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Roy Applegate

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Roy Applegate
Applegate in 1907
Born(1878-12-07)December 7, 1878
DiedFebruary 9, 1950(1950-02-09) (aged 71)
OccupationFilm actor

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

Background

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He played Judge Gates in The Child of Destiny (1916),[1][2] Opera House Manager in The Musician's Daughter (1911),[3] Arthur Jepson in All for a Girl (1915),[4] Simon Legree in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914),[5] Mackenzie in A Man's Law (1918),[6] and Detective in Sally of the Sawdust (1925).[7] He also appeared in The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (1915).[8]

Death

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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.[9]

Filmography

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Applegate and Elsie MacLeod in Her Husband's Honor (1915)

References

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  1. ^ "The Child of Destiny". The Moving Picture World. 29. World Photographic Publishing Company: 884. 1916.
  2. ^ Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (1988). Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910–1936. Cinebooks. pp. 8, 329, 331. ISBN 9780933997103.
  3. ^ Griffithiana. Cineteca D.W. Griffith. 1992. pp. 92–93.
  4. ^ Connelly 1998, p. 8.
  5. ^ Connelly 1998, p. 291.
  6. ^ Connelly 1998, p. 383.
  7. ^ Usai, Paolo Cherchi (2006). Bowser, Eileen; Rowell, Cynthia (eds.). The Griffith Project. Vol. 10. British Film Institute. p. 177. ISBN 9781844572199.
  8. ^ Langman, Larry; Finn, Daniel (1994). A guide to American silent crime films. Greenwood Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780313288586.
  9. ^ "Roy Applegate, Actor, Veteran, Found Dead". The Morning Call. 11 February 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

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