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{{short description|American actor (1918–1974)}}
'''Stafford Repp''' (b. [[26 April]], [[1918]] - d. [[5 November]], [[1974]]) Veteran character actor best known for his role as Chief O'Hara on the ''Batman'' TV series.
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{{Infobox person
| name = Stafford Repp
| image = Stafford Repp in One Step Beyond (Father Image).jpg
| caption = Repp in an episode of ''[[:en:Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' (1959)
| birth_name = Stafford Alois Repp
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|04|26}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|11|05|1918|04|26}}
| death_place = [[Inglewood, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = Westminster Memorial Park, [[Westminster, California]]
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1954–1974
| spouse =
| children = 5
}}


'''Stafford Alois Repp''' (April 26, 1918<ref>Inman, David (1991). ''[https://archive.org/details/performerstelevi0000inma/page/2364/mode/2up?q=%22Repp+Stafford%22+%22April+26+1918%22 Performers' Television Credits, 1948-2000; Volume 3: N–Z]''. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company. p.&nbsp;2,365. {{ISBN|0-7864-1174-0}}.</ref> {{spaced ndash}}November 5, 1974) was an American [[actor]] best known for his role as Police Chief Miles Clancy O'Hara on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' [[television series]].
His big break came when he was hired to create sound effects during the "golden age" of TV.
Though he started his acting career in mid-life after his WWII stint in the Army Air Corps and throughout his career he played many cops. Coincidentally, his brother was a real life police officer.


==World War II ==
It was his role as Chief O'Hara that he will be mainly remembered for with his Irish brogue which he developed for the part and was not real.
Soon after the December 7, 1941 attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], he served a stint in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] during [[World War II]]. He was active in performing in<ref name=gft>{{cite news |title=All-Soldier Musical Show Here Tuesday, Wednesday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60573621/great-falls-tribune/ |access-date=June 2, 2021 |work=Great Falls Tribune |date=April 11, 1943 |location=Montana, Great Falls |page=14|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and producing shows while he was in the Army Air Corps.<ref name=":0" /> After his military service, he began his acting career.
After ''Batman'' he invested in a partnership in a chain of Car Washes which brought him riches but sadly suffered a fatal heart attack on November 5, 1974 while at the Hollywood Park racing track. After his death, his sister, a TV writer, established the Stafford Repp Memorial Scholarship for alumni of his alma mater, Lowe High School, in [[San Francisco]].


== Acting career ==
His last acting appearance was on the TV show [[M*A*S*H]] which was broadcast after his death.
Repp acted in stage productions on the West Coast before World War II.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Air Corps Play to Be Staged |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21889003/stafford_repp/ |work=The Montana Standard |date=March 18, 1943 |location=Montana, Butte |page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 15, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>


At the beginning of his film career, Repp appeared in numerous film and TV productions including the films ''[[I Want to Live!]]'' (1958) with [[Susan Hayward]], and ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]],'' both made in 1958. Also at this same time he began to appear in a string of early television programs from the middle 1950s to the early 1960s, including [[NBC]]'s [[Western (genre)|western]] [[anthology series]] ''Frontier'' and the [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]]/[[Clu Gulager]] western, ''[[The Tall Man (TV series)|The Tall Man]]''.
[[Category:1918 births|Repp, Stafford]]
[[Category:1974 deaths|Repp, Stafford]]


Repp appeared on [[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]]'s ''[[State Trooper (TV series)|State Trooper]]'', [[Barbara Eden]]'s ''[[How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series)|How to Marry a Millionaire]]'', [[Peter Lawford]]'s ''[[The Thin Man]]'' (1957), [[Tom Tryon]]'s ''[[Texas John Slaughter (TV series)|Texas John Slaughter]]'' (1958), [[Rex Allen]]'s ''[[Frontier Doctor]]'' (1959), ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1959), [[Howard Duff]]'s ''[[Dante (TV series)|Dante]]'' (1961), [[Walter Brennan]]'s ''[[The Real McCoys]]'' (1957 and 1959), ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1957, 1960 & 1965), ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' (1960), ''[[Guestward, Ho!]]'' (1960), ''[[Angel (1960 TV series)|Angel]]'' (1961), and ''[[Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]'' (1962 and 1963). He appeared as Joe Melvin, a plumber, in a 1963 episode of ''[[The Lucy Show]]'', "Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower".
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Repp made four appearances on ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' between 1959 and 1962 in minor roles, including Private Investigator Phillip Morgan in "The Case of the Petulant Partner."

From 1963 to 1964, he portrayed Brink, the factory supervisor on [[Phil Silvers]]' ''[[The New Phil Silvers Show]]''. His series co-stars were [[Buddy Lester]], [[Herbie Faye]], [[Elena Verdugo]], [[Ronnie Dapo]], and [[Sandy Descher]].

Repp made appearances in ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episodes "[[Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone)|Nick of Time]]" which starred [[William Shatner]]; a supporting role in "[[The Grave (The Twilight Zone)|The Grave]]" with a cast which consisted of [[Lee Marvin]], [[Lee Van Cleef]], [[Strother Martin]], [[James Best]], and [[Elen Willard]]; then finally in "[[Caesar and Me (The Twilight Zone)|Caesar and Me]]."

