Clete Roberts was born on February 1, 1912 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is known for his work on The Jerk (1979), Time After Time (1979) and V (1983). He died on September 30, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Clete Roberts was a pioneer in Los Angeles local broadcast journalism. After serving as a war correspondent in World War II and Korea, Clete Roberts settled in the Los Angeles area and became a respected TV news reporter, part of the innovative "Big News" local TV news concept, in 1960 at CBS television in Hollywood, which pioneered the hour-long local news program - along with colleagues Jerry Dunphy, Bill Stout, Maury Greene, Ralph Story and Bill Keene. He also carried his polish and expertise on to the silver screen, and TV drama as well, most notably in the episodes of M*A*S*H (1972), in which he portrayed, of all things, a war correspondent.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Countdown
1967
Announcer - Clete Roberts (uncredited)
The Swinger
1966
Clete Roberts
The Eleventh Hour
1963
TV Series
Interviewer
Man on a String
1960
Narrator (voice)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959
TV Series
The Last Hurrah
1958
Reporter (uncredited)
You Are There
1953-1955
TV Series
Reporter
The Phenix City Story
1955
Clete Roberts
W*A*L*T*E*R
1984
TV Short
Interviewer
V: The Final Battle
1984
TV Mini-Series
Simon Vender - News Anchor
Testament
1983
Newscaster
Simon & Simon
1983
TV Series
Reporter Dennis Markell
V
1983
TV Mini-Series
Newscaster
Blood Feud
1983
TV Movie
Narrator
Goliath Awaits
1981
TV Movie
Newscaster
Flamingo Road
1981
TV Series
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1980
TV Series
TV Newsman
The Jerk
1979
Announcer
Meteor
1979
Network Newscaster
Time After Time
1979
Newscaster
The American Girls
1978
TV Series
Big Wednesday
1978
Minor Role
Police Story
1978
TV Series
Canton Mackay
Switch
1976
TV Series
TV Reporter
M*A*S*H
1976
TV Series
Interviewer
McCloud
1973-1974
TV Series
Newsman / Charles Price
Heatwave!
1974
TV Movie
Newscaster
Columbo
1971-1973
TV Series
TV Anchor Man / TV Newsman
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973
TV Movie
Clete Roberts
Cannon
1972
TV Series
Newscaster
The Todd Killings
1971
Reporter in Courthouse
Mission: Impossible
1968
TV Series
Announcer
Mannix
1968
TV Series
Newscaster
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Story of G.I. Joe
1945
technical guidance for the Combat Correspondents - as Clete Roberts...Blue Network