Theodore Roberts
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Theodore Roberts | |
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Hollywood, California, U.S. | |
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Pineland 124 |
Occupation(s) | Film, stage actor |
Spouses | |
Relatives | Florence Roberts (cousin) |
Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 – December 14, 1928)
Early life
Roberts was born in
Career
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 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]
[[File:Theodore Roberts in The Ten Commandments.jpg|thumb|[[File:Signed drawing of Theodore Roberts by Manuel Rosenberg for the Cincinnati Post 1926.jpg|thumb|Signed drawing of Theodore Roberts by Manuel Rosenberg for the Cincinnati Post 1926]]Roberts as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923)]] 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
Roberts died of uremic poisoning in Hollywood, California at age 67 and is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[1]
Selected filmography
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-0983-9. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ Fox, Charles Donald; Silver, Milton L. (1920). Who's who on the Screen. Ross publishing Company. p. 14. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Hits of the Month". The Theatre. XVIII (132): 117. October 1913. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ "Theodore Roberts". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-7685-5. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ Neste, Dan Van (March 15, 2017). The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez. BearManor Media. p. 231. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- Newspapers.com.
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