Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies — often as Allen’s best friend — has died.
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Roberts also appeared on Broadway in the 1966 Woody Allen comedy"Don't Drink the Water," repeating his role in the film version, and in Allen's"Play It Again, Sam" , for which he also made the movie. In Eric Lax's book"Woody Allen: A Biography," Roberts recalled a complicated scene in"A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" that Allen shot over and over — even after the film had been edited — to get his intended effect.
Roberts, who made his Broadway debut in 1962 in the short-lived"Something About a Soldier," also was a replacement in some of its longest-running hits including"Barefoot in the Park,""Promises,"Promises,""They're Playing Our Song,""Jerome Robbins' Broadway,""The Sisters Rosensweig" and the 1998 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of"Cabaret.
Roberts was born in New York on Oct. 22, 1939, the son of radio and television announced Ken Roberts.
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