Roberts, Douglas 1962(?)- (Doug Roberts, Doug Alan Roberts, Douglas Alan Roberts)

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Roberts, Douglas 1962(?)- (Doug Roberts, Doug Alan Roberts, Douglas Alan Roberts)

PERSONAL

Born c. 1962.

Career:

Actor. Also known as Doug Alan Roberts and Douglas Alan Roberts.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors:

San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award, best actor, c. 1986, for Billy Bishop Goes to War; Drama-Logue Award, 1994, for The Killing of Michael Malloy; Drama-Logue Award, c. 1997, for The Whole World Is Watching; Drama-Logue Award, 1997, for Uncle Vanya; Garland Award, Back Stage West (formerly the Drama-Logue Award), c. 1999, for Death of a Salesman; Garland Award, c. 2002, for The Beauty Queen of Leenane; Drama-Logue Award and San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award nomination, both for The Foreigner; San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award nomination, for Lone Star.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Mah Singh and soldier, A Man's a Man, La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Theatre, La Jolla, CA, 1985.

The Sea Gull, La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Theatre, 1985.

Billy Bishop, Billy Bishop Goes to War, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Solana Beach, CA, c. 1985.

Poot, Gillette, La Jolla Playhouse, The Warren Theatre, La Jolla, CA, 1986.

Ned Weeks, The Normal Heart, North Coast Repertory Theatre, c. 1986.

Louie and chap, Largo Desolato, Center Theatre Group, Taper, Too, Los Angeles, 1987.

Gregor, Nothing Sacred, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1988.

Joseph Murphy, The Killing of Michael Malloy, Tiffany Theater, West Hollywood, CA, beginning 1993.

Creon, The Whole World Is Watching, San Diego Repertory Theatre, the Lyceum, San Diego, CA, beginning 1996.

Astrov, Uncle Vanya, San Diego Repertory Theatre, c. 1997.

(As Doug Roberts) Biff, Death of a Salesman, San Diego Repertory Theatre, 1999.

Pato Dooley, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, San Diego Repertory Theatre, 2001.

Antonio, The Merchant of Venice, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Lyceum Space Theatre, San Diego, CA, 2002.

Jacob Marley, the ghost of Christmas present, and Old Joe, A Christmas Carol, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Horton Plaza, San Diego, CA, 2004.

Martin, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, San Diego Repertory Theatre, 2004.

Appeared as Ebenezer Scrooge and Dickens, A Christmas Carol, and as Tom Dicks, The Genius, both San Diego Repertory Theatre; appeared as Jerry, Betrayal, and as Charlie Baker, The Foreigner, both Gaslamp Quarter Theatre, San Diego, CA; as Jeep, Action, Sledgehammer Theatre, San Diego, CA; as Harley Otis, Heat, University of San Diego; and as Roy Caulder, Lone Star, Bowery Theatre.

Film Appearances:

Lloyd Lynch, Violets Are Blue …, Columbia, 1986.

Mark (Recovery), Clean and Sober, Warner Bros., 1988.

Guffy, Flight of the Intruder (also known as El vuelo del Intruder, Flug durch die Hoelle, Inkraektaren fraan skyn, Intruder: Missao de alto risco, Intruderek tamadasa, L'ultimo attacco, Le vol de l'intruder, and Paholaislentaejaet), Paramount, 1990.

(Uncredited) Large police officer at bank, Why Me?, Triumph Releasing, 1990.

Sound man, Postcards from the Edge, Columbia, 1990.

Tough person in bar, From Hollywood to Deadwood, Island Pictures, 1990.

Louis, The Rapture, New Line Cinema, 1991.

Herr Hinz, Swing Kids, Buena Vista, 1993.

Lawrence "Larry" Silver, Patch Adams, Universal, 1998.

Dr. Sachs, Auggie Rose (also known as Beyond Suspicion), New City Releasing, 2000.

Auctioneer, Envy, Columbia, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Simms, Cross of Fire, NBC, 1989.

Cruel Doubt, NBC, 1992.

Private, Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Dr. Johns, Breaking Point, ABC, 1989.

Jack Ross, Naked Lie, CBS, 1989.

Interrogator, Black Widow Murders: The Blanch Taylor Moore Story, NBC, 1993.

Male teller, Caught in the Act, NBC, 1993.

Captain Teller, Blind Justice (also known as Canaan's Way), HBO, 1994.

First reporter, Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg, ABC, 1994.

Reporter at dock, Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight, TNT, 1994.

Redman, Woman Undone, Showtime, 1996.

