Editing Stafford Repp

{{short description|American actor (1918–1974)}}
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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  = circa 1943&ndash;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.

==World War II ==
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.

== Acting career ==
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]]''.

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".

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]]'' (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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