Theodore Roberts

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

October 8, 1861

died

December 14, 1928

place of birth

San Francisco, California, USA

also known as

Theodore Nowlin Roberts · The Grand Duke of Hollywood

total credits

50 movies

Biography

Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 – December 14, 1928) was an American movie and stage actor. He was a stage actor decades before becoming lovable old man in silents. On stage in the 1890s he acted with Fanny Davenport in her play called Gismonda (1894) and later in The Bird of Paradise (1912) with actress Laurette Taylor. He started his film career in the 1910s in Hollywood, and was often was associated in the productions of Cecil B. DeMille. He was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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Known For

Filmography

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The Ten Commandments
6.6

The Ten Commandments

1923as Moses - The Lawgiver
Noisy Neighbors
9.0

Noisy Neighbors

1929as Colonel Carstairs
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942as Self (archive footage)
The Affairs of Anatol
5.9

The Affairs of Anatol

1921as Gordon Bronson
Male and Female
6.4

Male and Female

1919as Lord Loam
Suds
6.6

Suds

1920as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Saturday Night
5.9

Saturday Night

1922as Uncle
M'Liss
5.7

M'Liss

1918as John Benson 'Bummer' Smith
The Call of the North
5.2

The Call of the North

1914as Galen Albert
Nan of Music Mountain

Nan of Music Mountain

1917as Duke Morgan
The Captive
6.0

The Captive

1915as The burgomaster
For Better, for Worse
6.3

For Better, for Worse

1919as Hospital Head
The Squaw Man
5.8

The Squaw Man

1918as Big Bill
What Money Can't Buy
10.0

What Money Can't Buy

1917as Madison Hale
Don't Change Your Husband
6.8

Don't Change Your Husband

1919as The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby
Across the Continent
8.0

Across the Continent

1922as John Dent
What's His Name

What's His Name

1914as Character Man
The Sowers

The Sowers

1916as Boris Dolokhof
Secret Service
8.0

Secret Service

1919as General Harrison Randolph
You're Fired
9.0

You're Fired

1919as Gordon Rogers
Temptation

Temptation

1915as Otto Mueller
The Poor Boob
8.0

The Poor Boob

1919as Henry Platt
Joan the Woman
5.6

Joan the Woman

1916as Cauchon
The Ghost Breaker

The Ghost Breaker

1914as Prince of Aragon
The Woman

The Woman

1915as The Hononorable Jim Blake
Old Wives for New
6.4

Old Wives for New

1918as Tom Berkeley
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
10.0

The Woman Thou Gavest Me

1919as Daniel MacNeill
The Furnace
9.0

The Furnace

1920as General Archibald Foulkes-Brent
The Roaring Road
6.1

The Roaring Road

1919as J.D. Ward, the Bear
A Trip to Paramountown
7.8

A Trip to Paramountown

1922as Self
The Unafraid

The Unafraid

1915as Dual Empire Secret Agent
Sham
8.0

Sham

1921as Jeriamiah Buck
After Five

After Five

1915as Bruno Schwartz
Forbidden Fruit
6.6

Forbidden Fruit

1921as James Harrington Mallory
Arizona

Arizona

1918as Canby
Something to Think About
6.8

Something to Think About

1920as Luke Anderson
The Immigrant

The Immigrant

1915as J.J. Walton
Miss Lulu Bett
5.9

Miss Lulu Bett

1921as Dwight Deacon
The Source

The Source

1918as Big John Beaumont
The Dream Girl

The Dream Girl

1916as Jim Dugan
Common Ground

Common Ground

1916as James Mordant
A Little Princess
5.2

A Little Princess

1917as Cassim
The Unknown
2.0

The Unknown

1915as Capt. Destinn
We Can't Have Everything

We Can't Have Everything

1918as The Sultan
The Circus Man

The Circus Man

1914as Thomas Braddock
To the Ladies
8.0

To the Ladies

1924as John Kincaid
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1916as Judd Tolliver
The Wild Goose Chase

The Wild Goose Chase

1915as Horatio Brutus Bangs
The Cost of Hatred
1.0

The Cost of Hatred

1917as Justus Graves
Sweet Lavender
7.0

Sweet Lavender

1920as Professor Phenyl