Personal Info
Birth date
1891-08-20 (134 Years)
Day of death
1971-02-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known as
Egbert Roach
Egbert "Bert" Roach
Bert Roach
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
Murders in the Rue Morgue
6.08
Overview:
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.The Perils of Pauline
6.2
Overview:
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 takeDuel in the Sun
6.361
Overview:
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.Wickedness Preferred
NYR
Overview:
He couldn't help it if the girls all fell for him. But his wife certainly cramped his romantic style!Grand Central Murder
5.87
Overview:
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.The Crowd
7.6
Overview:
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.Women Without Names
4.8
Overview:
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's nameMy Favorite Spy
5.2
Overview:
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).Here Comes the Band
5
Overview:
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."The Thin Man
7.5
Overview:
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.The Last Warning
6.7
Overview:
A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.The Mortal Storm
7.247
Overview:
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.Lady on a Train
6.552
Overview:
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.Bird of Paradise
4.98
Overview:
When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.Fast and Furious
5.1
Overview:
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.Captain Thunder
3.8
Overview:
A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner Bros.' Captain Thunder contains some of the darndest Mexican accents you've ever heard in your life. The star is Hungarian-born Victor Varconi, portraying a legendary south of the border outlaw who tries to force Canadian senorita Fay Wray to marry a rival rustler whom she despises. She pleads with the bandito so pathetically that he is moved to grant her a single wish. Without hesitation she chooses her poor but true love. The bandit king, being a somewhat honorable fellow grants the wish and without a twitch, guns down the wicked cattle thief. Fortunately the film was played for comedy, a wise decision since it probably would have garnered laughs as a straight drama anyway.Night World
6.9
Overview:
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.A Slight Case of Murder
6.2
Overview:
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.Accidents Will Happen
NYR
Overview:
A comic one-act film about an insurance agent who has to sell an insurance policy to a reluctant client in order to win over the daughter of the insurance company’s boss.Say It in French
NYR
Overview:
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....Down with Husbands
6
Overview:
When their wives go on strike, two husbands form an organization they call the "Husbands Protective League".Hellzapoppin'
7.1
Overview:
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.International Settlement
5
Overview:
In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).Rose of Washington Square
5.75
Overview:
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.Hotel Continental
6
Overview:
Scheduled for demolition, Hotel Continental has seen 50 years of romance, intrigue, and tragedy. The last night attracts many nostalgic patrons, including a gangster planning to grab the loot that he hid there many years ago.The Jury's Secret
4.5
Overview:
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.Mr. Moto's Last Warning
5.5
Overview:
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.Acting
1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Foster in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951The Tall Target as Politician (uncredited)
1951Show Boat as Drunk (uncredited)
1947Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Crandall (uncredited)
1947The Perils of Pauline as Western Saloon Set Bartender
1947Fun on a Weekend as Oswald J. Nicholl
1946Duel in the Sun as Party Guest (uncredited)
1946Decoy as Bartender
1946The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Man Waiting (uncredited)
1946Man from Rainbow Valley as Mayor
1946Little Giant as Joe (bartender) (uncredited)
1945Swingin' on a Rainbow as Drunken Man (uncredited)
1945Lady on a Train as Unknown
1945Her Favorite Patient as George Hastings
1944Sensations of 1945 as Photographer in Penny Arcade Number (uncredited)
1944Shine on Harvest Moon as Drunk (uncredited)
1943Mardi Gras as Chamberlain
1943Hi Diddle Diddle as Fat Man
1943Quiet Please, Murder as Hungry Library Patron
1943Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)
1942Once Upon a Honeymoon as Ship Bartender (uncredited)
1942Dr. Renault's Secret as Inn Proprietor
1942My Sister Eileen as Pete the Drunk (uncredited)
1942Cairo as Sleepy man (uncredited)
1942My Favorite Spy as Pedestrian in Park
1942Grand Central Murder as Tubby (uncredited)
1942The Wife Takes a Flyer as Guldschreschts
1942Fingers at the Window as Krum
1942Wedding Yells as Papa Biddlebump
1941Hellzapoppin' as Robert T. MacChesney (uncredited)
