Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Anthony "Tony" Roberts (October 22, 1939 - February 7, 2025) was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in several Woody Allen movies, usually cast as Allen's best friend. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Roberts (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Complete Filmography

Dirty Dancing
2017
as Max Kellerman
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and ...

Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family
2015
as Tony Roberts
Brett Gelman throws his parents a dinner and show for their 40th anniversary.

The Longest Week
2014
as Barry
Left broke and homeless by his wealthy parents' divorce, a young man moves in with an old friend and finally meets the woman of his dreams -- only to ...

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing...

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips fro...

12 and Holding
2006
as Doctor
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire...

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Charley (segment "How Now, Dow Jones") (archive footage)
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great m...

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005
as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)
Tender and upbeat, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH is the affectionate and entertaining tribute to actor, writer, drag performer, and glamorous ...

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...

My Best Friend's Wife
2001
as Mr. Epstein
Two friends are about to learn that they are "Grownups."
Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds
2001
as narrator
In a prolific career that spanned seven decades, Richard Rodgers wrote over 900 songs for more than 70 shows - a body of work unmatched by any other t...

Sounds from a Town I Love
2001
as man on bench
A montage of short scenes of New Yorkers talking on their cellphones, evoking snippets of conversation overheard in passing on the streets of Manhatta...

The Concert for New York City
2001
as Tony Roberts man on bench
The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-yo...

My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
1999
as Self - Performer
On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuhn and Audra McDonald -- took the stage at New York...

Dead Broke
1998
as Walter
A detective investigates a murder that has taken place outside a debt collection agency in Brooklyn. A motley assortment of suspects includes the empl...

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Heinrich Karl Grüber / George Wellers (voices)
David Brinkley hosts this shattering two-hour documentary about the trial of the man whose role in deporting the Jews of Europe for extermination made...

Victor/Victoria
1995
as Carroll "Toddy" Todd
Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a fe...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
as Toby Joplin
Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.

The American Clock
1993
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market cra...

Our Sons
1991
as Harry
When James admits to his mother that he is gay it strains her liberal attitude. A San Diego businesswoman, Audrey believes she is a modern, open-minde...

Switch
1991
as Arnold Freidkin
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to...

Popcorn
1991
as Mr. Davis
While holding a horror film festival, a group of film students find themselves stalked by a madman who may have a sinister connection to a cult leader...

18 Again!
1988
as Arnold 'Arnie' Watson
81-year-old millionaire Jack Watson switches bodies with his 18-year-old grandson David, leading the two to experience life on opposite ends of the ag...

A Different Affair
1987
as Jeffrey Newman
A single radio psychiatrist takes in a runaway boy she sponsors in a foster parents program.

Radio Days
1987
as "Silver Dollar" Emcee
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...

Seize the Day
1986
as Bernie Pell
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as ...

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Norman (uncredited)
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...

Key Exchange
1985
as David Slattery
A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

Amityville 3-D
1983
as John Baxter
To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking price, skeptical journalist John Baxter buys the place...

Packin' It In
1983
as Charlie Baumgarten
In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon. But when they r...

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
as Maxwell
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weeken...

A Question of Honor
1982
as Marlowe
Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.

Stardust Memories
1980
as Tony
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
as Mike Berger
A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.

If Things Were Different
1980
as Michael Boden
A woman tries to cope with her husband's emotional instability while also juggling a career as a local TV show director, her motherly duties, and an e...

The Girls in the Office
1979
as Mike Holden
A romantic comedy about four women employed by an ultra-modern Houston department store who discover that they must choose between love and a career.

Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
1977
as Joseph Rosetti
A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in ...

Annie Hall
1977
as Rob
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Lt. Jim Finn
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, B...

Lovers Like Us
1975
as Alex Fox
A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Warren LaSalle
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Serpico
1973
as Bob Blair
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Play It Again, Sam
1972
as Dick Christie
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married ...

Star Spangled Girl
1971
as Andy Hobart
A pair of 60's hippies fall in love with the girl next door, who is exactly the kind of square that they are fighting against.

The Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Fred Hines
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.