Fay Roope

Fay Roope was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Roope kickstarted his acting career in various films such as the Gary Cooper comedy "U.S.S. Tea Kettle" (1951), the Michael Rennie sci-fi flick "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and the comedy "Callaway Went Thataway" (1951) with Fred MacMurray. He also appeared in "The Brigand" (1952) with Anthony Dexter, "My Six Convicts" (1952) with Millard Mitchell and "Deadline U.S.A." (1952). He continued to act in productions like the biographical drama "Viva Zapata!" (1952) with Marlon Brando, the drama "Washington Story" (1952) with Van Johnson and the western adventure "The Charge at Feather River" (1953) with Guy Madison. He also appeared in "The Clown" (1953) with Red Skelton. In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in "The Long, Long Trailer" (1954), "Naked Alibi" (1954) and the Mickey Rooney comedy "The Atomic Kid" (1954). He also appeared in the comedy "Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki" (1955) with Marjorie Main and the Paul Newman drama "The Rack" (1956). Roope more recently acted on "The Twilight Zone" (CBS, 1959-1964). Roope passed away in September 1961 at the age of 68.