Theodore Roberts

Towering, patriarchal American actor Theodore Roberts was already nearing 50 when he left the stage to appear as Simon Legree in a 1910 film version of Uncle Tom's Cabin. In deference to his age, expe...
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10/01/1861
San Francisco, CA
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