Robert Knapp (actor)
| Robert Knapp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 24, 1924 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 17, 2001 (aged 77) Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Residence | San Fernando Valley |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Marilyn Remillard Knapp |
Robert Knapp (February 24, 1924, Los Angeles, California – May 17, 2001, Glendale, California) was an American actor who appeared in film and on television between 1951 and 1976.
As a teenager, Knapp worked on his father's orange grove in Covina, Los Angeles County, where he attended school. As a youth he particularly excelled in swimming and football. He studied for a year in a college in Glendale but dropped out to work as a messenger for Warner Brothers Studios. He became a member of Irving Asher's unit. After two years in the United States Army making training films, he returned to Warner Brothers, where he was employed in the publicity department and then as a second assistant director. His acting career was launched after he was seen playing opposite Mary Boland and Charles Ruggles in the play One Fine Day.
Knapp's father was president of the Aurbaugh Department Store in Lansing, Michigan; brother Roland Knapp worked there for a time as a buyer. Knapp and his wife, the former Marilyn Remillard, lived in the San Fernando Valley early in his career. They were both active sculptors. He built his own badminton court in his backyard.
Knapp's first film role, uncredited, was in 1951 in Rogue River with Rory Calhoun and Peter Graves. He subsequently appeared in Mesa of Lost Women (1953), as pilot Grant Phillips, Scandal Incorporated. (1956), as tabloid reporter Jess Blanchar, Rawhide Trail (1957), as Farley Durand, and Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957), as Lt. Chick Waller.
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