{"id":19046,"date":"2026-02-16T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=19046"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:01:50","slug":"woody-allen-film-actor-and-broadway-star-passed-away-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=19046","title":{"rendered":"Woody Allen Film Actor And Broadway Star Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"267\">Actor <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Tony Roberts<\/span><\/span> has died at 85. His daughter, Nicole Barley, confirmed to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The New York Times<\/span><\/span> that he passed away Friday at his Manhattan home from complications of lung cancer. She was his only surviving family member.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"904\">Born October 22, 1939, in New York City and a graduate of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Northwestern University<\/span><\/span>, Roberts built a distinguished career across Broadway, film, and television. He was best known for his collaborations with <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Woody Allen<\/span><\/span> in films such as <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Annie Hall<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Play It Again, Sam<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Manhattan<\/span><\/span>, and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Sex Comedy<\/span><\/span>, often playing the charming best friend. He also appeared in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sidney Lumet<\/span><\/span>\u2019s films, including <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Serpico<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Just Tell Me What You Want<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1322\">On television, he had roles in series like <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The Love Boat<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Law &amp; Order<\/span><\/span>, and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Frasier<\/span><\/span>. A respected stage actor, he earned Tony nominations for <em data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1152\">How Now, Dow Jones<\/em> and <em data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1177\">Play It Again, Sam<\/em>, and starred in Broadway productions including <em data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1247\">Barefoot in the Park<\/em> and <em data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1269\">Victor\/Victoria<\/em> alongside <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Julie Andrews<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1498\">Roberts was also known for his distinctive voice work in audiobooks and commercials. Though widely accomplished, he remained devoted to his craft rather than the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1500\" data-end=\"1514\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U82_-lK4iXk?si=kONBMbekjOsFHc3r\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Tony Roberts has died at 85. His daughter, Nicole Barley, confirmed to The New York Times that he passed away Friday at his Manhattan home from complications of lung cancer. She was his only surviving family member. Born October 22, 1939, in New York City and a graduate of Northwestern University, Roberts built a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=19046\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Woody Allen Film Actor And Broadway Star Passed Away&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19048,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19046\/revisions\/19048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}