Tony Roberts

Tony Roberts

1939-10-22 New York City, New York, USA 47 Credits

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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Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

2017

as Max Kellerman

5.5
Acting

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

Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family

2015

as Tony Roberts

6.0
Acting

Brett Gelman throws his parents a dinner and show for their 40th anniversary.

The Longest Week

The Longest Week

2014

as Barry

5.1
Acting

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

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011

as Self

6.8
Acting

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

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")

Acting

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

12 and Holding

2006

as Doctor

6.9
Acting

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

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005

as Charley (segment "How Now, Dow Jones") (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

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

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch

2005

as The Allergist's Wife (archive footage)

5.7
Acting

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

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

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

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

My Best Friend's Wife

2001

as Mr. Epstein

3.4
Acting

Two friends are about to learn that they are "Grownups."

Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds

2001

as narrator

Acting

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

Sounds from a Town I Love

2001

as man on bench

5.6
Acting

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

The Concert for New York City

2001

as Tony Roberts man on bench

4.8
Acting

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

My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies

1999

as Self - Performer

9.0
Acting

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

Dead Broke

1998

as Walter

Acting

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

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

as Heinrich Karl Grüber / George Wellers (voices)

5.8
Acting

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

Victor/Victoria

1995

as Carroll "Toddy" Todd

6.8
Acting

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

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

1995

as Toby Joplin

7.5
Acting

Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.

The American Clock

The American Clock

1993

6.5
Acting

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

Our Sons

1991

as Harry

5.5
Acting

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

Switch

1991

as Arnold Freidkin

5.9
Acting

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

Popcorn

1991

as Mr. Davis

5.8
Acting

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!

18 Again!

1988

as Arnold 'Arnie' Watson

5.6
Acting

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

A Different Affair

1987

as Jeffrey Newman

Acting

A single radio psychiatrist takes in a runaway boy she sponsors in a foster parents program.

Radio Days

Radio Days

1987

as "Silver Dollar" Emcee

7.1
Acting

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

Seize the Day

1986

as Bernie Pell

5.0
Acting

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

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

as Norman (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

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

Key Exchange

1985

as David Slattery

4.8
Acting

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

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0
Acting

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

Amityville 3-D

1983

as John Baxter

4.6
Acting

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

Packin' It In

1983

as Charlie Baumgarten

7.0
Acting

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

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

1982

as Maxwell

6.5
Acting

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

A Question of Honor

1982

as Marlowe

7.0
Acting

Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.

Stardust Memories

Stardust Memories

1980

as Tony

6.9
Acting

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

Just Tell Me What You Want

1980

as Mike Berger

4.5
Acting

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

If Things Were Different

1980

as Michael Boden

Acting

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

The Girls in the Office

1979

as Mike Holden

2.0
Acting

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

Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women

1977

as Joseph Rosetti

Acting

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

Annie Hall

1977

as Rob

7.7
Acting

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

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976

as Lt. Jim Finn

6.4
Acting

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

Lovers Like Us

1975

as Alex Fox

6.6
Acting

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

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

as Warren LaSalle

7.5
Acting

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

Serpico

1973

as Bob Blair

7.5
Acting

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

Play It Again, Sam

1972

as Dick Christie

7.5
Acting

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

Star Spangled Girl

1971

as Andy Hobart

5.2
Acting

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

The Million Dollar Duck

1971

as Fred Hines

5.8
Acting

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.