Roy Roberts

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Roy Roberts
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas
OccupationActor
Years active1936–1975
Spouse
Lillian Moore Tainter
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(m. 1947)​

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.

Life and career

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.[1]

He first appeared 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

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 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:

In the 1940s and 1950s, Roberts was a regular in many

The Enforcer (1951). In 1953, he appeared as Vincent Price's character's crooked business partner (and first victim) in House of Wax
.

In 1956, he was Colonel Sam Sherman in The First Texan. In 1962 Roberts appeared as John Kemper on the TV western Lawman in the episode titled "Heritage of Hate".

He appeared in the neo-noirs The Outfit (1973) and Chinatown (1974). He also had a small role in the hit 1963 Stanley Kramer comedy, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as a police officer. Unfortunately, his role was cut from later television and movie versions to reduce running time. However, Roberts' brief role is included in versions on laserdisc and extended-length DVDs.

Roberts appeared in an episode of the

situation comedy A Touch of Grace in 1973. His last television appearance was on the January 21, 1974, CBS broadcast of Here's Lucy
. In that installment, "Lucy Is N.G. As An R.N.", Roberts played a veterinarian.

Death

Roberts died in St. Vincent's Hospital

Greenwood Memorial Park in Fort Worth, Texas.[2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Freeman, William M. (May 31, 1975). "Roy Roberts dies; Character actor". The New York Times. p. 30. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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