- Born
- Died
- Character actor, born in Oklahoma, his most visible role was that of Chief Petty Officer Manilow Crocker on the first season of the television series sea Quest DSV. Applegate portrayed Deputy Crawford in Stir Crazy (1985); in his career worked in many films and series Tv: Splash (1984), Gettysburg (1993), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Gods and Generals (2003), Seabiscuit (2003) Intolerable Cruelty (2003) and many others; Royce passed away on New Year's Day 2003, in his Hollywood Hills home in a fire just one week after his 63rd birthday.- IMDb mini biography by: Romulus1953
- SpouseNorma Hilderbrand(1958 - 1969) (divorced, 1 child)
- Distant cousin of Christina Applegate. They both descend from Thomas Applegate and his wife whom were born in England in the mid 1600s.
- During his career, he worked at Texas radio stations KMAP and KXXK.
- Graduated from Midwest City High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma
- Father of Scott D. Applegate
- He is buried in Sand Springs, Oklahoma's Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery.
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