Royce D. Applegate

Royce Dwayne Applegate (December 25, 1939 – January 1, 2003) was an American actor and screenwriter who was first billed as Roy Applegate. 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

Writer Loose Shoes (1980) Evil Town (1987)