- Veteran character actor best known for his role as Chief O'Hara on the television series Batman (1966). He became a wealthy man through a business partnership in a chain of car washes before his early death at age 56.
- He suffered a fatal heart attack on November 5, 1974 while at the Hollywood Park racing track. After his death, his sister, a television writer, established the Stafford Repp Memorial Scholarship for alumni of his alma mater, Lowell High School.
- Started his acting career in mid-life after his World War II stint in the United States Army Air Corps.
- American character actor of 1950s Westerns and crime dramas who played many policemen during his career. Coincidentally, his brother was a real life police officer.
- His Irish brogue as Chief O'Hara on the television series Batman (1966) was not real. He developed the Irish brogue for the role.
- His breakthrough came when he was hired to create sound effects during the "golden age" of television.
- Was good friends with Adam West.
- Attended and graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco, California.
- After his death, he was interred at Westminister Memorial Park in Westminister, California.
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