Carl Roup

Birth : 1915-04-04, Emmett, Idaho, USA

Death : 2002-03-20

History

Carl 'Major' Roup was born on April 4, 1915 in Emmett, Idaho, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Harry, el fuerte (1973), Hombres de blanco (1979) and Patty Duke (1963). He died on March 20, 2002 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

Movies

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
Self
Blonde, beautiful and talented, Marion Davies was the first and funniest screwball comedienne. As star of two of the best comedies ever made, Show People and The Patsy, she combined zany slapstick and exuberant mimicry. Glamorous, witty and kind, both on screen and off, Davies was also famous for her 35-year-long love affair with William Randolph Hearst.
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
First Assistant Director
The true and tragic story of a very young and very talented comedian from the 70's whose sudden rise to fame had some of its benefits -- and some of its burdens.
Cimarron
Second Assistant Director
The epic story of a family that's involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush in 1889.
The Subterraneans
Assistant Director
A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.
The Naked Spur
Second Assistant Director
Howard Kemp has been tracking killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. In the Colorado Rockies, he teams up with prospector Jesse Tate and former Union soldier Roy Anderson. Thinking Kemp is a sheriff, they agree to help for a small fee. When they catch Vandergroat, he tells them Kemp is pursuing a $5,000 bounty. After demanding equal shares, the uneasy alliance heads for Kansas as Vandergroat tries to turn them against each other.
The Light Touch
Assistant Director
An art thief tries to double cross his gangster boss.
The Sea of Grass
Script Supervisor
A St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Boys Town
Script Supervisor
Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.
Mad Holiday
Script Supervisor
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Libeled Lady
Script Supervisor
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Kind Lady
Script Supervisor
Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.
They Learned About Women
Young Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love and gold-diggers get in the way.
The Mysterious Island
Underwater Creature (uncredited)
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
Buttons
Bellboy
Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell him that his wife is cheating on him with other members of the crew. The boys end up in deeper trouble, after they are thrown in the brig and the ship starts sinking...
Annie Laurie
(uncredited)
The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Baseball Team Player (uncredited)
A minor league pitcher lets pride get the better of him after he joins the New York Yankees.
The Red Mill
(uncredited)
A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.
Flesh and the Devil
Train Station Vendor (uncredited)
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
Exit Smiling
Young Boy in Audience (uncredited)
Silent comedy about the travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company.
The Big Parade
Doughboy (uncredited)
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.