Theodore Roberts


Theodore Roberts was an American film and stage actor.
's The Ten Commandments
He was a cousin of the stage actress Florence Roberts. On stage in the 1890s he acted with Fanny Davenport in her play called Gismonda and later in The Bird of Paradise with actress Laurette Taylor. He started his film career in the 1910s in Hollywood, and was often associated in the productions of Cecil B. DeMille. He portrayed Moses in the biblical prologue of DeMille's The Ten Commandments.
He is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Selected filmography

YearTitle
1914The Ghost Breaker
1914The Man from Home
1914What's His Name
1914The Call of the North
1915Temptation
1915The Arab
1915The Wild Goose Chase
1915The Woman
1915The Captive
1915The Unafraid
1915After Five
1915The Girl of the Golden West
1915The Unknown
1916The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916The Dream Girl
1916Common Ground
1916The Storm
1917Nan of Music Mountain
1917The Devil-Stone
1917The Little Princess
1917Joan the Woman
1918The Squaw Man
1918The Hidden Pearls
1918We Can't Have Everything
1918Old Wives for New
1918M'Liss
1918Such a Little Pirate
1918Arizona
1919Don't Change Your Husband
1919The Winning Girl
1919The Poor Boob
1919For Better, for Worse
1919The Woman Thou Gavest Me
1919Love Insurance
1919Male and Female
1919What Every Woman Learns
1919Everywoman
1920Suds
1920Double Speed
1920Judy of Rogue's Harbor
1920Something to Think About
1921Forbidden Fruit
1921Sham
1921The Affairs of Anatol
1921Miss Lulu Bett
1921Hail the Woman
1921You're Fired
1922Across the Continent
1922Our Leading Citizen
1922Saturday Night
1922Night Life in Hollywood
1923Grumpy
1923The Ten Commandments - Moses
1925Locked Doors