Fay Roope

Fay Roope was an American character actor who came to the screen after nearly three decades on the New York stage. Born in Allston, Massachusetts, in 1893 and educated at Harvard, he began acting professionally in New York City in the early 1920s, appearing off and on Broadway. His Broadway work included What Price Glory?, The Biggest Thief in Town and the first production of The Madwoman of Chaillot in 1950. He began appearing in films around 1950 and became known for playing generals, admirals and colonels, among them Porfirio Díaz in Viva Zapata! (1952) and Colonel Zachary Taylor in Seminole (1953). His other films included Callaway Went Thataway (1951), Naked Alibi (1954), Living It Up (1954), The Proud Ones (1956), The Rack (1956) and The FBI Story (1959). On television he played judges on Perry Mason, had a continuing role on Gunsmoke and appeared in a 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone. He died in 1961.