Roy Roberts
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Known for
Credits
Chinatown (1974)
as Mayor Bagby
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
as Capt. Jame Cross
He Walked by Night (1949)
as Police Captain Breen
Nightmare Alley (1947)
as McGraw / Final Carnival Owner (uncredited)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
as WW Middleton
House of Wax (1953)
as Matthew Burke
My Darling Clementine (1946)
as Mayor
Chain Lightning (1950)
as Maj. Gen. Hewitt
Force of Evil (1950)
as Ben Tucker
Kid Galahad (1962)
as Jerry Bathgate
The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
as The Judge (uncredited)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
as Mr. Calkins
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
as Mr. Roberts
The Outfit (1973)
as Sheriff Bob Caswell
The King and Four Queens (1956)
as Sheriff Tom Larrabee
Those Calloways (1964)
as E.J. Fletcher
The Enforcer (1951)
as Captain Frank Nelson
Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)
as Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited)
Sea of Lost Ships (1953)
as Captain of the 'Eagle'
A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
as Uncle George
Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
as Captain Gibbs
Look Homeward (1965)
as Mort Morgan
Joan of Arc (1948)
as Wandamme, a Burgundian Captain
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
as Policeman
Captain from Castile (1947)
as Capt. Alvarado
Massacre at Sand Creek (1956)
as Colonel Collery
The Munsters: Family Portrait (2008)
as Mr.Morgan
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
as Mayor of New York
The Man Behind The Gun (1953)
as Sen. Mark Sheldon
The Last Command (1955)
as Dr. Summerfield
Backlash (1956)
as Major Carson
I Cover the Underworld (1955)
as District Attorney
The Big Trees (1952)
as Judge Crenshaw
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Actor
The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
as Tom Warren
The Reckless Moment (1949)
as Nagel
Big House, U.S.A (1955)
as Chief Ranger Will Erickson
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
as Marshal Peak
Hotel (1967)
as Bailey
The Gay Intruders (1948)
as Charles McNulty
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
as Lt. Breez
Within These Walls (1945)
as Martin 'Marty' Deutsch
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
as Roberts - Construction Foreman (uncredited)
The Lone Hand (1953)
as Mr. Skaggs
Chicago Deadline (1949)
as Jerry Cavanaugh
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
as Maj. George Porter Houston
Wyoming Renegades (1954)
as Sheriff McVey
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
as Al Shanks
The Cimarron Kid (1952)
as Pat Roberts
The Chapman Report (1962)
as Alan Roby
Stranger on Horseback (1955)
as Sam Kettering
They Rode West (1954)
as Sgt. Creever
Dawn at Socorro (1954)
as Doc Jameson
Hoodlum Empire (1952)
as Police Chief
Cripple Creek (1952)
as Marshal John Tetheroe
Santa Fe (1951)
as Cole Sanders
Sierra (1950)
as Sheriff Knudsen
Wyoming Mail (1950)
as Charles De Haven
Stage to Tucson (1950)
as Jim Maroon
The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
as Father Francis
Second Chance (1953)
as Charley Malloy
Borderline (1950)
as Harvey Gumbin
Wilson (1944)
as Ike Hoover - Chief White House Butler (uncredited)
Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
as Maj. Gladwin
Behind Green Lights (1946)
as Max Calvert
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
as Army Captain Rampey
Tumbleweed (1953)
as Nick Buckley
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
as Mr. Foster
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
as Captain Graymont
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)
as "Mitch" Mitchell
The Glory Brigade (1953)
as Sgt. Chuck Anderson
The White Squaw (1956)
as Edward Purvis, Indian Agent
The Boss (1956)
as Tim Brady
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
as Father Novac
Now You See It, Now You Don't (1968)
as Mr. Stockman
The First Texan (1956)
as Col. Sam Sherman
San Antone (1953)
as John Chisum
Smoky (1946)
as Jeff Nix
This Savage Land (1969)
as Dr. Mordecai Reynolds
Strange Triangle (1946)
as Harry Matthews
Tampico (1944)
as Crawford (uncredited)
The Outlaw Stallion (1954)
as Hagen
No Minor Vices (1948)
as Mr. Felton (uncredited)
Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946)
as J.P. Hartley
Disneyland '59 (1959)
as Self
The Underwater City (1962)
as Tim Graham
The Palomino (1950)
as Ben Lane
The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
as Major General
The Caribbean Mystery (1945)
as Capt. Van den Bark
Boy, Oh Boy (1936)
as Mr. Hutchinson
The Second Face (1950)
as Allan Wesson
Flaming Fury (1949)
as Capt. S. Taplinger
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
as Marty Hannon
Bodyhold (1949)
as Charlie Webster
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
as Harry Bowers
Yaqui Drums (1956)
as Matt Quigg
The Strike (1954)
as Chaplain Walker