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Fay Roope is a Actor American born on 19 october 1893 at Allston (USA)

Fay Roope

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Birth name Winfield Harding Roope
Nationality USA
Birth 19 october 1893 at Allston (USA)
Death 13 september 1961 (at 67 years) at Port Jefferson (USA)

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.

Biography

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.

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Filmography of Fay Roope (30 films)

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The FBI Story, 1h53
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell, Ann Doran, Nick Adams
Roles Dwight McCutcheon
Rating64% 3.2472753.2472753.2472753.2472753.247275
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty (James Stewart) narrates the story of a murder, which the viewer sees in a flashback. Young Jack Graham (Nick Adams), takes out life insurance on his mother and plants a bomb in her luggage for a flight that she was taking from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, November 1, 1955.
The Proud Ones, 1h34
Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Walter Brennan, Robert Middleton, Arthur O'Connell
Roles Markham
Rating68% 3.4417253.4417253.4417253.4417253.441725
Une bande de hors-la-loi tente d'éliminer le shérif.
The Rack
The Rack (1956)
, 1h40
Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Prison films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O'Brien, Anne Francis, Lee Marvin
Roles Col. Dudley Smith
Rating67% 3.395383.395383.395383.395383.39538
Having survived two years in Korea in a prisoner-of-war camp, Captain Edward W. Hall, Jr., returns home to San Francisco and reports to an Air Force base there. His father, a retired lieutenant colonel, is glad to have his son back, but still grieving over the death of his other son, Pete, in the war.
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, Russell Johnson, Hilo Hattie, Loring Smith
Roles Fulton Andrews
Rating63% 3.1968353.1968353.1968353.1968353.196835
The Kettles help out cousin Rodney Kettle in Hawaii with his Pineapple industry. Ma and Pa get acquainted with blue-blooded Mrs. Andrews who thinks the Kettles are the "lowliest" people she has met. This is Percy Kilbride's last appearance as Pa Kettle, and his final movie as well.
The Last Time I Saw Paris, 1h56
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, George Dolenz
Roles Le rédacteur en chef
Rating60% 3.049473.049473.049473.049473.04947
As World War II ends in Europe, Stars and Stripes journalist Charles Wills (Van Johnson) is on the streets of Paris, covering the celebrations. He is suddenly grabbed by a beautiful woman, who kisses him and disappears. Charles follows the crowd to Café Dhingo and meets another pretty woman named Marion Elliswirth (Donna Reed). The mutual attraction is instant and she invites him to join her father's celebration of the end of the war in Europe. Charles, Marion and her persistent French suitor Claude Matine (George Dolenz) arrive at the Elliswirth household, and we find that the woman who had kissed Charles is Marion's younger sister Helen (Elizabeth Taylor).
Living It Up, 1h35
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold, Sheree North, Fred Clark
Roles Man
Rating64% 3.2471853.2471853.2471853.2471853.247185
Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. His big dream in life is to visit New York City while he is young.
Alaska Seas, 1h18
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Robert Ryan, Brian Keith, Jan Sterling, Gene Barry, Ralph Dumke, Fay Roope
Roles Captain Walt Davis
Rating60% 3.0486353.0486353.0486353.0486353.048635
Matt Kelly (Robert Ryan) is released from jail and skips town in his boat without paying outstanding storage fees. Back in his home town he is hired by his old friend Jim Kimmerly (Brian Keith), the head of the local salmon fishermen who have formed a canning co-operative. The fishermen are battling against an organised gang who are robbing the fishing traps. Matt however, short on cash, joins the raiders, whilst Jim, unaware of his duplicity, keeps covering for him amongst the other fishermen. Furthermore Kelly has his eyes upon Jim’s fiancée, Nicki (Jan Sterling). Kelly's recklessness eventually causes the loss of Kimmerly's fishing boat in a glacier avalanche. He tries to make amends for his misdemeanours in an act of self-sacrifice.
