Roberts had a genial stage personality perfect for musical comedy, and he originated roles in Broadway musicals like “How Now, Dow Jones" and “Sugar," an adaptation of the movie “Some Like It Hot."

Actor Tony Roberts, a frequent collaborator with filmmaker and playwright Woody Allen, has died at the age of 85. His daughter Nicole Burley told The New York Times he died at his Manhattan home Friday after a battle with lung cancer.

Tony Roberts, the stage and screen actor who starred in several Woody Allen productions, has died. He was 85. Roberts passed away on Friday, Feb. 7, while at his home in New York City, N.Y., according to his daughter, Nicole Burley. He died of complications from lung cancer, Burley told The New York Times.