In early 1966, he appeared as a railroad detective in an episode in the last season of ''[[My Favorite Martian]]''.

In 1966, he started his stint as Chief O'Hara on ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''. While on ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', he appeared as a guest in numerous other television programs, including ''[[Love, American Style|Love American Style]]'', ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' and ''[[The Mothers-in-Law]]'', in the latter once again playing a policeman.

His last released film was ''[[Linda Lovelace for President]]'' in [[1975 in film|1975]]. He had a posthumous appearance in ''[[Mannix]]'' that was first broadcast two months after his death. His last television appearance was on the TV show ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' (as a Military Police Officer) that was first broadcast four months after his death. Shortly before his death in 1974, he filmed several scenes for [[Orson Welles]]' unfinished film ''[[The Other Side of the Wind]]'', which was not completed and released until 2018.

==Personal life==
Repp was married and had five children.<ref name=nytobit/>

Repp died at age 56 on November 5, 1974, in Inglewood, California.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news |title=Stafford Repp |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/09/archives/stafford-repp.html |access-date=December 17, 2021 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=November 9, 1974 |page=34|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217034551/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/09/archives/stafford-repp.html?searchResultPosition=1 |archive-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref>

He is interred at Westminster Memorial Park in [[Westminster, California]]. After his death, his sister, a television writer, established the Stafford Repp Memorial Scholarship for alumni of his [[alma mater]], Lowell High School.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref>

==Selected TV and filmography==
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* ''[[Fireman Save My Child (1954 film)|Fireman Save My Child]]'' (1954) - Emma's Third Coachman (uncredited)
* ''[[Shield for Murder]]'' (1954) - Detective O'Dell (uncredited)
* ''[[Down Three Dark Streets]]'' (1954) - Boxing Manager (uncredited)
* ''[[Black Tuesday (film)|Black Tuesday]]'' (1954) - Bert Posmonick (uncredited)
* ''[[Unchained (film)|Unchained]]'' (1955) - Mr. Miller, Prison Welding Supervisor (uncredited)
* ''[[Big House, U.S.A.]]'' (1955) - Prison Warden Machek (uncredited)
* ''[[Strange Lady in Town]]'' (1955) - Macaneer (uncredited)
* ''[[The Shrike (film)|The Shrike]]'' (1955) - Fleming (uncredited)
* ''[[Not as a Stranger]]'' (1955) - Orientation Doctor (uncredited)
* ''[[Man with the Gun]]'' (1955) - Arthur Jackson (uncredited)
* ''[[The Killer Is Loose]]'' (1956) - State Police Capt. Lyle Snow (uncredited)
* ''[[The Steel Jungle]]'' (1956) - Beakeley
* ''[[The Price of Fear (1956 film)|The Price of Fear]]'' (1956) - Johnny McNab
* ''[[The Harder They Fall (1956 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'' (1956) - Reporter (uncredited)
* ''[[Star in the Dust]]'' (1956) - Leo Roos
* ''[[Canyon River (film)|Canyon River]]'' (1956) - Bartender (uncredited)
* ''[[The Boss (1956 film)|The Boss]]'' (1956) - Earl Bentley (uncredited)
* ''[[Plunder Road]]'' (1957) - Roly Adams
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1957) - Charlie Brewer
* ''[[The Green-Eyed Blonde]]'' (1957) - Bill Prell (uncredited)
* ''[[The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film)|The Brothers Karamazov]]'' (1958) - Innkeeper (uncredited)
* ''[[Hot Spell (film)|Hot Spell]]'' (1958) - Baggage Man (uncredited)
* ''[[As Young as We Are]]'' (1958) - John (uncredited)
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1958) - Mr. Hightower
* ''[[I Want to Live!]]'' (1958) - Police Sgt.
* ''[[Official Detective]]'' (1958, Episode: "Hijackers") - Hank Coles
* ''[[The Walter Winchell File]]'' (1958, Episode: "David & Goliath") - Benny Getzler
* ''[[The Californians (TV series)|The Californians]]'' (NBC-TV, 1959, TV Series) - Amos Dayton
* ''[[The Crimson Kimono]]'' (1959) - City Librarian (uncredited)
* ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'' in "The Popskull" (1960)
* ''[[Hennesey]]'' (1959-1961, TV Series) - Charley London
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' (CBS-TV, 1960)
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1960) - Styles
* ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]'' in "The Way Home" (CBS-TV, 1960) - Jesse
* ''[[The Explosive Generation]]'' (1961) - Police Captain
* ''[[Bonanza]]'' (1960-1961, three episodes) - Mine Owner / Sheriff Brady / Carter
* ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1961) – Matt Walters in S3:E13, "Incident of the Promised Land"
* ''[[The Phil Silvers Show|The New Phil Silvers Show]]'' (1963) - Brink
* ''[[Our Man Higgins]]'' (1962, in the episode, "The Rules of the Road") - Buckmaster
* ''[[The Lucy Show]]'' (1963), Joe Melvin in the episode "Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower"
* ''The Lucy Show'' (1964), Counterman in the episode "Lucy Is a Process Server"
* ''[[A Tiger Walks]]'' (1964) - Mr. Blonden, City Editor (uncredited)
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1965) - Otie Schaffer
* ''[[A Very Special Favor]]'' (1965) - Bartender
* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' (1966–1968, TV Series) - Chief O'Hara
* ''[[Batman (1966 film)|Batman]]'' (1966) - Chief O'Hara
* ''[[Love American Style|Love American Style (TV Series)]]'' (1969) - Superintendent
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1972) - Sheriff Tanner
* ''[[Cycle Psycho]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Linda Lovelace for President]]'' (1975) - Dirty Old Man
* ''[[The Other Side of the Wind]]'' (2018) - Al Denny (Stock Footage)
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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:Western (genre) television actors]]

