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Fay Roope
Fay Roope
	Fay Roope in Viva Zapata (1952)
Born	Winfield Harding Roope; October 20, 1893; Allston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	September 13, 1961 (aged 67); Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University, B.A. 1916
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1922–1961

Fay Roope (born Winfield Harding Roope; October 20, 1893 – September 13, 1961) was a Harvard graduate and a character actor who appeared in American theater in New York City from the 1920s through 1950, and in American film and television from 1949 through 1961.

Early life

Winfield Harding Roope was born October 20, 1893, in Allston, Massachusetts, near Boston, the only son of George Winfield Roope and Lucie Mattie Jacobs, a wealthy couple listed in Newton's Blue Book.^[1] He "prepared" at Stone School for Boys, a Boston boarding school, and attended Harvard University from 1912 to 1916. During his time there he appeared in varied dramatic and musical roles in school productions.^[2] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the university in 1916.^[3]

Acting career

He began acting professionally on stage in New York City in the early 1920s, and continued to do so for almost thirty years, appearing both off and on Broadway.^[4] He moved into film around 1950. He did do some television in the early 1950s, but did most of his television work in dramas during the last five years of his life, from 1955 on.

Broadway career

His first appearance on the Broadway stage was in the musical revue One Helluva Night, on June 4, 1924.^[5] From September 5, 1924, until September 12, 1925, he played Lieutenant Aldrich in the drama What Price Glory?.^[5] From March 30, 1949, to April 9, 1949, he played Colonel Jared Rumley in the comedy The Biggest Thief in Town. His last appearance on Broadway was in the first Broadway production of The Madwoman of Chaillot, June 13–25, 1950.^[5]

Film career

Fay Roope portrayed generals, admirals, and colonels in such movies as From Here To Eternity, Rock Hudson's Seminole, the Gary Cooper comedy You're in the Navy Now, and the original version of the science-fiction classic film The Day the Earth Stood Still. He played Mexican president Porfirio Díaz in the movie Viva Zapata!.^{[citation needed]}

Film roles

You're in the Navy Now (1951) - Carrier Admiral (uncredited)
The Frogmen (1951) - Adm. Dakers (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Major General (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951) - Tom Lorrison
Indian Uprising (1952) - Maj. Gen. George Crook (uncredited)
Viva Zapata! (1952) - President Porfirio Díaz
My Six Convicts (1952) - Warden George Potter
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) - Surrogate Court Judge McKay (uncredited)
Carbine Williams (1952) - Ed - District Attorney
Young Man with Ideas (1952) - Kyle Thornhill
The Brigand (1952) - Mons. De Laforce
Washington Story (1952) - Caswell
Assignment – Paris! (1952) - American Ambassador (uncredited)
The Clown (1953) - Doctor Strauss
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953) - Colonel Thomas B. Richards (uncredited)
All Ashore (1953) - Commodore Stanton
Seminole (1953) - Col. Zachary Taylor
The System (1953) - Roger Stuart
The Charge at Feather River (1953) - Lt. Col. Kilrain
From Here to Eternity (1953) - Gen. Slater (uncredited)
Clipped Wings (1953) - Col. Davenport
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) - Governor Charles Snowden (uncredited)
Man of Conflict (1953) - Ed Jenks
Alaska Seas (1954) - Captain Walt Davis
The Lone Gun (1954) - Mayor Booth
Living It Up (1954) - Man
The Black Dakotas (1954) - John Lawrence
Naked Alibi (1954) - Commissioner F.J. O'Day
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) - City Editor (uncredited)
The Atomic Kid (1954) - Gen. Lawlor
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) - Fulton Andrews
The Proud Ones (1956) - Markham
The Rack (1956) - Col. Dudley Smith
The True Story of Jesse James (1957) - Tom Trope (uncredited)
The FBI Story (1959) - Dwight McCutcheon

Television career

Faye Roope played judges in Raymond Burr's Perry Mason TV series, had a continuing role as Mr. Botkin in the long-lasting western Gunsmoke, and appeared as an older man of authority in many TV Westerns of the 1950s. He played the old-west hanging judge in the classic 1960 Twilight Zone time-travel episode Execution, and appeared in many of the classic drama anthology shows of American television's Golden Age.

