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style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ralph Arthur Roberts</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Robert Arthur Schönherr</div><br />2 October 1884<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Meerane" title="Meerane">Meerane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">12 March 1940<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1940-03-13</span>)</span> (aged 55)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Film_actor" class="mw-redirect" title="Film actor">Film actor</a>, director, playwright, lyricist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1919_in_film" title="1919 in film">1919</a>–<a href="/wiki/1940_in_film" title="1940 in film">1940</a> (film)<br />1903– (stage)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ralph Arthur Roberts</b> (born <b>Robert Arthur Schönherr</b>; 2 October 1884 – 12 March 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a German <a href="/wiki/Film_actor" class="mw-redirect" title="Film actor">film actor</a> who also directed in the theatre and occasionally in film and wrote plays. From 1928 on, he headed the Berlin Theatre in Behrenstraße. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Arthur_Roberts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born in <a href="/wiki/Meerane" title="Meerane">Meerane</a> as Robert Arthur Schönherr to Carl Robert Schönherr, a baker, and Berta Elisabeth (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> König).<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>, where he was already performing as an extra at the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert-Theater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert-Theater (page does not exist)">Albert-Theater</a></i> while still in <i><a href="/wiki/Gymnasium_(school)" title="Gymnasium (school)">gymnasium</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then studied acting with Adolf Winds and composition at the <a href="/wiki/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Carl_Maria_von_Weber" title="Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber">conservatoire</a>. He made his professional début in 1903 at the <i>Residenztheater</i> in <a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a>, and had temporary engagements at the Trianon Theatre in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and the <i>Schauspielhaus</i> in <a href="/wiki/Breslau" class="mw-redirect" title="Breslau">Breslau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1907 or earlier, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>, where in 1909 he became a member of the company at the <a href="/wiki/Thalia_Theater_(Hamburg)" title="Thalia Theater (Hamburg)">Thalia Theatre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After service as an officer in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Roberts returned to the Thalia, where he directed plays in addition to acting.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1921 he became head of the <i>Komödienhaus</i> in Berlin, and in 1928 he opened his own theatre in Behrenstraße, where he premiėred several comic works of his own.<sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bio_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially he played tragicomic rôles, frequently in operettas; in 1922, he co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Fritzi_Massary" title="Fritzi Massary">Fritzi Massary</a> in the première of <a href="/wiki/Leo_Fall" title="Leo Fall">Leo Fall</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Madame_Pompadour_(operetta)" title="Madame Pompadour (operetta)">Madame Pompadour</a></i>. However, after that he concentrated on light comedy on the stage.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, he played several supporting rôles in films. Wearing a <a href="/wiki/Monocle" title="Monocle">monocle</a> was part of his image, and in film he generally played men of substance: directors and industrialists. He is remembered especially for his tendency to portray characters as more or less eccentric,<sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which rose to ironic self-commentary in rôles such as the public prosecutor in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Muzzle_(1938_film)" title="The Muzzle (1938 film)">Der Maulkorb</a></i> (in which according to his relative and biographer Hansjoachim Schönherr he proved himself "one of the best <a href="/wiki/Character_actor" title="Character actor">character actors</a> of his generation")<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and King <a href="/wiki/Charles_X_of_France" title="Charles X of France">Charles X of France</a> in <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tanz_auf_dem_Vulkan_(1938_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938 film) (page does not exist)">Tanz auf dem Vulkan</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanz_auf_dem_Vulkan" class="extiw" title="de:Tanz auf dem Vulkan">de</a>]</span></i>. </p><p>Roberts also wrote lyrics for songs, which were used for the 1954 film <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Reeperbahn_at_Half_Past_Midnight_(1954_film)" title="On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1954 film)">On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight</a></i> featuring <a href="/wiki/Hans_Albers" title="Hans Albers">Hans Albers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heinz_R%C3%BChmann" title="Heinz Rühmann">Heinz Rühmann</a>. In particular, he wrote both the lyrics and the music for the title waltz, originally for a 1912 <a href="/wiki/Revue" title="Revue">revue</a> of his at the Thalia, <i>Bunt ist die Welt</i>, and also prominently featured in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_Freiheit_Nr._7" title="Große Freiheit Nr. 7">Große Freiheit Nr. 7</a></i> from 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bio_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He died in Berlin on 12 March 1940,<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the première of his last film, <i>Wie konntest Du, Veronika!