Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1871-02-02 (52 years old)
Deathday
1923-10-28
Place of Birth
Albany, New York, USA
Also known As
Joseph Henry Roberts
Big Joe Roberts
"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 ...
1923
as Joseph Canfield
1920
as Piano Mover (uncredited)
1922
as The Indian Chief
1923
as The Girl's Father
1922
as Blacksmith
1920
as The Crazed Prisoner
1922
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1922
as The Mayor
1921
as Lizard Lip Luke
1922
as Brother
1921
as Leader of Buzzards
1920
as Farmhand (uncredited)
1920
as Her Father (uncredited)
1921
as Bank Cashier
1921
as Police Chief
1921
as Actor / Stage Manager (uncredited)
1922
as The Driver
1922
as Millionaire
1923
as Captain of the Whaler
1924
as The Drill Master
1922
as 'Roaring' Bill Rivers
1921
as Buzz Saw Brannigan (uncredited)
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