Naked Alibi, 1h26
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Chuck Connors, Max Showalter, Billy Chapin
Roles F.J. O'Day
Rating64% 3.242873.242873.242873.242873.24287
Police chief Joe Conroy (Hayden) is relieved of his police duties after he accuses a "respected community man" Al Willis (Barry) of murdering a group of police officers. Despite his lack of authority, Conroy puts so much heat on Willis that the latter, making the excuse to his wife Helen (Marcia Henderson) that he needs time to clear his head, skips town for Border City, where he's living a double life as a hoodlum with bar-singer mistress Marianna (Grahame), whom he treats abusively.
The Lone Gun, 1h14
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Montgomery, Douglas Kennedy, Dorothy Malone, Neville Brand, Frank Faylen, Skip Homeier
Roles Mayor Booth
Rating57% 2.89952.89952.89952.89952.8995
Les hasards de la route font se rencontrer un certain Beau-Fixe, joueur professionnel, et Cruze, un ex-marshal fatigué de s'attirer des ennuis en défendant le bon droit. Cruze, à peine arrivé en ville, rosse un buveur peu gracieux et se voit de nouveau proposer l'étoile : il refuse...
The Black Dakotas, 1h5
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix, John Bromfield, Noah Beery, Jr, Fay Roope, Jay Silverheels
Roles John Lawrence
Rating54% 2.7140852.7140852.7140852.7140852.714085
Over footage from The Man from Colorado, opening titles inform the audience that during the Civil War the Confederate States of America sent agitators to the American West to incite Indian tribes against the Federal Government to draw troops away from battles in the East.
Seminole
Seminole (1953)
, 1h29
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Rock Hudson, Anthony Quinn, Barbara Hale, Richard Carlson, Hugh O'Brian, Lee Marvin
Roles Zachary Taylor
Rating60% 3.0439553.0439553.0439553.0439553.043955
At Fort King, Florida, in 1835, Lt. Lance Caldwell is charged with the murder of a sentry. At his court martial, he recounts the story of the fragile peace between the settlers and the native Seminole Indians and how that peace is threatened by the strict fort commander, Maj. Harlan Degan who wants to wipe out the natives. Caldwell’s childhood sweetheart, Revere Muldoon, meets with Osceola, a Seminole chief and old friend of Lt. Caldwell's. Through respect for Caldwell, Osceola comes to the fort under a flag of truce, but is imprisoned by Maj. Degan. Osceola dies while in captivity and Caldwell is accused of his murder and jailed. Eventually the truth comes out and the Seminole rescue Caldwell from his prison.
From Here to Eternity, 1h58
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine
Roles Gen. Slater (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.798043.798043.798043.798043.79804
In 1941, bugler and career soldier Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) transfers to a rifle company at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes (Philip Ober) has heard he is a talented middleweight boxer and wants him to join his regimental team in order to secure a promotion. Prewitt refuses, having stopped fighting because he blinded his sparring partner and close friend over a year before. Holmes is adamant, but so is Prewitt.
All Ashore
All Ashore (1953)
, 1h20
Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Barbara Bates, Peggy Ryan, Fay Roope, Jody Lawrance
Roles Commodore Stanton
Rating49% 2.4791752.4791752.4791752.4791752.479175
Three petty officers have returned from Korea on the battle cruiser USS Rochester where they are due for shore leave in California. Skip and Joe have no money due to losses in a crap game, but their shipmate Francis "Moby" Dickerson has $300 he won in poker. Skip and Joe have constantly taken advantage of Moby throughout their cruise and once again beg some money off him. Moby wishes to spend his leave on Santa Catalina but his shipmates take an unwilling Moby to an off-limits clip joint bar where bargirls and a bartender drug and rob them of all their money.
The Charge at Feather River, 1h35
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Guy Madison, Frank Lovejoy, Helen Westcott, Vera Miles, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson
Roles Lt. Col. Kilrain
Rating61% 3.0977653.0977653.0977653.0977653.097765
This script must be run from the command line