Roy Roberts
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Roy Roberts in trailer for "The Brasher Doubloon" (1947)
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| Born |
Roy Barnes Jones March 19, 1906 Dade City, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | May 28, 1975 (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place |
Greenwood Memorial Park in Fort Worth, Texas |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1936–75 |
| Spouse(s) | Lillian Moore Tainter (?-1975, his death) |
Roy Roberts (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 Roy Barnes Jones in Dade City in Pasco County, near Tampa, Florida, he began his acting career on the stage, first appearing 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 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 Storm's next hit, Oh! Susanna, which aired on CBS 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." Also well known performance was as publisher Jackson in The Andy Griffith Show who tried to get Andy removed from office.
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