Roy Roberts
Mar 19, 1906 — May 28, 1975 (69 years)
Dade City, Florida, USA
87 Movies
28 Series
Originally from Dade City, Florida, USA, Roy Roberts works as an actor. Their performance in Chinatown as Mayor Bagby remains one of the most memorable of their filmography. Other notable titles in their filmography include It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and My Darling Clementine. Over more than 90 years they have gathered close to 87 films and 28 TV productions, working mainly across genres like crime, drama, thriller.
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Roy Roberts
87 Movies
28 Series
Originally from Dade City, Florida, USA, Roy Roberts works as an actor. Their performance in Chinatown as Mayor Bagby remains one of the most memorable of their filmography. Other notable titles in their filmography include It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and My Darling Clementine. Over more than 90 years they have gathered close to 87 films and 28 TV productions, working mainly across genres like crime, drama, thriller.
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Movies
Chinatown
1974
Chain Lightning
1950
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
Nightmare Alley
1947
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Force of Evil
1950
My Darling Clementine
1946
House of Wax
1953
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
He Walked by Night
1949
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
A Kiss for Corliss
1949
Joan of Arc
1948
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
Captain from Castile
1947
The Reckless Moment
1949
The Outfit
1973
The Man with a Cloak
1951
The Enforcer
1951
The Man Behind The Gun
1953
A Bell for Adano
1945
Hotel
1967
Dawn at Socorro
1954
Stranger on Horseback
1955
The King and Four Queens
1956
Those Calloways
1964
The Chapman Report
1962
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
The Lone Hand
1953
Backlash
1956
The Last Command
1955
The First Texan
1956
Sierra
1950
Second Chance
1953
Cripple Creek
1952
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Santa Fe
1951
Wyoming Mail
1950
The Foxes of Harrow
1947
They Rode West
1954
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
The Fighting Sullivans
1944
The Gay Intruders
1948
Big House, U.S.A
1955
Borderline
1950
This Savage Land
1969
The Cimarron Kid
1952
Chicken Every Sunday
1949
Wilson
1944
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949
TV Shows
Gunsmoke
1955
The Lucy Show
1962
Petticoat Junction
1963
Bewitched
1964
McHale's Navy
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Bonanza
1959
Here's Lucy
1968
Green Acres
1965
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Addams Family
1964
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Restless Gun
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Lawman
1958
My Three Sons
1960
Cheyenne
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
The Doris Day Show
1968
Studio 57
1954
The Munsters
1964
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The Lone Wolf
1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
You Are There
1953
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Mr. Roberts
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Chinatown
Mayor Bagby
1974
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The Outfit
Sheriff Bob Caswell
1973
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This Savage Land
Dr. Mordecai Reynolds
1969
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The Doris Day Show
Thaddius Gilby
1969–1970
TV
Here's Lucy
Superintendent
1969
TV
Hotel
Bailey
1967
Film
Green Acres
Governor
1966–1969
TV
Look Homeward
Mort Morgan
1965
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Roy Roberts still alive?
Roy Roberts passed away on May 28, 1975 at age 69.
What are the most famous roles of Roy Roberts?
Roy Roberts is best known for roles in Chinatown, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, My Darling Clementine.
How many movies has Roy Roberts been in?
Over a 39-year career (since 1936), Roy Roberts has appeared in 97 movies and 34 TV shows.
What was Roy Roberts's first movie?
The career of Roy Roberts began with Boy, Oh Boy (1936).
What is Roy Roberts's most recent movie or series?
Roy Roberts's most recent release is The Strongest Man in the World, which premiered on February 6, 1975.
What TV shows has Roy Roberts appeared in?
On television, Roy Roberts has appeared in The Twilight Zone, Bewitched, Bonanza, The Munsters.
Roy Roberts
1906-03-19 · 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. 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