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