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