</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Oyster" title="Oyster">oyster</a> poisoning, and was buried at the Protestant <a href="/wiki/Stahnsdorf_South-Western_Cemetery" title="Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery">Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stahnsdorf" title="Stahnsdorf">Stahnsdorf</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Arthur_Roberts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actor">Actor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Arthur_Roberts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Actor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <ul><li>1919: <i>Der Tod und die Liebe</i></li> <li>1919: <i>Erdgift</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parisian_Women" title="Parisian Women">Parisian Women</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Insulted_and_Humiliated" title="Insulted and Humiliated">Insulted and Humiliated</a></i> (1922)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Women" title="King of Women">King of Women</a></i> (1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Buddenbrooks_(1923_film)" title="The Buddenbrooks (1923 film)">The Buddenbrooks</a></i> (1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Reginald%27s_Derby_Ride" title="Lord Reginald's Derby Ride">Lord Reginald's Derby Ride</a></i> (1924)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flower_Girl_of_Potsdam_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="The Flower Girl of Potsdam Square">The Flower Girl of Potsdam Square</a></i> (1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Elegant_Bunch" title="The Elegant Bunch">The Elegant Bunch</a></i> (1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Die_dritte_Eskadron" class="mw-redirect" title="Die dritte Eskadron">Die dritte Eskadron</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Aunt,_Your_Aunt_(1927_film)" title="My Aunt, Your Aunt (1927 film)">My Aunt, Your Aunt</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_a_Lost_Soul" title="The Tragedy of a Lost Soul">The Tragedy of a Lost Soul</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moral_(1928_film)" title="Moral (1928 film)">Moral</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ein_rheinisches_M%C3%A4dchen_beim_rheinischen_Wein" class="mw-redirect" title="Ein rheinisches Mädchen beim rheinischen Wein">Ein rheinisches Mädchen beim rheinischen Wein</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Serious_Case" title="A Serious Case">A Serious Case</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Break-in_(film)" title="Break-in (film)">Break-in</a></i> (1927)</li> <li>1927/28: <i>Aus dem Elternhaus vertrieben</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beaver_Coat_(1928_film)" title="The Beaver Coat (1928 film)">The Beaver Coat</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mariett_Dances_Today" title="Mariett Dances Today">Mariett Dances Today</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lotte_(film)" title="Lotte (film)">Lotte</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prince_or_Clown" title="Prince or Clown">Prince or Clown</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Der_Ladenprinz" title="Der Ladenprinz">Der Ladenprinz</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Abduction_of_the_Sabine_Women_(1928_film)" title="The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1928 film)">The Abduction of the Sabine Women</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crazy_Countess" title="The Crazy Countess">The Crazy Countess</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary%27s_Big_Secret" title="Mary's Big Secret">Mary's Big Secret</a></i> (1928)</li> <li>1929: <i>Anschluß um Mitternacht</i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zwei_Krawatten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zwei Krawatten (page does not exist)">Zwei Krawatten</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwei_Krawatten" class="extiw" title="it:Zwei Krawatten">it</a>]</span></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Police_Spy_77" title="Police Spy 77">Police Spy 77</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burglars_(film)" title="Burglars (film)">Burglars</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twice_Married" title="Twice Married">Twice Married</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_(1930_film)" title="Rendezvous (1930 film)">Rendezvous</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Die_z%C3%A4rtlichen_Verwandten" title="Die zärtlichen Verwandten">Die zärtlichen Verwandten</a></i> (1930)</li> <li>1930: <i>Terra-Melophon-Magazin Nr. 1</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ihre_Majest%C3%A4t_die_Liebe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ihre Majestät die Liebe">Ihre Majestät die Liebe</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caught_in_the_Act_(1931_film)" title="Caught in the Act (1931 film)">Caught in the Act</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_True_Jacob_(1931_film)" title="The True Jacob (1931 film)">The True Jacob</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everyone_Asks_for_Erika" title="Everyone Asks for Erika">Everyone Asks for Erika</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spanish_Fly_(1931_film)" title="The Spanish Fly (1931 film)">The Spanish Fly</a></i> (1931)</li> <li>1931: <i>Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier</i></li> <li>1931: <i>Gesangverein Sorgenfrei</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Firm_Gets_Married_(1931_film)" title="The Firm Gets Married (1931 film)">The Firm Gets Married</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Unfaithful_Eckehart_(1931_film)" title="The Unfaithful Eckehart (1931 film)">The Unfaithful Eckehart</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hooray,_It%27s_a_Boy!_(1931_film)" title="Hooray, It's a Boy! (1931 film)">Hooray, It's a Boy!</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Such_a_Greyhound" title="Such a Greyhound">Such a Greyhound</a></i> (1931)</li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Duty_Is_Duty" title="Duty Is Duty">Duty Is Duty</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keine_Feier_ohne_Meyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Keine Feier ohne Meyer">Keine Feier ohne Meyer</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Night_in_Paradise_(1932_film)" title="A Night in Paradise (1932 film)">A Night in Paradise</a></i> (1932)</li> <li>1931/32: <i>Der schönste Mann im Staate</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cheeky_Devil" title="The Cheeky Devil">The Cheeky Devil</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_Your_Orders,_Sergeant" title="At Your Orders, Sergeant">At Your Orders, Sergeant</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Distorting_at_the_Resort" title="Distorting at the Resort">Distorting at the Resort</a></i> (1932)</li> <li>1932/33: <i>Die Unschuld vom Lande</i></li> <li>1932/33: <i>Meine Frau - seine