Name
Roy Roberts
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-03-19
Deathday
1975-05-28 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Dade City, Florida, USA
Biography
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Roy Roberts (born Roy Barnes Jones; March 19, 1906 – 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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- 1974 Chinatown as Mayor Bagby
- 1946 My Darling Clementine as Mayor
- 1947 The Brasher Doubloon as Lt. Breez
- 1953 Second Chance as Charley Malloy
- 1949 Flaming Fury as Capt. S. Taplinger
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
- 1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Roberts - Construction Foreman (uncredited)
- 1949 He Walked by Night as Police Captain Breen
- 1950 The Killer That Stalked New York as Mayor of New York
- 1946 Strange Triangle as Harry Matthews
- 1952 Hoodlum Empire as Police Chief
- 1951 The Enforcer as Captain Frank Nelson
- 1950 Force of Evil as Ben Tucker
- 1949 The Reckless Moment as Nagel
- 1945 Circumstantial Evidence as Marty Hannon
- 1964 Those Calloways as E.J. Fletcher
- 1952 The Cimarron Kid as Pat Roberts
- 1952 Stars and Stripes Forever as Maj. George Porter Houston
- 1952 The Big Trees as Judge Crenshaw
- 1944 The Fighting Sullivans as Father Francis
- 1943 Guadalcanal Diary as Capt. Jame Cross
- 1946 Behind Green Lights as Max Calvert
- 1956 Backlash as Major Carson
- 1956 The Boss as Tim Brady
- 1955 Big House, U.S.A as Chief Ranger Will Erickson
- 1948 The Gay Intruders as Charles McNulty
- 1950 Borderline as Harvey Gumbin
- 1953 House of Wax as Matthew Burke
- 1944 Wilson as Ike Hoover - Chief White House Butler (uncredited)
- 1951 The Man with a Cloak as Policeman
- 1953 The Glory Brigade as Sgt. Chuck Anderson
- 1953 The Man Behind The Gun as Sen. Mark Sheldon
- 1950 Chain Lightning as Maj. Gen. Hewitt
- 1950 Wyoming Mail as Charles De Haven
- 1950 The Second Face as Allan Wesson
- 1950 Sierra as Sheriff Knudsen
- 1949 Bodyhold as Charlie Webster
- 1973 The Outfit as Sheriff Bob Caswell
- 1948 Fury at Furnace Creek as Al Shanks
- 1962 The Underwater City as Tim Graham
- 1968 Now You See It, Now You Don't as Mr. Stockman
- 1945 The Caribbean Mystery as Capt. Van den Bark
- 1951 Santa Fe as Cole Sanders
- 1956 The White Squaw as Edward Purvis, Indian Agent
- 1954 Dawn at Socorro as Doc Jameson
- 1954 The Outlaw Stallion as Hagen
- 1946 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as "Mitch" Mitchell
- 1950 The Palomino as Ben Lane
- 1945 Within These Walls as Martin 'Marty' Deutsch
- 1949 Chicken Every Sunday as Harry Bowers
- 1952 Cripple Creek as Marshal John Tetheroe
- 1949 A Kiss for Corliss as Uncle George
- 1946 Smoky as Jeff Nix
- 1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac as Maj. Gladwin
- 1951 I Was a Communist for the FBI as Father Novac
- 1953 Tumbleweed as Nick Buckley
- 1956 The King and Four Queens as Sheriff Tom Larrabee
- 1949 Chicago Deadline as Jerry Cavanaugh
- 1953 The Lone Hand as Mr. Skaggs
- 1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Mr. Foster
- 1947 The Foxes of Harrow as Tom Warren
- 1947 Nightmare Alley as McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
- 1947 Captain from Castile as Capt. Alvarado
- 1947 Gentleman's Agreement as Mr. Calkins
- 1967 Hotel as Bailey
- 1950 Stage to Tucson as Jim Maroon
- 1954 Wyoming Renegades as Sheriff McVey
- 1953 San Antone as John Chisum
- 1956 Yaqui Drums as Matt Quigg
- 1955 I Cover the Underworld as District Attorney
- 1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster as Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited)
- 1955 Stranger on Horseback as Sam Kettering
- 1955 The Last Command as Dr. Summerfield
- 1952 Skirts Ahoy! as Captain Graymont
- 1948 No Minor Vices as Mr. Felton (uncredited)
- 1951 The Tanks Are Coming as Major General
- 1956 Massacre at Sand Creek as Colonel Collery
- 1954 They Rode West as Sgt. Creever
- 1956 The First Texan as Col. Sam Sherman
- 1962 The Chapman Report as Alan Roby
- 1975 The Strongest Man in the World as Mr. Roberts
- 1951 Fighting Coast Guard as Captain Gibbs
- 1962 Kid Galahad as Jerry Bathgate
- 1954 The Strike as Chaplain Walker
- 1971 The Million Dollar Duck as The Judge (uncredited)
- 1953 Sea of Lost Ships as Captain of the 'Eagle'
- 1945 A Bell for Adano as Col. W.W. Middleton - Provost Marshal
- 1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass as Marshal Peak
- 1948 Joan of Arc as Wandamme, a Burgundian Captain
- 1944 Tampico as Crawford (uncredited)
- 1959 Disneyland '59 as Self
- 1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid as Army Captain Rampey
- 1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home as J.P. Hartley
- 1969 This Savage Land as Dr. Mordecai Reynolds
- 1936 Boy, Oh Boy as Mr. Hutchinson
- 2008 The Munsters: Family Portrait as Mr.Morgan
- 1965 Look Homeward as Mort Morgan
- 1947 Daisy Kenyon
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 1 episode ) as J. Howard Jackson
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 1 episode )
- 1966 That Girl ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 15 episodes ) as Mr. Bodkin
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Cooper
- 1962 McHale's Navy ( 108 episodes )
- 1956 The Gale Storm Show ( 126 episodes ) as Capt. Simon P. Huxley
- 1964 The Addams Family ( 1 episode ) as Thaddeus Logan
- 1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ( 1 episode ) as A.H. 'Shanghai' Pierce
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Kit Springer
- 1964 Bewitched ( 4 episodes ) as Frank Stephens
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Janeel
- 1959 Bonanza ( 2 episodes ) as George Bristol
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1 episode ) as Judge
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 3 episodes ) as John Cushing
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 7 episodes ) as Norman P. Curtis
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 2 episodes ) as Norman Curtis
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Admiral
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 2 episodes ) as Superintendent
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Warden Magginetti
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Jamison
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Honeycutt
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Harvey Skeen
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Dobie
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Henry Thomas
- 1962 McHale's Navy ( 4 episodes ) as Admiral Rogers
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Philip Murdock
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as James Whitfield
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode ) as John Kemper
- 1965 Green Acres ( 2 episodes ) as Governor
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as W. L. Picard
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 1 episode ) as Jerry Andrews
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode ) as Sen. Matson
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Gen. Lafferty
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Judge
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 1 episode ) as Nicholas J. Vanderfeller
- 1968 It Takes a Thief ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Doris Day Show ( 1 episode ) as Thaddius Gilby
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode ) as Nick
- 1964 The Munsters ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Morgan
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 14 episodes ) as Mr. Cheever
- 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1 episode ) as Henry Bermont
- 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Boland
- 1953 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Lone Wolf ( 1 episode ) as Caradoc
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Billy
- 1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin ( 1 episode ) as Tom Rogers
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Lowrie
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Dan Chancellor
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Doc
- 1953 You Are There ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Dunn
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Jesse Fillmore
