Royce D. Applegate

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::summary American actor and screenwriter ::

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name	Royce D. Applegate
image	Royce D. Applegate.jpg
birth_name	Royce Dwayne Applegate
birth_date
birth_place	Midwest City, Oklahoma, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
resting_place	Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery in Sand Springs, Oklahoma
othername
yearsactive	1969–2003
occupation	{{flatlist
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| name = Royce D. Applegate | image = Royce D. Applegate.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Royce Dwayne Applegate | birth_date = | birth_place = Midwest City, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | resting_place = Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery in Sand Springs, Oklahoma | othername = | yearsactive = 1969–2003 | occupation = {{flatlist|

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Born in Midwest City, Oklahoma, his most visible role was that of Chief Petty Officer Manilow Crocker on the first season of the television series seaQuest DSV.

Applegate portrayed Deputy Crawford in Stir Crazy (1985). In that year, he also appeared in two episodes of Diff'rent Strokes, playing family man-turned-kidnapper Donald Brown, a father who kidnaps character Sam McKinney in order to replace his own dead son.

Applegate was a top-billed ensemble cast member in the 1987 Richard Fleischer-directed, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World- and Midnight Madness-esque screwball comedy film Million Dollar Mystery, playing the dim-witted roadside desert diner proprietor Tugger.

Applegate twice co-starred under the direction of The Coen Brothers, appearing in both O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and Intolerable Cruelty (2003), the latter of which was his final screen role, and released posthumously.

He portrayed Confederate General James L. Kemper in two films, Gettysburg (1993) and Gods and Generals (2003).

On New Year's Day 2003, Applegate died in his Hollywood Hills home in a fire just one week after his 63rd birthday.

Partial filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role
1972	Fuzz	Patrolman Cramer
They Only Kill Their Masters	Harry
The Mad Bomber	Man in Car
1976	Chesty Anderson, USN	Phil
1974	The Last Porno Flick	Policeman #1
1978	Harper Valley P.T.A.	'Dutch'
Loose Shoes	Delmus
1980	Alligator	Callan
1981	Back Roads	The Father
History of the World: Part I	Coming Attractions
1984	Splash	Buckwalter
1986	Armed and Dangerous	2nd Toxic Guard
1987	From the Hip	Mr. Wilby
Rampage	Gene Tippetts
Million Dollar Mystery	Tugger
1992	White Sands	Peterson
1993	Gettysburg	Brigadier General James L. Kemper
1994	The Getaway	Gun Shop Salesman
1995	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	Ryback's Cook
1998	Phoenix	Dickerman
Dr. Dolittle	"I Love You" Dog (voice)
2000	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Man with Bullhorn
2002	The Rookie	Henry
2003	Gods and Generals	Brigadier General James L. Kemper
Seabiscuit	'Dutch' Doogan
Intolerable Cruelty	Mr. Gutman
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Television Film

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Year	Title	Role
1974	Cry Panic	Grady
1975	Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan	John Worden
1990	Murder in Mississippi	Deputy Winter
1998	Poodle Springs	Ivan, The Motel Manager
1999	Inherit the Wind	George Sillers
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Episodes
1969-1971	That Girl	Harry
Bill	Hearing Today, Gone Tomorrow
Two for the Money
1970	Mayberry R.F.D.	Guy With Headband	Sensitivity Training
1971	Mod Squad	Eddie	The Price of Love
1979	Charlie's Angels	'Bingo'
1981	Flamingo Road	'Tiny'
Hart to Hart	Billy Ray Thompson
Little House on the Prairie	Georgie
1981-1982	CHiPs	Roger Brown
Dewayne	Ponch's Angels Part I and II
Silent Partner
1981-1985	The Dukes of Hazzard	Insurance Adjuster / Harry Ray Pearson
1982	The Blue and the Gray	1st Cell Reporter
TJ Hooker	Frank Durbin
1985	Diff'rent Strokes	Donald Brown, Sam's Kidnapper
1989	Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All	William Bundy
1990	Twin Peaks	Reverend Clarence Brocklehurst
1993-1994	seaQuest DSV	Chief Manilow Crocker
1998-2001	JAG	Craig Allenby
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Mr. Laferty	Episode: "Pilot
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Writer

• Loose Shoes (1980)
• Evil Town (1987)

Notes

References

References

1. (2008). "Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture". McFarland.
2. (2011). "Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010". McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
3. (January 3, 2003). "Actor Royce Applegate found dead". USA Today.

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