Royce Dwayne Applegate (December 25, 1939 – January 1, 2003) was an American actor and screenwriter who was first billed as Roy Applegate.
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 aged 63 at his Hollywood Hills home in a fire..
Partial filmography Film Year Title Role+ List of Live-Action Performances in Theatrical Released Movies 1972 Fuzz Patrolman Cramer They Only Kill Their Masters Harry The Mad Bomber Man in Car 1974 The Last Porno Flick Policeman #1 1976 Chesty Anderson, USN Phil 1977 Prime Time a.k.a. American Raspberry Miracle White Announcer1978 Harper Valley P.T.A. "Dutch"Loose Shoes Delmus1980 Alligator Callan1981 Back Roads The FatherHistory 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 TippettsMillion 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
Television Film
Year Title Role+ List of Performances in Television Movies 1974 Cry Panic Grady 1975 Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan John Worden1990 Murder in Mississippi Deputy Winter 1998 Poodle Springs Ivan, The Motel Manager 1999 Inherit the Wind George Sillers
Television Year Title Role Episodes+ List of Performances on Television 1969-1971 That Girl HarryBill Hearing Today, Gone TomorrowTwo 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 ThompsonLittle House on the Prairie Georgie 1981-1982 CHiPs Roger BrownDewayne Ponch's Angels Part I and IISilent Partner1981-1985 The Dukes of Hazzard Insurance Adjuster / Harry Ray Pearson 1982 The Blue and the Gray 1st Cell Reporter TJ Hooker Frank Durbin1985 Diff'rent Strokes Donald Brown, Sam's Kidnapper 1989 Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All William Bundy1990 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
Writer Loose Shoes (1980) Evil Town (1987)
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Royce D. Applegate on Yahoo movies