Cast
Roy Roberts
Acting
Cast
Roy Roberts
Known for
Acting
Born
1906-03-19
From
Dade City, Florida, USA
Died
1975-05-28
Also known as Roy Barnes Jones, Π ΠΎΠΉ ΠΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ ΠΠΆΠΎΠ½Ρ
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roy Roberts (born Roy Barnes Jones; March 19, 1906 β 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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7.9
MOVIE1974
Chinatown
as Mayor Bagby
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7.0
MOVIE1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
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6.4
MOVIE1950
Chain Lightning
as Maj. Gen. Hewitt
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5.6
MOVIE1943
Guadalcanal Diary
as Capt. Jame Cross
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7.2
MOVIE1947
Nightmare Alley
as McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
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7.0
MOVIE1947
Gentleman's Agreement
as Mr. Calkins
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6.9
MOVIE1953
House of Wax
as Matthew Burke
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7.0
MOVIE1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited)
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7.5
MOVIE1946
My Darling Clementine
as Mayor
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6.7
MOVIE1951
Fighting Coast Guard
as Captain Gibbs
MOVIE1965
Look Homeward
as Mort Morgan
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5.9
MOVIE1971
The Million Dollar Duck
as The Judge (uncredited)
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7.1
MOVIE1951
The Enforcer
as Captain Frank Nelson
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6.6
MOVIE1950
Force of Evil
as Ben Tucker
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6.7
MOVIE1949
He Walked by Night
as Police Captain Breen
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5.8
MOVIE1949
A Kiss for Corliss
as Uncle George
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6.2
MOVIE1975
The Strongest Man in the World
as Mr. Roberts
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6.8
MOVIE1951
The Man with a Cloak
as Policeman
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6.8
MOVIE1949
The Reckless Moment
as Nagel
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5.8
MOVIE1955
Stranger on Horseback
as Sam Kettering
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5.5
MOVIE1956
Massacre at Sand Creek
as Colonel Collery
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6.2
MOVIE1948
Joan of Arc
as Wandamme, a Burgundian Captain
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6.0
MOVIE1967
Hotel
as Bailey
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7.2
MOVIE1954
Dawn at Socorro
as Doc Jameson
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6.8
MOVIE1973
The Outfit
as Sheriff Bob Caswell
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5.1
MOVIE1962
The Chapman Report
as Alan Roby
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7.0
MOVIE1953
Sea of Lost Ships
as Captain of the 'Eagle'
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5.6
MOVIE1952
The Big Trees
as Judge Crenshaw
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6.0
MOVIE1945
A Bell for Adano
as Col. W.W. Middleton - Provost Marshal
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6.7
MOVIE1956
The First Texan
as Col. Sam Sherman
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6.1
MOVIE1952
The Cimarron Kid
as Pat Roberts
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6.0
MOVIE1953
The Man Behind The Gun
as Sen. Mark Sheldon
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5.6
MOVIE1956
The King and Four Queens
as Sheriff Tom Larrabee
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6.7
MOVIE1955
The Last Command
as Dr. Summerfield
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5.2
MOVIE1950
Wyoming Mail
as Charles De Haven
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7.2
MOVIE1947
Captain from Castile
as Capt. Alvarado
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MOVIE1959
Disneyland '59
as Self
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6.5
MOVIE1956
Backlash
as Major Carson
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6.1
MOVIE1954
Wyoming Renegades
as Sheriff McVey
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6.7
MOVIE1948
The Gay Intruders
as Charles McNulty
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6.1
MOVIE1962
Kid Galahad
as Jerry Bathgate
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8.0
MOVIE2008
The Munsters: Family Portrait
as Mr.Morgan
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6.3
MOVIE1944
The Fighting Sullivans
as Father Francis
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5.3
MOVIE1962
The Underwater City
as Tim Graham
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5.7
MOVIE1953
The Lone Hand
as Mr. Skaggs
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5.2
MOVIE1945
Circumstantial Evidence
as Marty Hannon
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5.4
MOVIE1950
Sierra
as Sheriff Knudsen
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6.6
MOVIE1947
Daisy Kenyon
