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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, Pennsylvania|Upper Black Eddy]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1950|02|09|1878|12|07}}
| death_place = [[Catasauqua, Pennsylvania|Catasauqua]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| occupation = [[Film actor]]
}}

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

==Background==
He played Judge Gates in ''[[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]] |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 (1915 film)|All for a Girl]]'' (1915),{{sfn|Connelly|1998|p=8}} Simon Legree in ''[[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]]'' (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]] |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]]'' (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]] |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]].<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]] |date=11 February 1950 |access-date=28 September 2019 |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
[[File:Roy Applegate and Elsie MacLeod in "Her Husband's Honor" (1915).jpg|thumb|right|Applegate and Elsie MacLeod in ''Her Husband's Honor'' (1915)]]
{{columnslist|
* ''He Couldn't Help It'' (1927)
* ''[[Tin Gods]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Sally of the Sawdust]]'' (1925) as Detective
* ''[[Yolanda (film)|Yolanda]]'' (1924) as Sir Karl Pitti
* ''[[Dead Men Tell No Tales (1920 film)|Dead Men Tell No Tales]]'' (1920) as Capt. Harris
* ''[[Babs (1920 film)|Babs]]'' (1920) as Jabez Prouty
* ''The Midnight Bride'' (1920) as James Weir
* ''The Friendly Call'' (1920)
* ''[[The Prey (1920 film)|The Prey]]'' (1920) as Pete Canard
* ''[[Upside Down (1919 film)|Upside Down]]'' (1919) as James Wortley Tammers
* ''[[The Cambric Mask (1919 film)|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 film)|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 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' (1914) as Simon Legree
* ''The Musician's Daughter'' (1911) as Opera House Manager
* ''Hands Across the Sea in '76'' (1911)
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==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:Actors from Bucks County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:American military personnel of the Spanish–American War]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:American male silent film actors]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Pennsylvania]]

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