Biography

Robert Loper was born on June 30, 1925 in Olathe, Colorado USA. He was an actor, known for Joyride (1977) and An Innocent Love (1982). He was married to Loper, Shirley. He died on July 7, 2000 in Seattle, Washington USA.

He earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Colorado. He earned a doctorate in Elizabethan literature as a Fulbright scholar at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

Father of Bill Loper of Los Angeles, California and Matthew Loper of Seattle, Washington. Brother of William Loper of Vail, Colorado. He is survived by a grandchild.

Directing a play is a kind of communion, the sharing of a fictional struggle which illuminates the more chaotic struggles and obsessions of our day-to-day lives. In making us more civilized, less lonely, the theater can be teaching at its best.

He summed up his passion thus for the 1990-1991 edition of "Who's Who in America": "The theater has been my obsession and my religion.