Who ever thought my family history would lead me to The Twilight Zone!
O. C. Ritch was born in 1922 in California to Horace S. Ritch and Onan Alwilda Stamps. Not much is know about his early life. Before he turned 8 years old, his family had moved back to his mothers home state of Oklahoma.
O. C. Ritch was a writer, actor and screenwriter. He was very knowledgeable about motorcycle and mustang repairs and how the various systems in them worked. He wrote many books on the topic between 1960 and 1974. A list of his books will be listed at the end of this post. In 1961, he wrote an episode of The Twilight Zone titled 'Static' and in 1962, he was a ghost writer of The Twilight Zone episode 'Dead Man's Shoes.' Also in 1962, O. C. started as Jack Allardyce in the movie 'The Intruder.'
O. C. died in 1988 from lung disease. It is unknown whether or not he married and had children. It is also unknown where he is buried.
List of Books (This may not be all of them)
1960 - Care and Repair of Your Sports Car
June 1963 - Technical Editor of Clymer's Automobile Topics
1967 - Chilton's Yamaha repair and tune-up guide
1969 - Chilton's Honda repair and tune-up guide
1969 - Chilton's motorcycle electrical systems.
1970 - Motorcycle Electrical Systems
1970 - Triumph Motor Cycle Repair and Tune-up Guide
1970 - Suzuki Repair and Tune-up Guide
1971 - Harley-Davidson Repair and Tune-up Guide
1972 - Chilton's Harley-Davidson repair and tune-up guide
1972 - Yamaha Repair and Tune-up Guide
1973 - Mustang Repair and Tune-up Guide
1974 - The Lincoln Continental
Chilton's BSA motorcycle repair and tune-up guide.
Chilton's Japanese motorcycle repair & tune-up guide.
Chilton's motorcycle carburetion systems.
Chilton's motorcycle troubleshooting guide.
Chilton's Mustang repair and tune-up guide
Chilton's Suzuki repair and tune-up guide.
Honda Repair and Tune-up Guide
Motorcycle Troubleshooting Guide
Sources
Census Records - 1930 McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Amazon.com - book list
Various movie/TV sites show his Twilight Zone work and Movie appearance.
The Intruder Information
Send me your email and I'll send you some info on Ocee. I also have available the Stamps Family History and Lineage, about 4000+ pages, on cd or dvd. Also, Stamps Quartet southern gospel music. willstamps@aim.com 801-589-0435
ReplyDeleteo.c ritch is my great great(maybe one more great?) uncle! whoa! my mom told me he wrote for the twilight zone and i didnt believe it! haha cool!
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