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Theodore Roberts

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 8, 1861 (Died at 67)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
Career Span1920 – 1928
Known Credits95 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.5

Theodore Roberts

Also known as:Theodore Nowlin RobertsThe Grand Duke of Hollywood
Total Works

95

95 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Ten Commandments
6.4
as Moses - The Lawgiver

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 95 titles featuring Theodore Roberts

The Ten Commandments
6.4

as Moses - The Lawgiver

Male and Female
6.5
Male and Female
1919•movie

as Lord Loam

Joan the Woman
5.7
Joan the Woman
1916•movie

as Cauchon

Don't Change Your Husband
6.8

as The Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas Thornby

Miss Lulu Bett
5.9
Miss Lulu Bett
1921•movie

as Dwight Deacon

A Little Princess
5.2
A Little Princess
1917•movie

as Cassim

The Affairs of Anatol
5.9

as Gordon Bronson

Forbidden Fruit
6.6
Forbidden Fruit
1921•movie

as James Harrington Mallory

The Roaring Road
6.1
The Roaring Road
1919•movie

as J.D. Ward, the Bear

For Better, for Worse
6.3

as Hospital Head

Old Wives for New
6.4
Old Wives for New
1918•movie

as Tom Berkeley

Suds
6.6
Suds
1920•movie

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Excuse My Dust
5.9
Excuse My Dust
1920•movie

as J.D. Ward

Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
6.3

as Sen. Ballard

The Captive
6.0
The Captive
1915•movie

as The burgomaster

M'Liss
5.7
M'Liss
1918•movie

as John Benson 'Bummer' Smith

Something to Think About
6.8

as Luke Anderson

The Girl of the Golden West
5.5

as Jack Rance

Saturday Night
5.9
Saturday Night
1922•movie

as Uncle

A Trip to Paramountown
7.8

as Self

The Call of the North
5.2

as Galen Albert

Locked Doors
3.3
Locked Doors
1925•movie

as Mr. Reid

Prodigal Daughters
3.3
Prodigal Daughters
1923•movie

as J.D. Forbes

The Squaw Man
5.8
The Squaw Man
1918•movie

as Big Bill

The Cost of Hatred
1.0
The Cost of Hatred
1917•movie

as Justus Graves

The Woman Thou Gavest Me
10.0

as Daniel MacNeill

Racing Hearts
8.0
Racing Hearts
1923•movie

as John Kent

To the Ladies
8.0
To the Ladies
1924•movie

as John Kincaid

Ned McCobb's Daughter
9.0

as Ned McCobb

Too Much Speed
8.0
Too Much Speed
1921•movie

as Pat MacMurran

Stephen Steps Out
8.0
Stephen Steps Out
1923•movie

as Stephen Harlow Sr.

The Masks of the Devil
8.0

as Count Palester

The Winning Girl
9.0
The Winning Girl
1919•movie

as Major Milligan

Hail the Woman
7.0
Hail the Woman
1921•movie

as Oliver Beresford

The Man From Home
5.0
The Man From Home
1914•movie

as The Grand Duke Vaseill

Secret Service
8.0
Secret Service
1919•movie

as General Harrison Randolph

The Love Special
8.0
The Love Special
1921•movie

as Railroad President Gage

The Unknown
2.0
The Unknown
1915•movie

as Capt. Destinn

The Furnace
9.0
The Furnace
1920•movie

as General Archibald Foulkes-Brent

The Cat's Pajamas
9.0
The Cat's Pajamas
1926•movie
The Old Homestead
8.0
The Old Homestead
1922•movie

as Uncle Joshua Whitcomb

Double Speed
8.0
Double Speed
1920•movie

as John Ogden

You're Fired
9.0
You're Fired
1919•movie

as Gordon Rogers

Judy of Rogues' Harbor
8.0

as Grandpap Ketchel

Everywoman
8.0
Everywoman
1919•movie

as Wealth

The Only Way
7.0
The Only Way
1919•movie
Sham
8.0
Sham
1921•movie

as Jeriamiah Buck

Forty Winks
8.0
Forty Winks
1925•movie

as Adam Butterworth

Across the Continent
8.0

as John Dent

Fires of Faith
10.0
Fires of Faith
1919•movie

as Salvationist

What Money Can't Buy
10.0

as Madison Hale

Our Leading Citizen
9.0

as Colonel Sam De Mott - Politician

The Poor Boob
8.0
The Poor Boob
1919•movie

as Henry Platt

Sweet Lavender
7.0
Sweet Lavender
1920•movie

as Professor Phenyl

If You Believe It, It's So
8.0

as Sky Blue

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
7.0

as Captain Morgan Pring

Exit the Vamp
10.0
Exit the Vamp
1921•movie

as Old Man Shipley

What Every Woman Learns
7.0

as Peter Fortesque

Grumpy
8.0
Grumpy
1923•movie

as Grumpy

Love Insurance
9.0
Love Insurance
1919•movie

as Spencer Meyrick

Noisy Neighbors
9.0
Noisy Neighbors
1929•movie

as Colonel Carstairs

Temptation
Temptation
1915•movie

as Otto Mueller

Ready Money
Ready Money
1914•movie

as Mike Reardon

The Devil Stone
The Devil Stone
1917•movie
The Circus Man
The Circus Man
1914•movie

as Thomas Braddock

We Can't Have Everything

as The Sultan

The Immigrant
The Immigrant
1915•movie

as J.J. Walton

The Source
The Source
1918•movie

as Big John Beaumont

Stolen Goods
Stolen Goods
1915•movie

as German surgeon major

What's His Name
What's His Name
1914•movie

as Character Man

The Wild Goose Chase

as Horatio Brutus Bangs

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

The Unafraid
The Unafraid
1915•movie

as Dual Empire Secret Agent

Arizona
Arizona
1918•movie

as Canby

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as Judd Tolliver

The Making of Bobby Burnit

as Sam Stone

Where the Trail Divides

as Colonel William Landor

Common Ground
Common Ground
1916•movie

as James Mordant

The Woman
The Woman
1915•movie

as The Hononorable Jim Blake

The Case of Becky
The Case of Becky
1915•movie

as Balzamo

Hidden Pearls
Hidden Pearls
1918•movie

as John Garvin

The Dream Girl
The Dream Girl
1916•movie

as Jim Dugan

Nan of Music Mountain

as Duke Morgan

The Ghost Breaker
The Ghost Breaker
1914•movie

as Prince of Aragon

After Five
After Five
1915•movie

as Bruno Schwartz

The Storm
The Storm
1916•movie

as Prof. Octavius Raydon

The Sowers
The Sowers
1916•movie

as Boris Dolokhof

The Secret Orchard
The Secret Orchard
1915•movie

as Favereau

The Varmint
The Varmint
1917•movie

as A Roman

The Plow Girl
The Plow Girl
1916•movie

as Varney

Anton the Terrible
Anton the Terrible
1916•movie

as Anton Kazoff

Such a Little Pirate

as Obadiah Wolf

A Petticoat Pilot
A Petticoat Pilot
1918•movie

as 'Cap'n Shad' Gould