Joe Roberts

Joe Roberts

Acting 1871-02-02 Albany, New York, USA

"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.

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1924 The Drill Master
1923 Joseph Canfield
1923 The Girl's Father
1923 Captain of the Whaler
1922 The Indian Chief
1922 Blacksmith
1922 Police Chief (uncredited)
1922 The Mayor
1922 Brother
1922 The Driver
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1922 Millionaire
1922 'Roaring' Bill Rivers
1921 Lizard Lip Luke
1921 Leader of Buzzards
1921 Bank Cashier
1921 Police Chief
1921 Actor / Stage Manager (uncredited)
1921 Buzz Saw Brannigan (uncredited)
1920 Piano Mover (uncredited)
1920 The Crazed Prisoner
1920 Farmhand (uncredited)
1920 Her Father (uncredited)