by Hal Erickson
biography
Usually billed as Big Joe Roberts, this massive, generously mustached character comedian spent several years in vaudeville with a rough and tumble act called Roberts, Hays, and Roberts. During his brief movie career, he worked almost exclusively in the films of his old vaudeville friend Buster Keaton. From One Week (1920) onward, he growled and grimaced his way through most of Keaton's silent two-reelers, notably as the harried police captain in the classic Cops (1922). Shortly after appearing as the patriarch of a feuding mountain family in Keaton's feature-length Our Hospitality (1923), Joe Roberts died of a series of strokes.
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Our Hospitality
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1923 | |||
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Three Ages
Actor |
1923 | |||
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Cops
Actor |
1922 | |||
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Daydreams
Actor |
1922 | |||
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My Wife's Relations
Actor |
1922 | |||
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Primitive Lover
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Blacksmith
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Electric House
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Frozen North
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Love Nest
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Paleface
Actor |
1922 | |||
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Hard Luck
Actor |
1921 | |||
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The Goat
Actor |
1921 | |||
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The Haunted House
Actor |
1921 | |||
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The Playhouse
Actor |
1921 | |||
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Convict 13
Actor |
1920 | |||
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Neighbors
Actor |
1920 | |||
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One Week
Actor |
1920 | |||
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The Scarecrow
Actor |
1920 |