He had an acclaimed Broadway career in musicals and comedies, but moviegoers knew him mostly as the self-assured, easygoing friend of Mr. Allen’s insecure heroes. Tony Roberts in New York in 2009.

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. He was 85. Roberts' death was ...

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 ...

Tony Roberts, the stage and screen actor best known for his supporting roles in six Woody Allen movies, has died at the age of 85. Roberts’ daughter confirmed the actor’s death to the New York ...

Stage and screen actor Tony Roberts, who appeared in several Woody Allen movies, has died. Tony, who was nominated for a Tony Award, appeared both in plays and musicals on the screen. He also took ...

Among his other movies were “Serpico” (1973) and “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1974). He was nominated twice for a Tony Award — for “How Now, Dow Jones” and “Play It Again ...