Bert Roach

Actor

August 20, 1891 (79 years)

† February 16, 1971

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Egbert "Bert" Roach (August 21, 1891 – February 16, 1971) was an American film actor. He appeared in 327 films between 1914 and 1951. He was born in Washington, D.C., and died in Los Angeles, California, age 79.

Filmography

6.4

Duel in the Sun

Party Guest (uncredited)

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

7.5

The Thin Man

Crying Man at Party (uncredited)

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

7.3

The Mortal Storm

Fat Song Leader in Cafe

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

7.1

The Man in the Iron Mask

Athos

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

7.1

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Man Waiting (uncredited)

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.

7.5

Fury

Waiter (uncredited)

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

6.2

Show Boat

Drunk (uncredited)

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

6.6

San Francisco

Freddie Duane

A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.

6.6

Arrowsmith

Bert Tozer

A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.

6.1

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Paul

In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.

7.1

Another Thin Man

Cookie (uncredited)

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

6.6

Love Me Tonight

Emile

A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.

7.2

Hellzapoppin'

Robert T. MacChesney (uncredited)

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

7.2

Show People

Heavyset Man in Casting Agency (uncredited)

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

6.8

Love Crazy

Front Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

6.3

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Ship Bartender (uncredited)

A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.

6.9

The Tall Target

Politician (uncredited)

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

7.5

Say It in French

Waiter

An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....

7.6

The Crowd

Bert

John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.

6.7

The Perils of Pauline

Western Saloon Set Bartender

Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials. But the consequences of movie stardom may be more than her leading man can take