Theodore Roberts
Actor
San Francisco, California, USA
Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 in San Francisco, California – December 14, 1928 in Hollywood, California) was an American film and stage actor. 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 (1894) and later in The Bird of Paradise (1912) 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 (1923). He is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 in San Francisco, California – December 14, 1928 in Hollywood, California) was an American film and stage actor.
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 (1894) and later in The Bird of Paradise (1912) 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 (1923).
He is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.