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Royce D. Applegate

1939 - 2003

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Royce D. Applegate is the 8,627th most popular actor (down from 6,791st in 2024), the 13,157th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,036th in 2019) and the 4,026th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Royce D. Applegate ranks 8,627 out of 13,578. Before him are Angela Little, Zachary Scott, Michie Tomizawa, Angélica Vale, Kerri Green, and Conrad Vernon. After him are Kana Hanazawa, Nick E. Tarabay, Callum Turner, Miki Itō, Jonathan Breck, and Phill Lewis.

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Among people born in 1939, Royce D. Applegate ranks 613. Before him are Ayi Kwei Armah, Kim Fowley, Salvatore Nunnari, Eddie Kendricks, Judy Grinham, and Anthony Lake. After him are Barbara Bosson, Willye White, Maury Povich, Barry Cunliffe, David Allan Coe, and BarBara Luna. Among people deceased in 2003, Royce D. Applegate ranks 358. Before him are Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Trevor Ford, Erland Herkenrath, Gerald Emmett Carter, Dulce Chacón, and Al Hirschfeld. After him are Rachel Corrie, Road Warrior Hawk, Hank Ballard, Ellen Drew, Lynne Thigpen, and David Kelly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Royce D. Applegate ranks 13,161 out of 20,380. Before him are Angela Little (1972), Zachary Scott (1914), Malvina Reynolds (1900), Gideon Welles (1802), Kerri Green (1967), and Conrad Vernon (1968). After him are Alexandra Silk (1963), Leda Cosmides (1957), Sarah J. Maas (1986), Jonathan Breck (1965), Lionel Trilling (1905), and Robin Thicke (1977).

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Among actors born in United States, Royce D. Applegate ranks 4,028. Before him are Sonya Smith (1972), Audrey Totter (1917), Angela Little (1972), Zachary Scott (1914), Kerri Green (1967), and Conrad Vernon (1968). After him are Jonathan Breck (1965), Jane Randolph (1914), Mary Kay Bergman (1961), George Chandler (1898), Elizabeth Lail (1992), and Ann Gillis (1927).

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