile Reformer
The Universal Boy as the Newsboy's Friend
The Universal Boy in Rural Adventures
The Universal Boy in the Gates of Liberty
The Universal Boy in the Mystery of the New York Docks
The Universal Boy in Cupid and the Fishes
The Universal Boy in the Young Philanthropist
Romances of Youth series
1920 A Bold Bad Pirate [87]
At The Old Swimming Hole [88]
Circus Days [89]
Everyone's Orphan [90]
Romance [91]
She's a Vamp [92]
Summer Days [93]
Sunshine [87]
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Roubert meeting various individuals for the Universal Boy series.

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Roubert meets the police
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Roubert at the White House
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Roubert meets the Columbia University rowing crew
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Roubert meets Secretary of War Lindley Garrison

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b The Moving Picture World 1915, p. 2368.
  2. ^ The Vicksburg Post 1914, p. 5.
  3. ^ Young Hollywood Hall of Fame 1913.
  4. ^ a b Honolulu Advertiser 1973, p. 28.
  5. ^ The Billboard 1913, p. 15.
  6. ^ Wids 1920, p. 250.
  7. ^ The Moving Picture News 1913, p. 15.
  8. ^ Massa 2013, p. 383.
  9. ^ The Morning Star 1914, p. 12.
  10. ^ a b The Moving Picture World 1920c, p. 1324.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p TV Guide 2025.
  12. ^ Henley 1917, p. 25.
  13. ^ King 2001, p. 4.
  14. ^ Hollywood Daily Citizen 1924, p. 9.
  15. ^ Los Angeles Times 1924, p. 1.
  16. ^ Pasadena Star-News 1934, p. 6.
  17. ^ Pasadena Star-News 1936, p. 6.
  18. ^ Braff 2002, p. 529.
  19. ^ Braff 2002, p. 172.
  20. ^ Braff 1999, p. 26.
  21. ^ Braff 1999, p. 93.
  22. ^ Braff 1999, p. 186.
  23. ^ Braff 1999, p. 400.
  24. ^ Braff 1999, p. 482.
  25. ^ Usai 2019, p. 20.
  26. ^ Braff 2002, p. 341.
  27. ^ Braff 1999, p. 545.
  28. ^ Decatur Daily 1914, p. 8.
  29. ^ Variety 1914, p. 17.
  30. ^ Braff 2002, p. 289.
  31. ^ Hoffman 1914, p. 20.
  32. ^ Braff 2002, p. 406.
  33. ^ Braff 1999, p. 531.
  34. ^ Braff 1999, p. 27.
  35. ^ The New York Clipper 1916, p. 35.
  36. ^ Braff 1999, p. 48.
  37. ^ Braff 1999, p. 426.
  38. ^ Daily 1917, p. 3.
  39. ^ Braff 1999, p. 368.
  40. ^ Andover 1921, p. 2.
  41. ^ Reading Times 1924, p. 9.
  42. ^ Munden 1971, p. 766.
  43. ^ Braff 1999, p. 11.
  44. ^ China Press 1929, p. A5.
  45. ^ Hall 1931, p. 20.
  46. ^ Sunday Times Signal 1931, p. 9.
  47. ^ Seminole Producer 1932, p. 11.
  48. ^ Reid 2005, p. 120.
  49. ^ a b c d e American Film Institute 2025.
  50. ^ Mank 2010, p. 121.
  51. ^ Maltin 1972, p. 65.
  52. ^ Maltin 1972, p. 42.
  53. ^ Hale 1937, p. 67.
  54. ^ Martin 1998, p. 70.
  55. ^ Martin 1998, p. 180.
  56. ^ Martin 1998, p. 168.
  57. ^ Martin 1998, p. 239.
  58. ^ Martin 1998, p. 63.
  59. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 381.
  60. ^ Martin 1998, p. 136.
  61. ^ Adams 1978, p. 222.
  62. ^ Martin 1998, p. 208.
  63. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 380.
  64. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 298.
  65. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 382.
  66. ^ Martin 1998, p. 143.
  67. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 383.
  68. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 336.
  69. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 19.
  70. ^ Rainey 1990, p. 169.
  71. ^ Martin 1998, p. 244.
  72. ^ a b Pitts 2009, p. 105.
  73. ^ a b Rainey 1990, p. 172.
  74. ^ Adams 1978, p. 317.
  75. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 282.
  76. ^ Adams 1978, p. 324.
  77. ^ Dunkleberger 1999, p. 1348.
  78. ^ Reid 2005, p. 89.
  79. ^ Martin 1998, p. 251.
  80. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 109.
  81. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 112.
  82. ^ Pitts 2009, p. 113.
  83. ^ Slide 1978, pp. 19–20.
  84. ^ Todd 1916, p. 21.
  85. ^ The Moving Picture World 1914, p. 65.
  86. ^ Braff 1999, pp. 534–524.
  87. ^ a b The Moving Picture World 1920a, p. 1244.
  88. ^ The Moving Picture World 1920, p. 366.
  89. ^ Motion Picture News & October 1920, p. 2712.
  90. ^ The Moving Picture World 1920b.
  91. ^ The Moving Picture World 1920, p. 75.
  92. ^ Motion Picture News & September 1920, p. 1897.
  93. ^ The Moving Picture World 1920, p. 654.

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