Theodore Roberts movie star autograph Silent Actor Hollywood ten commandments

Description

Super rare autograph of Theodore Roberts big time movie star in the 1920' s. I really love this pose of him with the cigar. The signed photo is not personalized which is even better.
Roberts was born in
San Francisco
,
California
. He was a cousin of the stage actress
Florence Roberts
.His choice of a career disappointed his mother who wanted him to become a minister and his father who wanted him to learn a trade
Career
Roberts debuted on stage at the
Baldwin Theatre
in San Francisco in 1880. He went on to act with a barnstorming troupe on the West Coast but tired of that lifestyle after several years and left acting for a time to command a schooner owned by his father.
On stage in the 1890s he acted with
Fanny Davenport
in her play
Gismonda
1894 and later in
The Bird of Paradise
1912. His Broadway career began with
We'Uns of Tennessee
1899 and ended with
Believe Me Xantippe
1913.
Roberts as Moses in
Cecil B. DeMille
's
The Ten Commandments
1923
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. One of his last film appearances was as the heroine's father in
The Cat's Pajamas
1926.
Roberts also performed in vaudeville.
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After the end of a marriage, he spent six months in a New York jail because he refused to pay alimony.
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Death
Roberts died of uremic poisoning in
Hollywood
,
California
at age 67 and is buried in
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
.
Selected filmography
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Anton the Terrible
in
Moving Picture World
, 1916
Year
Title
1914
The Ghost Breaker
The Man from Home
What's His Name
The Call of the North
1915
Temptation
The Arab
The Wild Goose Chase
The Woman
The Captive
The Unafraid
After Five
The Girl of the Golden West
The Unknown
1916
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Dream Girl
Common Ground
The Storm
1917
Nan of Music Mountain
The Devil-Stone
The Little Princess
Joan the Woman
1918
The Squaw Man
The Hidden Pearls
We Can't Have Everything
Old Wives for New
M'Liss
Such a Little Pirate
Arizona
1919
Don't Change Your Husband
The Winning Girl
The Poor Boob
For Better, for Worse
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Love Insurance
Male and Female
What Every Woman Learns
Everywoman
1920
Suds
Double Speed
Judy of Rogue's Harbor
Something to Think About
1921
Forbidden Fruit
Sham
The Affairs of Anatol
Miss Lulu Bett
Hail the Woman
You're Fired
1922
Across the Continent
Our Leading Citizen
Saturday Night
Night Life in Hollywood
1923
Grumpy
The Ten Commandments
1925
Locked Doors
1929
Noisy Neighbors