What is Royce D. Applegate?
{{redlinks|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Royce D. Applegate | image = | imagesize = | caption = Headshot of Royce D. Applegate | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|12|25|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Midwest City, Oklahoma]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|1|1|1939|12|25}} | death_place = [[Hollywood Hills]], [[Los Angeles, California]], [[U.S.]] | othername = Royce Applegate | yearsactive = | spouse = Norma Applegate (?-1969) (Divorced) | website = }} '''Royce D. Applegate''' (December 25, 1939 – January 1, 2003) was an American [[actor]] and screenwriter. Born in [[Oklahoma]], his most visible role was that of Chief Petty Officer Manilow Crocker on the first season of the [[Steven Spielberg]]-produced television series ''seaQuest DSV''. In 1985, Applegate played tragic family man-turned-kidnapper Donald Brown, a bereaved father who abducts the character Sam in order to replace his own dead son, on the [[season premiere]] of ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' last season when it moved from [[NBC]] to [[ABC]]. Applegate portrayed [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] General [[James L. Kemper]] in two [[Ronald F. Maxwell]] movies, ''[[Gettysburg (1993 movie)|Gettysburg]]'' (1993) and ''[[Gods and Generals (movie)|Gods and Generals]]'' (2003). On New Year's Day 2003, Applegate died in his [[Hollywood Hills]] home in a fire just one week after his 63rd birthday.<ref>{{cite news|author=The Associated Press|date=2003-01-03|title=Actor Royce Applegate found dead|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-01-03-applegate_x.htm}}</ref> ==Partial filmography== ===Movies=== *[[Intolerable Cruelty]] (2003) .... Mr. Gutman *[[Seabiscuit (movie)|Seabiscuit]] (2003) .... Dutch Doogan *[[Gods and Generals (movie)|Gods and Generals]] (2003) .... Brig. Gen. James Kemper *[[The Rookie (2002 movie)|The Rookie]] (2002) .... Henry *[[Purgatory Flats]] (2002) .... Det. Travis McGill *[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]] (TV) (2 episodes)