1941Three Girls About Town as Advising Drunk
1941Love Crazy as Front Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1941I'll Wait for You as Jim, the Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1941You're the One as Man in Wheel Chair
1940The Mortal Storm as Fat Song Leader in Cafe
1940Women Without Names as Ogrim - Stubborn Juror
1939Another Thin Man as Cookie (uncredited)
1939Fast and Furious as Bartender (uncredited)
1939Nurse Edith Cavell as George Moulin
1939The Man in the Iron Mask as Athos
1939Man About Town as Arab Petitioner in Show (uncredited)
1939Hotel Imperial as Fat Comic (uncredited)
1939Rose of Washington Square as Mr. Paunch (uncredited)
1939Code of the Streets as Joe
1939Honolulu as Grayson's Party Guest (uncredited)
1939They Made Me a Criminal as Hendricks (uncredited)
1939Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1938Say It in French as Waiter
1938The Great Waltz as Vogelhuber
1938The Arkansas Traveler as Optimistic Hobo
1938Romance on the Run as Happy Drunk
1938Joy of Living as German Waiter at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
1938Walking Down Broadway as Archie - Stage Manager
1938A Slight Case of Murder as Speakeasy Proprietor (uncredited)
1938International Settlement as Lord Fauntleroy
1938Mannequin as Mr. Schwartz (Uncredited)
1938The Jury's Secret as Juror Hackenmeir
1937Beg, Borrow or Steal as Mr. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
1937Double Wedding as Shrank
1937The Girl Said No as Sugar Plum
1937Saratoga as Passenger on Train (uncredited)
1937The Emperor's Candlesticks as Hotel Clerk
1937The Good Old Soak as Mike
1937God's Country and the Woman as Kewpie
1936San Francisco as Freddie Duane
1936Fury as Waiter (uncredited)
1936Sons o' Guns as Vogel
1936Love Before Breakfast as The Host
1935Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
1935Guard That Girl as Ellwood
1935Bad Boy as Pool Table Customer
1935Keystone Hotel as Hotel Manager
1935Here Comes the Band as Drummer in Band
1935Public Hero Number 1 as Salesman on Bus Annoying Terry (uncredited)
1935Traveling Saleslady as Harry
1935Shadow of Doubt as Stumbling Detective After Trenna
1934Paris Interlude as Noble
1934Handy Andy as Phil (uncredited)
1934Half a Sinner as Rumplemeyer
1934The Thin Man as Crying Man at Party (uncredited)
1933Only Yesterday as Rex (Uncredited)
1933Secret Sinners as The Out of Work Actor
1933Daring Daughters as Joby Johnson
1933The Trial of Vince Barnett as Unknown
1933Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as John
1932Call Her Savage as Man Who Tries to Pick Up Nasa (Uncredited)
1932Evenings for Sale as Otto Volk
1932Love Me Tonight as Emile
1932Bird of Paradise as Hector
1932Night World as Tommy
1932The Impatient Maiden as Mr. Gilman
1932Hotel Continental as Charlie Layton
1932Murders in the Rue Morgue as Paul
1931Arrowsmith as Bert Tozer
1931Compromised as Tony
1931Six Cylinder Love as Harold Rogers
1931The Bad Sister as Wade Trumbull
1930Captain Thunder as Pablo
1930The Princess and the Plumber as Albert Bowers
1930Free Love as Bit Part (uncredited)
1930Viennese Nights as Gus Sascher
1930Liliom as Wolf
1930Lawful Larceny as French
1930The Song of the Flame as Count Boris
1930Hold Everything as Nosey Bartlett
1930The Stronger Sex as The Novelist's Husband
1930Down with Husbands as George Fuller
1930So This Is Paris Green as Unknown
1930No, No, Nanette as Bill Early
1929Young Nowheres as Mr. Jesse
1929So Long Letty as Tommy Robbins
1929The Time, the Place and the Girl as Bert Holmes
1929The Desert Rider as Friar Bernardo
1928Honeymoon as Bert
1928The Last Warning as Mike Brody
1928Show People as Heavyset Man in Casting Agency (uncredited)
1928Telling the World as Lane
1928A Certain Young Man as Mr. Crutchley
1928Riders of the Dark as Sheriff Snodgrass
1928Under the Black Eagle as Hans Schmidt
1928The Crowd as Bert
1928The Latest from Paris as Bert Blevins
1928Wickedness Preferred as Homer Burton
1927The Battle of the Century as Ringside spectator
1927Twelve Miles Out as Luke
1927Tillie the Toiler as Bill
1927The Taxi Dancer as Charlie Cook
1926Tin Hats as "Dutch" Krausmeyer
1926The Flaming Forest as Sloppy
1926Money Talks as Oscar Waters
1925Don't as Uncle Nat
1925The Denial as Arthur
1925Excuse Me as Jimmy Wellington
1925Smouldering Fires as Member of the Committee
1924Harem Follies as Unknown
1924That's the Spirit as The Butler
1924A Lady of Quality as Sir Christopher Crowell
1922The Flirt as Wade Trumble
1922Accidents Will Happen as Ned's Valet
1922The Black Bag as Mulready
1921The Millionaire as Bobo Harmsworth
1921The Rowdy as Howard Morse
1921Hold Your Breath as Unknown
1921She Sighed by the Seaside as The Widower
1921A Small Town Idol as Martin Brown
1920Down on the Farm as Roach - the Farmer
1920Under a Spell as The Valet
1919Hearts and Flowers as Al
1919Why Beaches Are Popular as Bert Roach
1919Yankee Doodle in Berlin as Von Hindenburg
1919Cupid's Day Off as Unknown
1917Soapsuds and Sirens as Mr. Printum
1916Cold Hearts and Hot Flames as Unknown
1914Fatty's Magic Pants as Party Guest (uncredited)
1914Universal Ike Junior at the Dance of Little L.O. as Unknown