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Theodore Roberts

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Theodore Roberts

1861-10-08 (died at 67) San Francisco, California, USAIMDb

Best known for The Ten Commandments, Love Insurance, Grumpy

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Also known as: Theodore Nowlin Roberts, The Grand Duke of Hollywood

Movies

102

film credits

Series

0

television credits

Career

102

1914–1942 · acting roles

Credit score

7.2

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

Moses - The Lawgiver · 1923

Love Insurance

Love Insurance

Spencer Meyrick · 1919

Grumpy

Grumpy

Grumpy · 1923

Old Wives for New

Old Wives for New

Tom Berkeley · 1918

We Can't Have Everything

We Can't Have Everything

The Sultan · 1918

Across film & television

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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

Moses - The Lawgiver

Love Insurance

Love Insurance

Spencer Meyrick

Grumpy

Grumpy

Grumpy

Old Wives for New

Old Wives for New

Tom Berkeley

We Can't Have Everything

We Can't Have Everything

The Sultan

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Self (archive footage)

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

Hospital Head

Male and Female

Male and Female

Lord Loam

Such a Little Pirate

Such a Little Pirate

Obadiah Wolf

The Affairs of Anatol

The Affairs of Anatol

Gordon Bronson

What Every Woman Learns

What Every Woman Learns

Peter Fortesque

A Trip to Paramountown

A Trip to Paramountown

Self

Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman

Cauchon

Don't Change Your Husband

Don't Change Your Husband

The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby

The Sowers

The Sowers

Boris Dolokhof

Exit the Vamp

Exit the Vamp

Old Man Shipley

The Wild Goose Chase

The Wild Goose Chase

Horatio Brutus Bangs

The Poor Boob

The Poor Boob

Henry Platt

The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel

As himself

The Man From Home

The Man From Home

The Grand Duke Vaseill

The Dream Girl

The Dream Girl

Jim Dugan

Ned McCobb's Daughter

Ned McCobb's Daughter

Ned McCobb

Noisy Neighbors

Noisy Neighbors

Colonel Carstairs

The Girl of the Golden West

The Girl of the Golden West

Jack Rance

The Thousand-Dollar Husband

Uncle Sven Johnson

What Money Can't Buy

What Money Can't Buy

Madison Hale

If You Believe It, It's So

If You Believe It, It's So

Sky Blue

The Masks of the Devil

The Masks of the Devil

Count Palester

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

Something to Think About

Something to Think About

Luke Anderson

The Making of Bobby Burnit

The Making of Bobby Burnit

Sam Stone

Nan of Music Mountain

Nan of Music Mountain

Duke Morgan

The Devil Stone

The Devil Stone

Hawthorne of the U.S.A.

Hawthorne of the U.S.A.

Sen. Ballard

The Call of the North

The Call of the North

Galen Albert

Miss Lulu Bett

Miss Lulu Bett

Dwight Deacon

What's His Name

What's His Name

Character Man

The Secret Orchard

The Secret Orchard

Favereau

The Marriage of Kitty

The Marriage of Kitty

Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit

James Harrington Mallory

The Cat's Pajamas

The Cat's Pajamas

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

Captain Morgan Pring

The Case of Becky

The Case of Becky

Balzamo

The Captive

The Captive

The burgomaster

The Varmint

The Varmint

A Roman

Anton the Terrible

Anton the Terrible

Anton Kazoff

The Squaw Man

The Squaw Man

Big Bill

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

Mr. Grex, alias of Grand Duke Augustus Peter

A Petticoat Pilot

A Petticoat Pilot

'Cap'n Shad' Gould

The Unafraid

The Unafraid

Dual Empire Secret Agent

The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

Uncle Joshua Whitcomb

A Little Princess

A Little Princess

Cassim

Peg o' My Heart

The Plow Girl

The Plow Girl

Varney

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Judd Tolliver

To the Ladies

To the Ladies

John Kincaid

M'Liss

M'Liss

John Benson 'Bummer' Smith

The Cost of Hatred

The Cost of Hatred

Justus Graves

Where the Trail Divides

Where the Trail Divides

Colonel William Landor

Suds

Suds

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

The Woman Thou Gavest Me

The Woman Thou Gavest Me

Daniel MacNeill

Secret Service

Secret Service

General Harrison Randolph

Stephen Steps Out

Stephen Steps Out

Stephen Harlow Sr.

Saturday Night

Saturday Night

Uncle

Fires of Faith

Fires of Faith

Salvationist

The Circus Man

The Circus Man

Thomas Braddock

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Hail the Woman

Hail the Woman

Oliver Beresford

Excuse My Dust

Excuse My Dust

J.D. Ward

Across the Continent

Across the Continent

John Dent

The Ghost Breaker

The Ghost Breaker

Prince of Aragon

You're Fired

You're Fired

Gordon Rogers

Judy of Rogues' Harbor

Judy of Rogues' Harbor

Grandpap Ketchel

Ready Money

Ready Money

Mike Reardon

Double Speed

Double Speed

John Ogden

Forty Winks

Forty Winks

Adam Butterworth

Temptation

Temptation

Otto Mueller

The Immigrant

The Immigrant

J.J. Walton

Sham

Sham

Jeriamiah Buck

Everywoman

Everywoman

Wealth

The Roaring Road

The Roaring Road

J.D. Ward, the Bear

Too Much Speed

Too Much Speed

Pat MacMurran

Prodigal Daughters

Prodigal Daughters

J.D. Forbes

Stolen Goods

Stolen Goods

German surgeon major

The Unknown

The Unknown

Capt. Destinn

The Source

The Source

Big John Beaumont

After Five

After Five

Bruno Schwartz

Arizona

Arizona

Canby

The American Consul

Abel Manning

Hidden Pearls

Hidden Pearls

John Garvin

The Winning Girl

The Winning Girl

Major Milligan

Our Leading Citizen

Our Leading Citizen

Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician

The Love Special

The Love Special

Railroad President Gage

Sweet Lavender

Sweet Lavender

Professor Phenyl

Racing Hearts

Racing Hearts

John Kent

Uncle's Visit

Uncle

Common Ground

Common Ground

James Mordant

The Storm

The Storm

Prof. Octavius Raydon

Locked Doors

Locked Doors

Mr. Reid

The Woman

The Woman

The Hononorable Jim Blake

The Furnace

The Furnace

General Archibald Foulkes-Brent

The Only Way

The Only Way