Sheriff, Waking Up Horton (also known as The Adventures of Young Brave), Showtime, c. 1998.

Linwood Coben, Columbo: Columbo Likes the Nightlife (also known as Columbo: Murder by Suicide), ABC, 2003.

Bunt Wallace, Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (also known as Furia monstrului), Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

Gorwin, Gryphon (also known as Attack of the Gryphon), Sci-Fi Channel, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Kip Dupont, "Hi, Society," Newhart, CBS, 1989.

Mark Coolidge, "Orphans," Beauty and the Beast (also known as A Szepseg es a szoernyeteg, Die Schoene und das Biest, I pentamorfi kai to teras, La bella e la bestia, La bella y la bestia, La belle et la bete, and Skonheden og udyret), CBS, 1989.

Richard Yzerman (a lawyer), "His Suit Is Hirsute," L.A. Law, NBC, 1989.

(Uncredited) Richard Yzerman (a lawyer), "The Unbearable Lightness of Boring," L.A. Law, NBC, 1989.

(Uncredited) Richard Yzerman (a lawyer), "On Your Honor," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990.

"Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die: Parts 1 & 2," Mancuso F.B.I., NBC, 1990.

Mike, "The Leap Back—June 15, 1945," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1991.

Phil, "Boys of Summer," Brooklyn Bridge, CBS, 1991.

Dr. Daniels, "Chief of Hearts," Viper, NBC, 1994.

Ron Friendly, "Murder by Twos," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1994.

Ted Pierce, "The Deal of the Art," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1994.

Dewey Nichols, "The Prodigal Father," The Client (also known as John Grisham's "The Client"), CBS, 1995.

Fifth customer, "A Dime a Dance," Fallen Angels (also known as Perfect Crimes, Crime perfecte, and 24 horas para a morte), Showtime, 1995.

Man, "Blind Man's Bluff," Strange Luck (also known as Drole de chance, Strange Luck—Dem Zufall auf der Spur, and Um homem de sorte), Fox, 1995.

Thomas Ethan Parker, "Interview with an Angel," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1995.

Tiny Kerns, "The Secret of Gila Junction," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1995.

John Hales, "Reasonable Doubts," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

Robber, "Escape from L.A.," Melrose Place, Fox, 1997.

Dr. Keith Cutter, "The Code," L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1998.

Dr. Keith Cutter, "Prayer of the Lying," L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1998.

Mickey Clausen, "F/X," The Pretender, NBC, 1998.

Dr. Keith Cutter, "Que Sera, Sarah," L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1999.

Dr. Preston, "Nurse Evil," GvsE (also known as G vs. E), USA Network, 1999, later known as Good versus Evil, Sci-Fi Channel.

Sergeant Ken Dodds and Donald (some sources cite first name as Adrian) Roper, "For the Children," Seven Days (also known as 7 Days and Seven Days: The Series), UPN, 1999.

Darin McNamara, "The Ring," Angel (also known as Angel: The Series, Angel—Jaeger der Finsternis, and Skoteinos angelos), The WB, 2000.

Farley, "Reunion," The Invisible Man (also known as I-Man, El hombre, Invisible Man—Der Unsichtbare, and Naekymaetoen mies), Sci-Fi Channel, 2000.

Norm Harrison (an attorney), "All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 2000.

Tony Holowell, "Unfriendly Skies," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I., CSI, CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: Weekends, and Les experts), CBS, 2000.

Henry (first Congressional aide), "The Fall's Gonna Kill You," The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC, 2001.

Wilson Miner, "Possession," Boomtown, NBC, 2002.

Doctor Brent, "The Cost of Freedom," The Division (also known as Heart of the City), Lifetime, 2003.

Wade Stanton, "Daddy's Girl," L.A. Dragnet (series previously known as Dragnet), ABC, 2003, series also broadcast on USA Network.

Hank Deets, "Riceburner," The Shield (also known as The Barn and Rampart), FX Network, 2004.

Appeared as a skeptic, Nothing Sacred (also known as Priesthood), ABC; and appeared in Equal Justice, ABC. Appeared as an agent in "Teddy Gets a Guru" (also known as "Teddy Pursues a Hollywood Guru"), an unaired episode of The Famous Teddy Z, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Father Rick, Appearances, NBC, 1990.

Paul Morrain, The First Gentleman, CBS, 1994.

Steven Rizzo, To Have & to Hold (also known as Faits l'un pour l'autre, Hoida ja armastada, In guten wie in schlechten Tagen, Kuin luodut toisilleen, and Les freres McGrail), CBS, 1998.

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