{"id":8879,"date":"2025-10-01T10:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8879"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:47:26","slug":"woody-allen-film-actor-and-broadway-star-passed-away-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8879","title":{"rendered":"Woody Allen Film Actor And Broadway Star Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"159\"><strong data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"159\">Tony Roberts, Actor Known for Woody Allen Collaborations, Dies at 85<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"401\">Tony Roberts, best known for his roles in Woody Allen and Sidney Lumet films, has died at 85. His daughter, Nicole Barley\u2014his only surviving family member\u2014confirmed he passed away Friday at his Manhattan home from lung cancer complications.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"720\">Born in New York City on October 22, 1939, Roberts had a decades-long career in stage, film, and television. A Northwestern University graduate, he found early success on Broadway before starring in Allen&#8217;s classics like <em data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"636\">Annie Hall<\/em>, <em data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"649\">Manhattan<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"675\">Play It Again, Sam<\/em>, often playing the witty, supportive friend.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"1011\">He also appeared in Lumet\u2019s <em data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"759\">Serpico<\/em> and <em data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"792\">Just Tell Me What You Want<\/em>, and had TV roles in <em data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"829\">The Love Boat<\/em>, <em data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"844\">Law &amp; Order<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"850\" data-end=\"859\">Frasier<\/em>. On stage, Roberts earned Tony nominations for <em data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"927\">How Now, Dow Jones<\/em> and <em data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"952\">Play It Again, Sam<\/em>, and starred alongside Julie Andrews in <em data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1010\">Victor\/Victoria<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1013\" data-end=\"1122\">With a rich voice suited for narration and ads, Roberts maintained a low profile despite his prolific career.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1142\"><strong data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1142\">Rest in peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Roberts, Actor Known for Woody Allen Collaborations, Dies at 85 Tony Roberts, best known for his roles in Woody Allen and Sidney Lumet films, has died at 85. His daughter, Nicole Barley\u2014his only surviving family member\u2014confirmed he passed away Friday at his Manhattan home from lung cancer complications. Born in New York City on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8879\" 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":8880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8879","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\/8879","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=8879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8882,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8879\/revisions\/8882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}