 He went on to play a similar role in the Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson vehicle, "The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James", and in several music videos.Taking up freelance photography as a profession, Roberts was carrying his camera in 1973 when he encountered a man attempting to abduct a woman from a Hollywood parking lot in broad daylight.Brandishing and clicking the camera in an attempt to deter the assailant, he captured the struggle and subsequent fatal shooting of the attacker by a security guard.