Roy Roberts
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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
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Películas (98)
The Munsters: Family Portrait
2008 · Mr.Morgan
The Strongest Man in the World
1975 · Mr. Roberts
Chinatown
1974 · Mayor Bagby
The Outfit
1973 · Sheriff Bob Caswell
The Million Dollar Duck
1971 · The Judge (uncredited)
This Savage Land
1969 · Dr. Mordecai Reynolds
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968 · Mr. Stockman
Hotel
1967 · Bailey
Look Homeward
1965 · Mort Morgan
Those Calloways
1964 · E.J. Fletcher
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
Kid Galahad
1962 · Jerry Bathgate
The Chapman Report
1962 · Alan Roby
The Underwater City
1962 · Tim Graham
Disneyland '59
1959 · Self
Massacre at Sand Creek
1956 · Colonel Collery
The King and Four Queens
1956 · Sheriff Tom Larrabee
The White Squaw
1956 · Edward Purvis, Indian Agent
Yaqui Drums
1956 · Matt Quigg
The Boss
1956 · Tim Brady
The First Texan
1956 · Col. Sam Sherman
Backlash
1956 · Major Carson
The Last Command
1955 · Dr. Summerfield
I Cover the Underworld
1955 · District Attorney
Stranger on Horseback
1955 · Sam Kettering
Big House, U.S.A
1955 · Chief Ranger Will Erickson
They Rode West
1954 · Sgt. Creever
Dawn at Socorro
1954 · Doc Jameson
The Outlaw Stallion
1954 · Hagen
The Strike
1954 · Chaplain Walker
Wyoming Renegades
1954 · Sheriff McVey
Tumbleweed
1953 · Nick Buckley
Sea of Lost Ships
1953 · Captain of the 'Eagle'
Second Chance
1953 · Charley Malloy
The Glory Brigade
1953 · Sgt. Chuck Anderson
The Lone Hand
1953 · Mr. Skaggs
House of Wax
1953 · Matthew Burke
San Antone
1953 · John Chisum
The Man Behind The Gun
1953 · Sen. Mark Sheldon
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952 · Maj. George Porter Houston
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952 · Maj. Gladwin
Cripple Creek
1952 · Marshal John Tetheroe
Skirts Ahoy!
1952 · Captain Graymont
Hoodlum Empire
1952 · Police Chief
The Big Trees
1952 · Judge Crenshaw
The Cimarron Kid
1952 · Pat Roberts
The Man with a Cloak
1951 · Policeman
The Tanks Are Coming
1951 · Major General
Fighting Coast Guard
1951 · Captain Gibbs
I Was a Communist for the FBI
1951 · Father Novac
Santa Fe
1951 · Cole Sanders
The Enforcer
1951 · Captain Frank Nelson
The Second Face
1950 · Allan Wesson
Stage to Tucson
1950 · Jim Maroon
Wyoming Mail
1950 · Charles De Haven
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Mayor of New York
Force of Evil
1950 · Ben Tucker
Sierra
1950 · Sheriff Knudsen
The Palomino
1950 · Ben Lane
Borderline
1950 · Harvey Gumbin
Chain Lightning
1950 · Maj. Gen. Hewitt
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Nagel
Bodyhold
1949 · Charlie Webster
A Kiss for Corliss
1949 · Uncle George
Chicago Deadline
1949 · Jerry Cavanaugh
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949 · Roberts - Construction Foreman (uncredited)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949 · Marshal Peak
Flaming Fury
1949 · Capt. S. Taplinger
He Walked by Night
1949 · Police Captain Breen
Chicken Every Sunday
1949 · Harry Bowers
Joan of Arc
1948 · Wandamme, a Burgundian Captain
No Minor Vices
1948 · Mr. Felton (uncredited)
The Gay Intruders
1948 · Charles McNulty
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948 · Al Shanks
Captain from Castile
1947 · Capt. Alvarado
Daisy Kenyon
1947
Gentleman's Agreement
1947 · Mr. Calkins
Nightmare Alley
1947 · McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
The Foxes of Harrow
1947 · Tom Warren
The Brasher Doubloon
1947 · Lt. Breez
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947 · Mr. Foster
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Mayor
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1946 · "Mitch" Mitchell
Smoky
1946 · Jeff Nix
Strange Triangle
1946 · Harry Matthews
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946 · J.P. Hartley
Behind Green Lights
1946 · Max Calvert
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946 · Army Captain Rampey
Within These Walls
1945 · Martin 'Marty' Deutsch
A Bell for Adano
1945 · WW Middleton
The Caribbean Mystery
1945 · Capt. Van den Bark
Circumstantial Evidence
1945 · Marty Hannon
Wilson
1944 · Ike Hoover - Chief White House Butler (uncredited)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944 · Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited)
Tampico
1944 · Crawford (uncredited)
The Fighting Sullivans
1944 · Father Francis
Guadalcanal Diary
1943 · Capt. Jame Cross
Boy, Oh Boy
1936 · Mr. Hutchinson
Series (35)
The Doris Day Show
1968 · Thaddius Gilby
Here's Lucy
1968 · Superintendent, Warden Magginetti, Dr. Jamison, Dr. Honeycutt
It Takes a Thief
1968
That Girl
1966
Green Acres
1965 · Governor
The Munsters
1964 · Mr. Morgan
The Addams Family
1964 · Thaddeus Logan
Bewitched
1964 · Frank Stephens
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Philip Murdock
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Norman P. Curtis, Norman Curtis
McHale's Navy
1962 · Admiral Rogers
The Lucy Show
1962 · Admiral, Mr. Cheever
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Judge, John Cushing
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Henry Bermont, Mr. Boland
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · J. Howard Jackson
My Three Sons
1960 · Jerry Andrews
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Mr. Cooper
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Nicholas J. Vanderfeller
Bonanza
1959 · George Bristol, Jesse Fillmore
Lawman
1958 · John Kemper
The Restless Gun
1957 · Kit Springer, Doc
Perry Mason
1957 · Arthur Janeel, Harvey Skeen, Henry Thomas, W. L. Picard
The Gale Storm Show
1956 · Capt. Simon P. Huxley
Crossroads
1955 · Harvey Wiley
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Gen. Lafferty, Judge
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Lowrie, Dan Chancellor
Cheyenne
1955 · Sen. Matson
Gunsmoke
1955 · Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Dobie, Billy
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · A.H. 'Shanghai' Pierce
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · James Whitfield
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 · Tom Rogers
Studio 57
1954 · Nick
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Caradoc
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
You Are There
1953 · Dr. Dunn