Roy Roberts

For other Roy Roberts with the same name, see Roy Roberts (disambiguation).

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Roy Roberts (March 19, 1900 - May 28, 1975) was an American character actor.

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March 19 - 1900 - May 28 - 1975 - American

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Born Roy Barnes Jones in Tampa, Florida, he began his acting career on the stage, first appearing on Broadway in May of 1931 before making his motion picture debut in 1943's "Guadalcanal Diary." He appeared in numerous films in secondary parts and returned to perform on Broadway until the 1950s when he began making guest appearances on television series. After appearing on Gale Storm's popular show, My Little Margie , in 1956 he became part of several television series for which he is best remembered. In a show that was the precursor to the Love Boat, Roberts played the ship's captain for four years in Ms. Storm's next hit, Oh! Susanna. In 1965 he joined the cast of Lucille Ball's The Lucy Show where he performed for the next three years.

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Tampa, Florida - Broadway - Motion picture - Television series - Gale Storm's - My Little Margie - Love Boat - Oh! Susanna - Lucille Ball's - The Lucy Show

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In the 40s and 50s Roberts was a regular in many films noir, including Force of Evil (1948), He Walked by Night (1948), Nightmare Alley (1947), The Brasher Doubloon (1947), Borderline (1950) and The Enforcer (1951). He also appeared in the 70s neo-noirs The Outfit (1973) and Chinatown (movie) (1974).

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40s - 50s - Films noir - Force of Evil - He Walked by Night - Nightmare Alley - The Brasher Doubloon - Borderline - The Enforcer - 70s - Neo-noir - The Outfit - Chinatown (movie)

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Over his more than forty year career, Roy Roberts did more than nine hundred performances. He died in 1975 in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack and was interred in Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery in Forth Worth, Texas.

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Los Angeles, California - Forth Worth, Texas

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