Acting
Theodore Roberts
EN, XX cinema · 102 credits
Born
8 October 1861
Died
14 December 1928 (aged 67)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as Theodore Nowlin Roberts · The Grand Duke of Hollywood
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.
Known for
Filmography
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Noisy Neighbors
as Colonel Carstairs
Ned McCobb's Daughter
as Ned McCobb
The Masks of the Devil
as Count Palester
Locked Doors
as Mr. Reid
Forty Winks
as Adam Butterworth
To the Ladies
as John Kincaid
The Ten Commandments
as Moses - The Lawgiver
Racing Hearts
as John Kent
Stephen Steps Out
as Stephen Harlow Sr.
Prodigal Daughters
as J.D. Forbes
Grumpy
as Grumpy
Saturday Night
as Uncle
The Old Homestead
as Uncle Joshua Whitcomb
Across the Continent
as John Dent
Our Leading Citizen
as Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician
If You Believe It, It's So
as Sky Blue
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
as Captain Morgan Pring
The Affairs of Anatol
as Gordon Bronson
Too Much Speed
as Pat MacMurran
Miss Lulu Bett
as Dwight Deacon
Hail the Woman
as Oliver Beresford
Forbidden Fruit
as James Harrington Mallory
The Love Special
as Railroad President Gage
Sham
as Jeriamiah Buck
Exit the Vamp
as Old Man Shipley
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
1921
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
as As himself
Excuse My Dust
as J.D. Ward
Something to Think About
as Luke Anderson
Suds
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Furnace
as General Archibald Foulkes-Brent
Double Speed
as John Ogden
Judy of Rogues' Harbor
as Grandpap Ketchel
Sweet Lavender
as Professor Phenyl
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
as Daniel MacNeill
Male and Female
as Lord Loam
The Winning Girl
as Major Milligan
The Roaring Road
as J.D. Ward, the Bear
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
as Sen. Ballard
For Better, for Worse
as Hospital Head
Don't Change Your Husband
as The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby
Secret Service
as General Harrison Randolph
You're Fired
as Gordon Rogers
Everywoman
as Wealth
Fires of Faith
as Salvationist
The Poor Boob
as Henry Platt
What Every Woman Learns
as Peter Fortesque
Love Insurance
as Spencer Meyrick
The Squaw Man
as Big Bill
We Can't Have Everything
as The Sultan
The Source
as Big John Beaumont
M'Liss
as John Benson 'Bummer' Smith
Arizona
as Canby
Old Wives for New
as Tom Berkeley
Hidden Pearls
as John Garvin
Such a Little Pirate
as Obadiah Wolf
A Petticoat Pilot
as 'Cap'n Shad' Gould
The Cost of Hatred
as Justus Graves
A Little Princess
as Cassim
The American Consul
1917
The American Consul
as Abel Manning
Nan of Music Mountain
as Duke Morgan
What Money Can't Buy
as Madison Hale
The Varmint
as A Roman
The Thousand-Dollar Husband
1916
The Thousand-Dollar Husband
as Uncle Sven Johnson
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Judd Tolliver
Joan the Woman
as Cauchon
Common Ground
as James Mordant
The Dream Girl
as Jim Dugan
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1916
Pudd'nhead Wilson
as Pudd'nhead Wilson
The Storm
as Prof. Octavius Raydon
The Sowers
as Boris Dolokhof
The Plow Girl
as Varney
Anton the Terrible
as Anton Kazoff
Temptation
as Otto Mueller
The Immigrant
as J.J. Walton
Stolen Goods
as German surgeon major
The Wild Goose Chase
as Horatio Brutus Bangs
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
1915
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
as Mr. Grex, alias of Grand Duke Augustus Peter
The Unafraid
as Dual Empire Secret Agent
The Captive
as The burgomaster
The Girl of the Golden West
as Jack Rance
The Woman
as The Hononorable Jim Blake
The Case of Becky
as Balzamo
The Unknown
as Capt. Destinn
After Five
as Bruno Schwartz
The Secret Orchard
as Favereau
Ready Money
as Mike Reardon
The Circus Man
as Thomas Braddock
What's His Name
as Character Man
The Making of Bobby Burnit
as Sam Stone
Where the Trail Divides
as Colonel William Landor
The Man From Home
as The Grand Duke Vaseill
The Call of the North
as Galen Albert
The Ghost Breaker
as Prince of Aragon