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Theodore Roberts (1861–1928)

Actor

The son of a sea captain, Theodore Roberts was a veteran stage actor, making his first appearance in 1880. Often referred to as the "Grand Duke of Hollywood," Roberts was a regular on the Cecil B. DeMille team and appeared in 23 of DeMille's films. He is best remembered for his role as Moses in DeMille's The Ten Commandments... See full bio »

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Theodore J. Roberts
in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 67) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1929 Uncle's Visit (short)
Uncle
 
1929 Noisy Neighbors
Colonel Carstairs
 
1928 Ned McCobb's Daughter
Ned McCobb
 
1928 The Masks of the Devil
Count Palester
 
1926 The Cat's Pajamas
Sally's Father
 
1925 Forty Winks
Adam Butterworth
 
1925 Locked Doors
Mr. Reid
 
1923 To the Ladies
John Kincaid
 
1923 The Ten Commandments
Moses - the Lawgiver: Prologue
 
1923 Stephen Steps Out
Stephen Harlow Sr.
 
1923 Racing Hearts
John Kent
 
1923 Prodigal Daughters
J.D. Forbes
 
1923 Grumpy
Grumpy
 
1922 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Captain Morgan Pring
 
1922 The Old Homestead
Uncle Joshua Whitcomb
 
1922 If You Believe It, It's So
Sky Blue (confidence Man)
 
1922 Our Leading Citizen
Colonel Sam De Mott, politician
 
1922 Across the Continent
John Dent
 
1922 Saturday Night
Uncle
 
1921 Miss Lulu Bett
Dwight Deacon
 
1921 Hail the Woman
Oliver Beresford
 
1921 Exit the Vamp
Old Man Shipley
 
1921 The Affairs of Anatol
Gordon Bronson
 
1921 Too Much Speed
Pat MacMurran
 
1921 Sham
Jeriamiah Buck
 
1921 The Love Special
President Gage
 
1921 Forbidden Fruit
James Harrington Mallory
 
1920 The Furnace
General Archibald Foulkes-Brent
 
1920 Sweet Lavender
Professor Phenyl
 
1920 Something to Think About
Luke Anderson
 
1920 Excuse My Dust
J.D. Ward
 
1920 Judy of Rogue's Harbor
Grandpap Ketchel
 
1920 Double Speed
John Ogden
 
1920 Suds
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1919 Everywoman
Wealth
 
1919 Male and Female
Lord Loam
 
1919 Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Sen. Ballard
 
1919 What Every Woman Learns
Peter Fortesque
 
1919 Love Insurance
Spencer Meyrick
 
1919 Secret Service
General Harrison Randolph
 
1919 You're Fired
Gordon Rogers
 
1919 The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Daniel MacNeill
 
1919 Fires of Faith
Salvationist
 
1919 For Better, for Worse
Hospital Head
 
1919 The Roaring Road
J.D. Ward, the Bear
 
1919 The Poor Boob
Henry Platt
 
1919 The Winning Girl
Major Milligan
 
1919 Don't Change Your Husband
The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby
 
1919 Peg o' My Heart
 
1919/I The Only Way
 
1918 The Squaw Man
Big Bill
 
1918 Arizona
Canby
 
1918 Such a Little Pirate
Obadiah Wolf
 
1918 The Girl Who Came Back
Michael Hartner, Lois' Father
 
1918 The Source
Big John Beaumont
 
1918 We Can't Have Everything
The Sultan
 
1918 Old Wives for New
Tom Berkeley
 
1918 M'Liss
John Benson 'Bummer' Smith
 
1918 Wild Youth
Joel Mazarine
 
1918 The Hidden Pearls
John Garvin
 
1918 A Petticoat Pilot
'Cap'n Shad' Gould
 
1917 The Devil-Stone
 
1917 Nan of Music Mountain
Duke Morgan
 
1917 The Little Princess
Cassim
 
1917 The Varmint
A Roman
 
1917 What Money Can't Buy
Madison Hale
 
1917 The Cost of Hatred
Justus Graves
 
1917 A Child of the Wild
 
1917 The American Consul
Abel Manning
 
1917 All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
 
1916 Joan the Woman
Cauchon
 
1916 The Plow Girl
Undetermined Role
 
1916 Unprotected
Rufus Jamison
 
1916 The Storm
Prof. Octavius Raydon
 
1916 Anton the Terrible
Anton Kazoff
 
1916 Common Ground
James Mordant
 
1916 The Dream Girl
Jim Dugan
 
1916 The Thousand-Dollar Husband
Uncle Sven Johnson
 
1916 The Sowers
Boris Dolokhof
 
1916 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Judd Tolliver
 
1916 Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson
 
1915 Temptation
Otto Mueller
 
1915 The Immigrant
J.J. Walton
 
1915 The Unknown
Capt. Destinn
 
1915 Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
Mr. Grex, alias of Grand Duke Augustus Peter
 
1915 The Case of Becky
Balzamo
 
1915 The Marriage of Kitty
Undetermined Role
 
1915 The Secret Orchard
Favereau
 
1915 The Fighting Hope
Cornelius Brady
 
1915 The Arab
Turkish Governor
 
1915 The Wild Goose Chase
Horatio Brutus Bangs
 
1915 Stolen Goods
German surgeon major
 
1915 The Woman
The Hononorable Jim Blake
 
1915 The Captive
The Burgomaster
 
1915 The Unafraid
Dual Empire Secret Agent
 
1915 The Governor's Lady
Senator Strickland
 
1915 After Five
Bruno Schwartz
 
1915 The Girl of the Golden West
Jack Rance
 
1914 The Ghost Breaker
Prince of Aragon
 
1914 The Circus Man
Thomas Braddock
 
1914 The Man from Home
The Grand Duke Vaseill
 
1914 Ready Money
Mike Reardon
 
1914 What's His Name
Character Man
 
1914 Where the Trail Divides
Colonel William Landor
 
1914 The Making of Bobby Burnit (short)
Sam Stone
 
1914 The Call of the North
Galen Albert
 
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1922 Night Life in Hollywood
Himself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 A Trip to Paramountown (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
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1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1932 Forgotten Commandments
Moses (edited from "The Ten Commandments" [1923])
 

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(1900). Stage Play: Arizona. Drama. Written by Augustus E. Thomas. Scenic Design by Walter Burridge and Charles H. Ritter. Herald Square Theatre: 10 Sep 1900- 14 Jan 1901 (140 performances). Cast: Sidney Ainsworth (as "Lt. Young"), Adora Andrews (as "Lena Kellar"), Louise Closser Hale [credited... See more »

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Cousin of actress Florence Roberts. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Libra