Joe Roberts
Acting
Born: 1871-02-02 · Albany, New York, USA
Died: 1923-10-28
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
🎬 Movies (23)
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026
Self (Archival)
The Misfit
1924
The Drill Master
Our Hospitality
1923
Joseph Canfield
Three Ages
1923
The Girl's Father
The Love Nest
1923
Captain of the Whaler
The Paleface
1922
The Indian Chief
The Blacksmith
1922
Blacksmith
Cops
1922
Police Chief (uncredited)
Day Dreams
1922
The Mayor
My Wife's Relations
1922
Brother
The Electric House
1922
Millionaire
The Frozen North
1922
The Driver
The Primitive Lover
1922
'Roaring' Bill Rivers
Hard Luck
1921
Lizard Lip Luke
The High Sign
1921
Leader of Buzzards
The Play House
1921
Actor / Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Haunted House
1921
Bank Cashier
The Goat
1921
Police Chief
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
Buzz Saw Brannigan (uncredited)
One Week
1920
Piano Mover (uncredited)
Convict 13
1920
The Crazed Prisoner
The Scarecrow
1920
Farmhand (uncredited)
Neighbors
1920
Her Father (uncredited)