Tony Roberts
Biography
Tony Roberts was an American actor who worked on stage and screen. Born in Manhattan, he made his Broadway debut in 1962 in Something About a Soldier and earned two Tony Award nominations, for How Now, Dow Jones in 1968 and Play It Again, Sam in 1969. Roberts often collaborated with Woody Allen, appearing in six of his films, including Annie Hall (1977), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Stardust Memories (1980), and A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982). He also worked with Sidney Lumet on Serpico (1973) and appeared in The Million Dollar Duck (1971), Amityville 3-D (1983), 18 Again! (1988), Popcorn (1991), and Switch (1991). Later screen roles included The Longest Week (2014) and Dirty Dancing (2017), while his Broadway credits ranged from Promises, Promises to Victor/Victoria and Xanadu.
85years old at death
- Born Manhattan
- Died Manhattan
- Star sign: LibraLast day of the sign, on the Scorpio cusp
- Also credited as David Anthony Roberts
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 46 years1971 to 2017
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A first
Tony Roberts was the third actor to take on the role of Lee Pollock on the soap opera The Edge of Night.
Beyond film
Roberts recorded audiobook adaptations of several Stuart Woods novels, along with Andrew Vachss's Batman: The Ultimate Evil and Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle.
Tony Roberts movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Woody Allen directed four of these films, Blake Edwards two. Woody Allen appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Woody Allen's page
Diane Keaton's page
Julie Andrews's page
Mia Farrow's page
Daniel Stern's page
Joan Neuman2 films together, 1977 to 1980
Joan Neuman's page
All films by Blake Edwards
Box office
What Tony Roberts's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$163 million
11 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$44M26.9% of the total
- 2$40M24.5% of the total
- 3$31M18.9% of the total
- 4$16M9.5% of the total
- 5$10M6.4% of the total
- 6$9.1M5.6% of the total
- 7$6.3M3.9% of the total
- 8$4.2M2.6% of the total
$2.9 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.