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Matty Roubert (January 22, 1907 – May 17, 1973) was an American actor. He started out as a child actor working in silent films, and then as an adult, worked in talkies. The Universal Company featured Roubert as "The Universal Boy", who was the hero of a series in which he visited many prominent people. Roubert made his film debut at the age of two in Uncle Tom's Cabin

Biography and career
Roubert was born in 1907 in Manhattan, New York to William and Ray Roubert. His father was an actor and director, and directed his son in many films. Roubert made his film debut at the age of two in Uncle Tom's Cabin His father also established a production company, named after his son, Matty Roubert Productions, which produced Heritage.

Roubert first appeared in films for Vitagraph and Biograph before starring in comedies for Pat Powers. He was frequently featued alongside Baby Early. They were known as the "Powers Kids".

In 1914, he moved to Universal and became the Universal Boy. During his time starring in the short films in the Universal Boy Series, Roubert would meet a well known celebrity, among them: American actors King Baggot, William Shay and Frank Crane, American aviator Lincoln Beachey, New York Giants manager John McGraw, Australian professional swimmer Annette Kellerman, Oscar Hammerstein, New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson, Secretary of War Lindley Garrison, the Cornell University rowing crew, President Theodore Roosevelt and American race car driver Barney Oldfield.

In 1917, while directing Roubert in Parentage, Hobart Henley remarked that Roubert was "probably the greatest boy actor in the industry" at that time. Henley said he didn't bother with costumes or make-up for the actor, because he "wanted him just as he found him, just as he looked when he went to school each day".

Filmography

 * Adventures of Red Ryder 1940
 * After a Reputation 1925
 * Arizona Bound 1941
 * At The Old Swimming Hole 1920
 * A Bacheolor's Christmas 1915
 * Baby Sherlock 1912
 * Blind Man's Bluff 1916
 * The Blocked Trail 1943
 * Challenge of the Range 1949
 * The Coming Generation 1912
 * Cyclone Fury 1951
 * Daughter Of Don Q 1946
 * The Freshet 1911
 * Frontier Vengeance 1940
 * G-Men Never Forget 1948
 * Gangster's Den 1945
 * Gauchos Of El Dorado 1941
 * Gold Mine In The Sky 1938
 * The Golden Rule 1912
 * How Villains Are Made 1914
 * Heading West 1946
 * Heritage 1921
 * How Villains Are Made 1914
 * John Barleycorn
 * Little Billy's City Cousin 1914
 * The Lone Hand Texan
 * Lone Star Moonlight
 * Lone Star Raiders 1940
 * Mrs. Brown's Burglar 1913
 * One Day Of Matty's Life 1914
 * One For All 1940
 * One Man's Law 1940
 * Parentage 1918
 * The Phantom Cowboy 1941
 * The Prizefighter And The Lady
 * The Race 1914
 * Ransom 1912
 * Romance Of The West 1946
 * Romance Of Youth 1920
 * The Rough Tough West 1952
 * Saga Of Death Valley 1939
 * Santa Fe Uprising 1946
 * The Scarlet Mark 1916
 * Shine On Harvest Moon 1938
 * Song Of The Prairie
 * Stars Over Texas
 * Summer Days 1920
 * Tangled 1912
 * Terror Trail 1946
 * The Trail Blazers 1940
 * Tumbleweed Trail 1946
 * Two-Fisted Stranger
 * Uncle Tom's Cabin 1910
 * Universal Boy Series 1914
 * Under Texas Skies 1940
 * Vasco the Vampire 1914
 * The Waif 1917
 * West Of Texas 1943
 * When Dolly Died 1913

The Universal Boy series (1914)

 * The Universal Boy
 * The Universal Boy
 * The Universal Boy Joins the Boy Scouts
 * The Universal Boy Solves the Chinese Mystery
 * The Universal Boy in the Juvenile Reformer
 * The Universal Boy as the Newsboy's Friend
 * The Universal Boy in Rural Adventures
 * The Universal Boy in the Gates of Liberty
 * The Universal Boy in the Mystery of the New York Docks
 * The Universal Boy in Cupid and the Fishes
 * The Universal Boy in the Young Philanthropist