Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 in San Francisco, California - December 14, 1928 in Hollywood, California) was a movie and stage actor. A stage actor decades before becoming lovable old man in silents. On stage in the 1890s he acted with Fanny Davenport in her play called Gismonda(1894) and later with actress Laurette Taylor The Bird of Paradise(1912). Moved into films in the 1910s going to early Hollywood. Wikipedia
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