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6.4
MOVIE1964
Those Calloways
as E.J. Fletcher
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5.2
MOVIE1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Roberts - Construction Foreman (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Mayor of New York
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6.3
MOVIE1953
Tumbleweed
as Nick Buckley
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7.1
MOVIE1948
No Minor Vices
as Mr. Felton (uncredited)
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6.5
MOVIE1952
Hoodlum Empire
as Police Chief
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6.3
MOVIE1953
The Glory Brigade
as Sgt. Chuck Anderson
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6.6
MOVIE1955
Big House, U.S.A
as Chief Ranger Will Erickson
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6.3
MOVIE1948
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Al Shanks
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5.6
MOVIE1944
Wilson
as Ike Hoover - Chief White House Butler (uncredited)
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6.0
MOVIE1953
Second Chance
as Charley Malloy
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6.2
MOVIE1949
Chicken Every Sunday
as Harry Bowers
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8.3
MOVIE1951
The Tanks Are Coming
as Major General
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6.0
MOVIE1945
Within These Walls
as Martin 'Marty' Deutsch
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5.6
MOVIE1950
Borderline
as Harvey Gumbin
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6.5
MOVIE1954
They Rode West
as Sgt. Creever
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5.8
MOVIE1952
Skirts Ahoy!
as Captain Graymont
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6.8
MOVIE1951
Santa Fe
as Cole Sanders
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6.7
MOVIE1944
Tampico
as Crawford (uncredited)
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6.0
MOVIE1952
Cripple Creek
as Marshal John Tetheroe
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6.7
MOVIE1945
The Caribbean Mystery
as Capt. Van den Bark
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5.6
MOVIE1946
Behind Green Lights
as Max Calvert
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6.8
MOVIE1956
The White Squaw
as Edward Purvis, Indian Agent
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6.5
MOVIE1955
I Cover the Underworld
as District Attorney
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5.9
MOVIE1956
The Boss
as Tim Brady
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5.7
MOVIE1952
Battles of Chief Pontiac
as Maj. Gladwin
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10.0
MOVIE1950
The Palomino
as Ben Lane
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6.0
MOVIE1947
The Foxes of Harrow
as Tom Warren
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6.1
MOVIE1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Marshal Peak
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8.8
MOVIE1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Mr. Foster
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6.2
MOVIE1950
Stage to Tucson
as Jim Maroon
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7.0
MOVIE1952
Stars and Stripes Forever
as Maj. George Porter Houston
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7.3
MOVIE1954
The Outlaw Stallion
as Hagen
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6.3
MOVIE1969
This Savage Land
as Dr. Mordecai Reynolds
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5.6
MOVIE1951
I Was a Communist for the FBI
as Father Novac
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7.0
MOVIE1950
The Second Face
as Allan Wesson
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6.7
MOVIE1949
Chicago Deadline
as Jerry Cavanaugh
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9.0
MOVIE1956
Yaqui Drums
as Matt Quigg
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6.0
MOVIE1947
The Brasher Doubloon
as Lt. Breez
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8.0
MOVIE1946
Johnny Comes Flying Home
as J.P. Hartley
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6.0
MOVIE1946
Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Army Captain Rampey
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7.5
MOVIE1954
The Strike
as Chaplain Walker
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5.7
MOVIE1946
Smoky
as Jeff Nix
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7.0
MOVIE1949
Flaming Fury
as Capt. S. Taplinger
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4.1
MOVIE1946
Strange Triangle
as Harry Matthews
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6.7
MOVIE1953
San Antone
as John Chisum
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5.8
MOVIE1946
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as "Mitch" Mitchell
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7.0
MOVIE1936
Boy, Oh Boy
as Mr. Hutchinson
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4.3
MOVIE1949
Bodyhold
as Charlie Webster
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7.0
MOVIE1968
Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Mr. Stockman