Theodore Roberts the actor is not to be confused with author Theodore Goodridge Roberts, 1877–1953, who wrote "The Harbor Master".Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861, San Francisco, California – December 14, 1928, Hollywood, California) was an American film and stage actor. On stage in the 1890s he acted with Fanny Davenport in her play called Gismonda (1894) and later in The Bird of Paradise (1912) with actress Laurette Taylor.