Richard X. Slattery

Before he became an actor, Richard Xavier Slattery spent 12 years on the beat as a street cop in New York. It was during that time that he began appearing off-Broadway. Slattery made it to Broadway in 1961 where he appeared in a couple of plays. In the mid-'60s, he began playing character roles on a wide variety of television series ranging from Bonanza to Bewitched to Mr. Roberts. In the distinguished miniseries The Winds of War, Slattery played Admiral Halsey. He has also appeared in a few feature films, including Walking Tall and The Apple Dumpling Gang, but Slattery may best be remembered for the 17 years in which he portrayed Murph in UnoCal commercials. He passed away on January 27, 1997, at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. The official cause of death was listed as a stroke.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Sergeant Slaughter	—	1979
No Score Yet	The Zebra Force	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	The No Mercy Man	Actor	—	1975
80%	Herbie Rides Again	Traffic Commissioner	—	1974
No Score Yet	Busting	Desk Sergeant	—	1974
No Score Yet	Black Eye	Bowen	—	1974
75%	Walking Tall	Arno Purdy	—	1973
86%	The Boston Strangler	Ed Willis	—	1968
No Score Yet	The Secret War of Harry Frigg	MP Sergeant	—	1968
No Score Yet	A Time for Killing	Cpl. Paddy Darling	—	1967
50%	A Distant Trumpet	Slattery	—	1964
47%	Butterfield 8	State Trooper	—	1960
No Score Yet	Till the End of Time	Captain	—	1946

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	The Winds of War 1983	Adm. Bull Halsey	1983
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Jess Egan	1975
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Tiny	1974
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Clyde Harroway	1973 1972
No Score Yet	The Partridge Family 1970-1974	Police Officer	1973 1971
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	McCoy Henderson	1972 1967
No Score Yet	Bewitched 1964-1972	Maclane Ferguson Cop Norton Detective Policeman #1	1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1965
No Score Yet	The Odd Couple 1970-1975	Splint	1970
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Noah Haimes Greer Coor	1970 1965 1964
No Score Yet	I Dream of Jeannie 1965-1970	Gen.Hamilton	1968
No Score Yet	The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1968	Captain Dewhurst	1968 1967

Alonzo Hawk: (being stopped by a policeman in traffic) The traffic commissioner shall hear of this!
Traffic Commissioner: I *am* the commissioner.
Alonzo Hawk: Then what are you doing in that monkey suit? A traffic commissioner would dress in dignified clothes.
Traffic Commissioner: This happen to be my dress uniform. I was on my way to the ceremony for I Am A Policeman Day.