Frau</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Song_for_You_(film)" title="A Song for You (film)">A Song for You</a></i> (1933)</li> <li>1933: <i>Es gibt nur eine Liebe</i></li> <li>1933: <i>Es war einmal ein Musikus</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/There_Is_Only_One_Love" title="There Is Only One Love">There Is Only One Love</a></i> (1933)</li> <li>1933/34: <i>Schön ist es, verliebt zu sein</i></li> <li>1933/34: <i>Ein Mädel mit Tempo</i> / <i>Es tut sich was um Mitternacht</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_on_the_Southern_Express" title="Adventure on the Southern Express">Adventure on the Southern Express</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy_Blood_(1934_film)" title="Gypsy Blood (1934 film)">Gypsy Blood</a></i> (1934)</li> <li>1934: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Da_stimmt_was_nicht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Da stimmt was nicht (page does not exist)">Da stimmt was nicht</a></i></li> <li>1934: <i>Der Schrecken vom Heidekrug</i></li> <li>1934: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meine_Frau,_die_Sch%C3%BCtzenk%C3%B6nigin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meine Frau, die Schützenkönigin (page does not exist)">Meine Frau, die Schützenkönigin</a></i></li> <li>1934: <i>Frau Eva wird mondain!</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daring_Swimmer" title="The Daring Swimmer">The Daring Swimmer</a></i> (1934)</li> <li>1934: <i>Seine beste Erfindung</i></li> <li>1934: <i>Alte Kameraden</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Punks_Arrives_from_America" title="Punks Arrives from America">Punks Arrives from America</a></i> (1935)</li> <li>1935: <i>Hilde Petersen postlagernd</i></li> <li>1935: <i>Mach’ mich glücklich</i></li> <li>1935: <i>Der interessante Fall</i></li> <li>1935/36: <i>Soldaten - Kameraden</i></li> <li>1935/36: <i>Engel mit kleinen Fehlern</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_Me_Happy" title="Make Me Happy">Make Me Happy</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Mister_X" title="The Mysterious Mister X">The Mysterious Mister X</a></i> (1936)</li> <li>1936: <i>Der verkannte Lebemann</i></li> <li>1936/37: <i>Meine Frau, die Perle</i></li> <li>1937: <i>Wenn Du eine Schwiegermutter hast</i></li> <li>1937: <i>Husaren, heraus!</i></li> <li>1937: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heiratsinstitut_Ida_%26_Co&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heiratsinstitut Ida & Co (page does not exist)">Heiratsinstitut Ida & Co</a></i></li> <li>1937: <i>Mädchen für alles</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Muzzle_(1938_film)" title="The Muzzle (1938 film)">The Muzzle</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Es_leuchten_die_Sterne" class="mw-redirect" title="Es leuchten die Sterne">Es leuchten die Sterne</a></i> (1938)</li> <li>1938: <i>Diskretion - Ehrensache</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dance_on_the_Volcano" title="Dance on the Volcano">Dance on the Volcano</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Aunt,_Your_Aunt_(1939_film)" title="My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939 film)">My Aunt, Your Aunt</a></i> (1939) (also co-scripted)</li> <li>1939: <i>Das Glück wohnt nebenan</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_Small_Doses" title="Marriage in Small Doses">Marriage in Small Doses</a></i> (1939)</li> <li>1939/40: <i>Polterabend</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Daughter_Doesn%27t_Do_That" title="My Daughter Doesn't Do That">My Daughter Doesn't Do That</a></i> (1940)</li> <li>1940: <i>Wie konntest Du, Veronika!</i> (also idea)<sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Direction_and_scriptwriting">Direction and scriptwriting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Arthur_Roberts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Direction and scriptwriting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1934: <i><a href="/wiki/Playing_with_Fire_(1934_film)" title="Playing with Fire (1934 film)">Playing with Fire</a></i> (Director, co-scripted)</li> <li>1939: <i>Meine Tante – Deine Tante</i> (Co-scripted, also actor)</li> <li>1949/50: <i>Sie sind nicht mehr</i> (Assistant director)</li> <li>1957/58: <i>Das gab's nur einmal</i> (Assistant director)<sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lyrics_and_music">Lyrics and music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Arthur_Roberts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lyrics and music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1954: <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Reeperbahn_at_Half_Past_Midnight_(song)" title="On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (song)">Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins</a></i> (Lyrics, music)<sup id="cite_ref-Filmportal_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Arthur_Roberts&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BFI-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BFI_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BFI_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090114145957/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/88400">ROBERTS, Ralph Arthur</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a> Film & TV Database, retrieved 4 July 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Filmportal-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Filmportal_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmportal.de/person/ralph-arthur-roberts_71b3ea303a284380bd24969e3045333c">Ralph Arthur Roberts</a>, Filmportal.de, retrieved 4 July 2013 <span class="languageicon">(in German)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bio-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hansjoachim Schönherr, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00016339/images/index.html?seite=697">"Roberts, Ralph Arthur (eigentlich Robert Arthur Schönherr)"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Neue_deutsche_Biographie" class="mw-redirect" title="Neue deutsche Biographie">Neue deutsche Biographie</a></i>, Volume 21 <i>Pütter – Rohlfs</i>, ed. Hans Günter Hockerts, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2003, pg. 681 <span class="languageicon">(in German)</span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Arthur_Roberts&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Hansjoachim Schönherr. <i>Ralph Arthur Roberts, Lebensbild eines großen Schauspielers</i>. Studien zur Filmgeschichte 7. 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