Latest revision as of 02:13, 28 May 2024

Stafford Repp
Repp in an episode of One Step Beyond (1959)
Born
Stafford Alois Repp

(1918-04-26)April 26, 1918
DiedNovember 5, 1974(1974-11-05) (aged 56)
Inglewood, California, U.S.
Resting placeWestminster Memorial Park, Westminster, California
OccupationActor
Years active1954–1974
Children5

Stafford Alois Repp (April 26, 1918[1]  – November 5, 1974) was an American actor best known for his role as Police Chief Miles Clancy O'Hara on ABC's Batman television series.

World War II[edit]

Soon after the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, he served a stint in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was active in performing in[2] and producing shows while he was in the Army Air Corps.[3] After his military service, he began his acting career.

Acting career[edit]

Repp acted in stage productions on the West Coast before World War II.[3]

At the beginning of his film career, Repp appeared in numerous film and TV productions including the films I Want to Live! (1958) with Susan Hayward, and The Brothers Karamazov, both made in 1958. Also at this same time he began to appear in a string of early television programs from the middle 1950s to the early 1960s, including NBC's western anthology series Frontier and the Barry Sullivan/Clu Gulager western, The Tall Man.

Repp appeared on Rod Cameron's State Trooper, Barbara Eden's How to Marry a Millionaire, Peter Lawford's The Thin Man (1957), Tom Tryon's Texas John Slaughter (1958), Rex Allen's Frontier Doctor (1959), Rawhide (1959), Howard Duff's Dante (1961), Walter Brennan's The Real McCoys (1957 and 1959), Gunsmoke (1957, 1960 & 1965), The Donna Reed Show (1960), Guestward, Ho! (1960), Angel (1961), and Dennis the Menace (1962 and 1963). He appeared as Joe Melvin, a plumber, in a 1963 episode of The Lucy Show, "Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower".

Repp made four appearances on Perry Mason between 1959 and 1962 in minor roles, including Private Investigator Phillip Morgan in "The Case of the Petulant Partner."

From 1963 to 1964, he portrayed Brink, the factory supervisor on Phil Silvers' The New Phil Silvers Show. His series co-stars were Buddy Lester, Herbie Faye, Elena Verdugo, Ronnie Dapo, and Sandy Descher.

Repp made appearances in The Twilight Zone episodes "Nick of Time" which starred William Shatner; a supporting role in "The Grave" with a cast which consisted of Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Strother Martin, James Best, and Elen Willard; then finally in "Caesar and Me."

In early 1966, he appeared as a railroad detective in an episode in the last season of My Favorite Martian.

In 1966, he started his stint as Chief O'Hara on Batman. While on Batman, he appeared as a guest in numerous other television programs, including Love American Style, I Dream of Jeannie and The Mothers-in-Law, in the latter once again playing a policeman.

His last released film was Linda Lovelace for President in 1975. He had a posthumous appearance in Mannix that was first broadcast two months after his death. His last television appearance was on the TV show M*A*S*H (as a Military Police Officer) that was first broadcast four months after his death. Shortly before his death in 1974, he filmed several scenes for Orson Welles' unfinished film The Other Side of the Wind, which was not completed and released until 2018.

Personal life[edit]

Repp was married and had five children.[4]

Repp died at age 56 on November 5, 1974, in Inglewood, California.[4]

He is interred at Westminster Memorial Park in Westminster, California. After his death, his sister, a television writer, established the Stafford Repp Memorial Scholarship for alumni of his alma mater, Lowell High School.[5]

Selected TV and filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Inman, David (1991). Performers' Television Credits, 1948-2000; Volume 3: N–Z. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company. p. 2,365. ISBN 0-7864-1174-0.
  2. ^ "All-Soldier Musical Show Here Tuesday, Wednesday". Great Falls Tribune. Montana, Great Falls. April 11, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Air Corps Play to Be Staged". The Montana Standard. Montana, Butte. March 18, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved July 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b "Stafford Repp". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 9, 1974. p. 34. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

External links[edit]

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