Star from Woody all-films
Grief for US actor Tony Roberts
Tony Roberts died at the age of 85. The actor became known for his roles in films by and with Woody Allen.
Tony Roberts (1939-2025) is dead. The actor died last Friday at the age of 85 in his house in Manhattan and thus in his hometown of New York City. As his daughter Nicole Burley announced, the cause of death is complications after a lung cancer.
Roles alongside Woody Allen
On the one hand, Tony Roberts had a long Broadway career, in which he was also nominated twice for Tony, an American theater and musical award. In 1968 he was recognized as the best actor in a musical for “How Now, Dow Jones” and in 1969 as the leading actor in a play for Woody Allen’s “Play It Again, Sam”.
On the other hand, Roberts got several roles in films by author and director Woody Allen (89). This includes “do it again, Sam” after the play of the same name, “The city neurotic”, “Stardust Memories”, “A Midsummer Night sex comedy” and “Hannah and her sisters”, in which everyone also played along. Roberts usually embodied the best friend of Woody Allens Figure. The actor later appeared in series such as “Law & Order” or “Murder”. In 2017, Roberts was still seen in a new TV film by “Dirty Dancing”.
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