Theodore Roberts
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Theodore Roberts | |
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| File:Theodore Roberts, stage actor (SAYRE 1607).jpg Roberts in 1912 | |
| Born | October 8, 1861 |
| Died | December 14, 1928 (aged 67) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Pineland 124 |
| Occupations | Film, stage actor |
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| Relatives | Florence Roberts (cousin) |
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Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 – December 14, 1928)[1] was an American film and stage actor.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Roberts was born in San Francisco, California.[2] He was a cousin of the stage actress Florence Roberts.[citation needed] His choice of a career disappointed his mother (who wanted him to become a minister) and his father (who wanted him to learn a trade).[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Roberts debuted on stage at the Baldwin Theatre in San Francisco in 1880.[4] He went on to act with a barnstorming troupe on the West Coast but tired of that lifestyle after several years and left acting for a time to command a schooner owned by his father.[4]
On stage again in the 1890s he acted with Fanny Davenport in her play Gismonda (1894)[citation needed] and later in The Bird of Paradise (1912). His Broadway career began with We'Uns of Tennessee (1899) and ended with Believe Me Xantippe (1913).[5]
He started his film career in the 1910s in Hollywood, and was often associated in the productions of Cecil B. DeMille.[citation needed] He portrayed Moses in the biblical prologue of DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923).[6] One of his last film appearances was as the heroine's father in The Cat's Pajamas (1926).[7]
Roberts also performed in vaudeville.[8] After the end of a marriage, he spent six months in a New York jail because he refused to pay alimony.[3]
Death
[edit | edit source]Roberts died of uremic poisoning in Hollywood, California at age 67 and is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[1]
Selected filmography
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References
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External links
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- Photographs and literature on Theodore Roberts
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- 1861 births
- 1928 deaths
- 19th-century American male actors
- American male stage actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- American male silent film actors
- Male actors from San Francisco
- Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- American vaudeville performers
- American film actor, 1860s birth stubs
- American theatre actor, 19th-century birth stubs