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