# Roy Applegate

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{{Short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Roy Applegate
| image       = Actor Roy Applegate (SAYRE 2687).jpg
| caption     = Applegate in 1907
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1878|12|07}}
| birth_place = [Upper Black Eddy](/source/Upper_Black_Eddy%2C_Pennsylvania), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1950|02|09|1878|12|07}}
| death_place = [Catasauqua](/source/Catasauqua%2C_Pennsylvania), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), U.S. 
| occupation  = [Film actor](/source/Film_actor)
}}

'''Roy Applegate''' (7 December 1878 – 9 February 1950) was an American actor

==Background==
He played Judge Gates in ''[The Child of Destiny](/source/The_Child_of_Destiny)'' (1916),<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qEbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Roy+Applegate%22 |journal=[The Moving Picture World](/source/The_Moving_Picture_World) |volume=29 |publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company |year=1916 |title=The Child of Destiny |page=884}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYcqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Roy+Applegate%22 |title=Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910–1936 |first1=Jay Robert |last1=Nash |first2=Robert |last2=Connelly |first3=Stanley Ralph |last3=Ross |publisher=Cinebooks |year=1988 |pages=8, 329, 331 |isbn=9780933997103}}</ref> Opera House Manager in ''The Musician's Daughter'' (1911),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3VZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Roy+Applegate%22 |title=Griffithiana |issue=44–46 |publisher=Cineteca D.W. Griffith |year=1992 |pages=92–93}}</ref> Arthur Jepson in ''[All for a Girl](/source/All_for_a_Girl_(1915_film))'' (1915),{{sfn|Connelly|1998|p=8}} Simon Legree in ''[Uncle Tom's Cabin](/source/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin)'' (1914),{{sfn|Connelly|1998|p=291}} Mackenzie in ''A Man's Law'' (1918),{{sfn|Connelly|1998|p=383}} and Detective in ''[Sally of the Sawdust](/source/Sally_of_the_Sawdust)'' (1925).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=baQqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Roy+Applegate%22 |title=The Griffith Project |volume=10 |first=Paolo Cherchi |last=Usai |publisher=[British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute) |year=2006 |page=177 |isbn=9781844572199 |editor-first=Eileen |editor-last=Bowser |editor2-first=Cynthia |editor2-last=Rowell}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde](/source/The_Curious_Conduct_of_Judge_Legarde)'' (1915).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-npZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Roy+Applegate%22 |title=A guide to American silent crime films |first1=Larry |last1=Langman |first2=Daniel |last2=Finn |publisher=[Greenwood Press](/source/Greenwood_Press) |year=1994 |page=59 |isbn=9780313288586}}</ref>

==Death==
He was reported missing since February 9, 1950, and found dead in the bathroom of his home by his sister and brother-in-law due to a [heart attack](/source/heart_attack).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28731793/1950_roy_applegate_actor_and_veteran/ |title=Roy Applegate, Actor, Veteran, Found Dead |newspaper=[The Morning Call](/source/The_Morning_Call) |date=11 February 1950 |access-date=28 September 2019 |page=5 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

==Filmography==
thumb|right|Applegate and Elsie MacLeod in ''Her Husband's Honor'' (1915)
{{columnslist|
* ''He Couldn't Help It'' (1927)
* ''[Tin Gods](/source/Tin_Gods)'' (1926)
* ''[Sally of the Sawdust](/source/Sally_of_the_Sawdust)'' (1925) as Detective
* ''[Yolanda](/source/Yolanda_(film))'' (1924) as Sir Karl Pitti
* ''[Dead Men Tell No Tales](/source/Dead_Men_Tell_No_Tales_(1920_film))'' (1920) as Capt. Harris
* ''[Babs](/source/Babs_(1920_film))'' (1920) as Jabez Prouty
* ''The Midnight Bride'' (1920) as James Weir
* ''The Friendly Call'' (1920)
* ''[The Prey](/source/The_Prey_(1920_film))'' (1920) as Pete Canard
* ''[Upside Down](/source/Upside_Down_(1919_film))'' (1919) as James Wortley Tammers
* ''[The Cambric Mask](/source/The_Cambric_Mask_(1919_film))'' (1919) as Henry Murden
* ''Once to Every Man'' (1918) as Dave
* ''The Daredevil'' (1918) as Col. Robert Carruthers
* ''A Man's Law'' (1918) as Mackenzie
* ''[The Child of Destiny](/source/The_Child_of_Destiny)'' (1916) as Judge Gates
* ''[Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph](/source/Notorious_Gallagher%3B_or%2C_His_Great_Triumph)'' (1916) as Judge Winters
* ''[The Kiss of Hate](/source/The_Kiss_of_Hate)'' (1916) as Goliath
* ''A Daughter of the Sea'' (1915) as Alexander Gibson
* ''The Bludgeon'' (1915) as Fred Hillman
* ''The Game of Three'' (1915) as Bud, assistant detective
* ''[All for a Girl](/source/All_for_a_Girl_(1915_film))'' (1915) as Arthur Jepson / Old farmer
* ''Her Husband's Honor'' (1915) as Deputy Grayson
* ''[The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde](/source/The_Curious_Conduct_of_Judge_Legarde)'' (1915) as Big Charles
* ''The Avalanche'' (1915) as Peter Vaughan
* ''[Uncle Tom's Cabin](/source/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin_(1914_film))'' (1914) as Simon Legree
* ''The Musician's Daughter'' (1911) as Opera House Manager
* ''Hands Across the Sea in '76'' (1911)
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7tPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Roy+Applegate%22 |title=The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36 |volume=40 |issue=2 |first=Robert B. |last=Connelly |publisher=December Press |year=1998 |pages=439 |isbn=9780913204368 |edition=2nd}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0032402}}

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Category:1878 births
Category:1950 deaths
Category:Male actors from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Category:American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
Category:Military personnel from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Category:American male silent film actors
Category:20th-century American male actors

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