Roles in television episodes

The Philco Television Playhouse
The Beautiful Bequest (1949)
The Ford Television Theatre
Junior (1952)
Mr. & Mrs. North
Till Death Do Us Part (1952) - Edward Barry

House Behind the Wall (1953) - Richard Burton
Fireside Theatre
Grey Gardens (1953) - Justin
Racket Squad
The Knockout (1951) - Clayton Carswell

The Strange Case of James Doyle (1952) - Jim Doyle

Sting of Fate (1953) - Albert (Husband)
The Lone Ranger
Message to Fort Apache (1954) - Colonel Gaines
City Detective
The Blonde Orchid (1954) - Police Commissioner Ralph
The Public Defender
The Case of the Parolee (1954) - Mr. Marshall
Climax!
A Man of Taste (1955)
The Millionaire
The Jerome Wilson Story (1955) - Dr. Tom Evans
Screen Directors Playhouse
Want Ad Wedding (1955) - Reverend Walker
Studio 57
Cubs of the Bear (1954) - Amos Harlock

The Senorita and the Texan (1955) - Don Luis
Soldiers of Fortune
The General (1955) - General DeSaba
Celebrity Playhouse
Tantrum Size 12 (1956)
Ford Star Jubilee
The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1956)
Broken Arrow
Indian Medicine (1957) - Tyoe
Tales of Wells Fargo
The Inscrutable Man (1957) - Mr. Harper
Zane Grey Theater
The Bitter Land (1957) - Morgan Batterson
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Lonely Wizard (1957) - Dr. Elliott
The Californians
The Search for Lucy Manning (1957)
Code 3
The Man with Many Faces (1957) - Dr. Matthews
Panic!
Child's Play (1957) - Charlie Jennings
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
Dr. Means' Surgery (1955) (as Fay Roupe) - Chairman

Love in White Shoes (1957)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Bayou Tontine (1957) - Etienne Broussard

Curfew Cannon (1958) - Etienne Rochambeau
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Frontier Journalism was Fearless (1955) - Colonel Josh Clanton

The Frontier Theatre (1956) - Older Actor

The Underdog (1958) - Uncle George Jackson
The Court of Last Resort
The Westover Case (1958) - Dan Tackberry
Dragnet
The Big Oskar (1958) - Oskar Hovejg
Perry Mason
The Case of the Gilded Lily (1958) - Judge Kyle

The Case of the Hesitant Hostess (1958) - Judge
The Rifleman^[6]
The Brother-in-Law (1958) - Jeff Stacey

The Legacy (1959) - Doc Burrage

The Spiked Rifle (1959) - Barton

Panic (1959) - Doc Burrage
Bonanza
The Magnificent Adah (1959) - Castellan
Gunsmoke
Change of Heart (1959) - Mr. Botkin

Murder Warrant (1959) - Mr. Botkin

The F.U. (1959) - Mr. Botkin
Have Gun, Will Travel
Killer's Widow (1958) - E.J. Randolph

Alaska (1959) - Wade
Rawhide
Incident on the Edge of Madness (1959) - Mayor Haslip
Tate
The Gunfighters (1960) - Keefer
The Chevy Mystery Show
Fear Is the Parent (1960) - Dow
The Texan
Desert Passage (1958) - Ben Atkins

The Accuser (1960) - Mr. Benton
The Twilight Zone
Execution (1960) - Judge
Cheyenne
Gold, Glory and Custer - Prelude (1960) - Commissioner Brady

Gold, Glory and Custer - Requiem (1960) - Commissioner Brady
The Tom Ewell Show
The Old Magic (1961) - Mr. Dutton (final appearance)

Personal life

Fay Roope married Marie Teresa Roope. They had two children, Martha and George, and many grandchildren. He died on September 13, 1961, in Port Jefferson, New York, aged 67.

References

^ Blue Book of Newton, MA For 1910. Between the Lakes Group LLC. 2006. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-9766342-8-7.
^ The Radcliffe News. Radcliffe College. 1914. p. 1.
^ "Quinquennial catalogue of the Officers and Graduates, Harvard University", Harvard University (1920), p. 503
^ Faye Roope webpage (falsely showing him as Female) on the Internet Broadway Database website
^ ^a ^b ^c Profile, IMDb.com; accessed October 5, 2015.
^ "Secrets Of TV's "The Rifleman" Will Make Your Head Explode". trendchaser. 14 November 2016.