Actor

Roy Roberts

March 19, 1906 · Dade City, Florida, USA

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.

Notable work

7.9
Chinatown (1974)
as Mayor Bagby
8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Mr. Cooper
7.9
Bewitched (1964)
as Frank Stephens
7
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage and as Philip Murdock
7.5
My Darling Clementine (1946)
as Mayor
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as George Bristol and as Jesse Fillmore
7.9
The Munsters (1964)
as Mr. Morgan
8
The Addams Family (1964)
as Thaddeus Logan
6.9
House of Wax (1953)
as Matthew Burke

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