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Joe Roberts‌

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Joe Roberts

Albany, New York, USA

Joe Roberts

Albany, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1871-02-02

Popularity

star0.3

Biography

"Big Joe" Roberts, as he was known in vaudeville, toured the country with his first wife, Lillian Stuart Roberts as part of a rowdy act known as Roberts, Hays, and Roberts. Their signature routine was called "The Cowboy, the Swell and the Lady." At this time, in the first decade of the twentieth century, Buster Keaton's father, Joe Keaton, had started a summer Actors' Colony for vaudevillians between Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake in Michigan. Roberts became acquainted with the Keaton family as a member of this community. When Buster Keaton's film apprenticeship years with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle came to an end, and Keaton began making his own shorts in 1920, he asked Roberts to join him. Roberts' hefty 6'3" frame, usually playing a menacing heavy or authority figure, made a striking and amusing contrast to the thin, 5'6" Keaton. IMDB shows that Roberts made only two films without Keaton. He played the role of "Roaring Bill" Rivers in 1922's The Primitive Lover starring Constance Talmadge—Keaton's sister-in-law—and the silent film actor Harrison Ford; and a drill master in the Clyde Cook comedy The Misfit,[4] released in March 1924, after Roberts' death. When Keaton began making feature films in 1923, he apparently intended to continue working with Roberts. Roberts had roles in Keaton's Three Ages and Our Hospitality (both 1923). During the filming of the second feature, Roberts had a stroke but insisted on returning to the set to finish the film. After completion, Roberts suffered another stroke and died shortly afterwards.

Movie Credits

Our Hospitality

Our Hospitality‌
star7.5
calendar 1923

One Week

One Week‌
star7.9
calendar 1920

The Paleface

The Paleface‌
star6.1
calendar 1922

Three Ages

Three Ages‌
star6.8
calendar 1923

The Blacksmith

The Blacksmith‌
star6.6
calendar 1922

Convict 13

Convict 13‌
star6.7
calendar 1920

Cops

Cops‌
star7.1
calendar 1922

Day Dreams

Day Dreams‌
star6.5
calendar 1922

Hard Luck

Hard Luck‌
star6.8
calendar 1921

My Wife's Relations

My Wife's Relations‌
star6.1
calendar 1922

The High Sign

The High Sign‌
star7.1
calendar 1921

The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow‌
star7.4
calendar 1920

The Electric House

The Electric House‌
star6.6
calendar 1922

The Play House

The Play House‌
star6.8
calendar 1921

Neighbors

Neighbors‌
star7.1
calendar 1920

The Love Nest

The Love Nest‌
star6.7
calendar 1923

The Frozen North

The Frozen North‌
star6.1
calendar 1922

The Haunted House

The Haunted House‌
star6.6
calendar 1921

The Goat

The Goat‌
star7.2
calendar 1921

The Misfit

The Misfit‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

The Primitive Lover

The Primitive Lover‌
star5.9
calendar 1922

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy‌
star7.0
calendar 1921

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