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Clete Roberts

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1912-02-01
Portland, Oregon U.S.

Biography

Clete Roberts (February 1, 1912 – September 30, 1984) was an American broadcast journalist. He began his career in radio news, then transitioned to television, working for stations in California. In later years, he portrayed himself and fictional broadcast journalists in entertainment media, such as in 1970s episodes of the TV series M*A*S*H. From Wikipedia.

Known For & Full Filmography22 Titles

#1Columbo

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as TV Newsman

8.1 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

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#2Columbo

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as TV Anchor Man

8.1 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

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#3Bewitched

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.9 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamily

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.

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#4M*A*S*H

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Interviewer

7.9 / 10
War & PoliticsDramaComedy

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

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#5Mission: Impossible

Drama Series - 1966, 16 episodes as Announcer

7.6 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.

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#6Simon & Simon

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10
Drama

A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.

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#7Cannon

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10
DramaAction & Adventure

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.

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#8McCloud

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.2 / 10
CrimeDrama

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.

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#9The Jerk

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Announcer

6.9 / 10
Comedy

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.

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#10Goliath Awaits

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Newscaster (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

During World War II the passenger liner "Goliath" is sunk by a German submarine. Portions of the ship's hull remain airtight, and some of the passengers and crew survive. Over the decades they build a rigidly regulated society completely isolated from the surface world until, in contemporary times, a diving team begins to explore the wreck.

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#11Testament

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Newscaster

6.4 / 10
DramaSci-Fi

It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.

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#12Meteor

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Network Newscaster

5.2 / 10
Sci-FiThrillerAction

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits, it will cause an incredible catastrophe that will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor, NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules," but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR, which has also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

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#13San Francisco International Airport

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes as Announcer

7.0 / 10
Drama

San Francisco International Airport is a television drama aired in the United States The series starred Lloyd Bridges as Jim Conrad, the manager of the gigantic San Francisco International Airport. Bob Hatten was his chief of security, an important role at a time when security was beginning to emerge as a real-life major issue in air transport. June was Conrad's secretary. Airport situations drawn from real life were addressed, such as protesting demonstrators, mechanical malfunctions, and similar problems.

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#14The Last Hurrah

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as Reporter (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
Drama

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

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#15Countdown

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m as Announcer (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
Sci-FiThriller

Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year.

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#16The Swinger

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m as Clete Roberts

5.3 / 10
Comedy

An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.

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#17The Phenix City Story

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Self, The Interviewer

6.5 / 10
Crime

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

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#18Man on a String

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Narrator (voice)

6.6 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

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#19The Todd Killings

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Reporter in Courthouse

4.6 / 10
Thriller

Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.

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#20Memories of M*A*S*H

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m as Self

8.5 / 10
Documentary

Hosted by one-time M*A*S*H guest star Shelley Long, “Memories of M*A*S*H” included brand-new interviews with the cast as well as producers, creators and guest-stars. The 90-minute retrospective aired on November 25th, 1991 on CBS as part of its “Classic Weekend II,” which also included “The Bob Newhart 19th Anniversary Special” and “The Best of Ed Sullivan II.” Dozens of clips from over over sixty different episodes were shown. It was the brain-child of Michael Hirsh (also responsible for “Making M*A*S*H”) and coincided with the 20th anniversary of M*A*S*H.

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#21Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as Clete Roberts

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

During World War II, Archbishop Angelo Roncalli attempts to save Jews in Italy from Nazi exterminators.

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#22Heatwave!

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Newscaster

6.1 / 10
DramaTV Movie

A devastating heatwave hits the Los Angeles area and a young expecting couple try to evade it by escaping to a mountain resort town.

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