Robert Knapp (February 24, 1924, Los Angeles, California â€" 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.
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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