Roy Applegate

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

Roy Applegate
Roy Applegate and Elsie MacLeod in Her Husband's Honor (1915)
Born	December 7, 1878 Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Died	February 9, 1950 (aged 71) Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Film actor

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]

He was reported missing since 9 February 1950 and found dead in the bathroom of his home by his sister and brother-in-law due to a heart attack.[9]

Filmography

• He Couldn't Help It (1927)
• Tin Gods (1926)
• Sally of the Sawdust (1925) as Detective
• Yolanda (1924) as Sir Karl Pitti
• Dead Men Tell No Tales (1920) as Capt. Harris
• Babs (1920) as Jabez Prouty
• The Midnight Bride (1920) as James Weir
• The Friendly Call (1920)
• Upside Down (1919) as James Wortley Tammers
• The Cambric Mask (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 (1916) as Judge Gates
• Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph (1916) as Judge Winters
• 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 (1915) as Arthur Jepson / Old farmer
• Her Husband's Honor (1915) as Deputy Grayson
• The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (1915) as Big Charles
• The Avalanche (1915) as Peter Vaughan
• Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914) as Simon Legree
• The Musician's Daughter (1911) as Opera House Manager
• Hands Across the Sea in '76 (1911)

References

1. "The Child of Destiny". The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 29: 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. 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.

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. 40 (2nd ed.). December Press. p. 439. ISBN 9780913204368.

External links

• Roy Applegate at IMDb