
Known for
Acting
Born
February 2, 1871
Birthplace
Albany, New York, USA
Died
October 28, 1923 (aged 52)
"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....
2026
as Self (Archival)
1924
as The Drill Master
1923
as Joseph Canfield
1923
as The Girl's Father
1923
as Captain of the Whaler
1922
as The Mayor
1922
as Millionaire
1922
as The Driver
1922
as Blacksmith
1922
as Brother
1922
as 'Roaring' Bill Rivers
1922
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1922
as The Indian Chief
1921
as Actor / Stage Manager (uncredited)
1921
as Buzz Saw Brannigan (uncredited)
1921
as Police Chief
1921
as Leader of Buzzards
1921
as Lizard Lip Luke
1921
as Bank Cashier
1920
as Her Father (uncredited)
1920
as Farmhand (uncredited)
1920
as The Crazed Prisoner
1920
as Piano Mover (uncredited)