Background
Roberts, Mark was born on June 9, 1921 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Ward Ellis and Daisy (Hobson) Scott.
Roberts, Mark was born on June 9, 1921 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Ward Ellis and Daisy (Hobson) Scott.
Student, University Kansas, 1941. Bachelor, University Arizona, 1943.
Sometimes he was credited as Bob Scott, Robert East. Scott, or Robert Scott. A native of Denver, Colorado, Roberts made his cinematographical debut in Brother Rat, a 1938 film directed by William Keighley and starred by Ronald Reagan, in which he played an uncredited bit role as Tripod Andrews. After that, he was billed as Robert Scott in three films before obtaining his first and only leading role in the 1944 Columbia serial Black Arrow.
He also served in the United States Army Air Forces during World World War World War II Following discharge, he acted under the name of Mark Roberts.
Roberts appeared (uncredited) in lieutenant’s a Wonderful Life, the 1946 classic Frank Capra film, in which he and Carl (Alfalfa) Switzer played Mickey and Freddie Othello, respectively, the two guys who unlocked the gym floor at the high school dance scene, exposing the pool below, where George Bailey (James Stewart) and Mary Hatch (Donna Reed) ended up taking a bath. Roberts later became a familiar face in selected drama and action television series.
He starred as reporter Hildy Johnson in the 1949-1950 syndicated television series The Front Page. In the 1960-1961 season, he joined Stephen Dunne (1918–1977) as fictitious brothers playing private detectives in the syndicated television series, The Brothers Brannagan, which aired thirty-nine episodes.
Roberts played Bob Brannagan.
Dunne, Mike Brannagan. He made seven guest appearances on Perry Mason, including two 1962 roles as the murder victim: title character Otto Gervaert/Gabe Phillips in "The Case of the Absent Artist," and Tod Richards in "The Case of the Playboy Pugilist." Roberts made his last screen appearance in the short-lived 1994 sitcom Monty. Roberts died at the age of eighty-four in Los Angeles, California.
Kraft Theatre (1949–1958) The Philco Playhouse (1954).
Member Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Actors Equity Association, ScreenActors Guild, American Federation television and Radio Artists, Writers Guild American West, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Phi Delta Theta (president U. Arizona chapter 1942).
Married Audrey von Clemm (deceased). Children: Ward Ellis II, Margot, Jeffrey Frazier.