Tony Roberts, ‘Annie Hall’ Actor and Broadway Star, Dies at 85

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Carmel Dagan Staff WriterTony Roberts, who appeared in Woody Allen films including “Annie Hall” while enjoying a long, bountiful career on Broadway, died Friday due to complications of lung cancer.

He was 85 years old.Roberts’ death was confirmed to The New York Times by his daughter, Nicole Burley.Roberts appeared in six film directed by Woody Allen: “Play It Again, Sam” (1972), “Annie Hall” (1977), “Stardust Memories” (1980), “A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy” (1982), “Hannah and Her Sisters” (1986) and “Radio Days” (1987).The actor had a long career on Broadway in which he was twice Tony-nominated: for best actor in a musical in 1968 for “How Now, Dow Jones” and for featured actor in a play in 1969 for Woody Allen’s “Play It Again, Sam.” (He repeated the role of Dick Christie in the Herbert Ross-directed feature adaptation of “Play It Again, Sam” in 1972.) Roberts had most recently appeared in the 2017 television film adaptation of “Dirty Dancing.” He had most also appeared on television in a 2010 episode of “Law & Order” in which he played a U.S.

senator. (In 1998, Roberts and Jill Clayburgh appeared on an episode to play divorce attorneys whose rivalry becomes so hostile that the Clayburgh character resorts to murder.)The actor had most recently appeared on Broadway in a 2009 revival of George S.

Kaufman and Edna Ferber’s 1920s piece “The Royal Family,” about a Broadway acting dynasty whose business manager Roberts portrayed.