
Richard X. Slattery
- Highest Rated: The Boston Strangler (1968)
- Lowest Rated: Butterfield 8 (1960)
- Birthday: Jun 26, 1925
- Birthplace: Not Available
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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
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Walking Tall
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Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Sergeant Slaughter | — | 1979 | |
The Zebra Force | Actor | — | 1976 | |
The No Mercy Man | Actor | — | 1975 | |
80% | Herbie Rides Again | Traffic Commissioner | — | 1974 |
Busting | Desk Sergeant | — | 1974 | |
Black Eye | Bowen | — | 1974 | |
75% | Walking Tall | Arno Purdy | — | 1973 |
86% | The Boston Strangler | Ed Willis | — | 1968 |
The Secret War of Harry Frigg | MP Sergeant | — | 1968 | |
A Time for Killing | Cpl. Paddy Darling | — | 1967 | |
50% | A Distant Trumpet | Slattery | — | 1964 |
47% | Butterfield 8 | State Trooper | — | 1960 |
Till the End of Time | Captain | — | 1946 |
TV
Rating |
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Credit |
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The Winds of War
1983
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Adm. Bull Halsey |
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Kojak
1973-1978
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Jess Egan |
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Ironside
1967-1975
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Tiny |
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The Waltons
1972-1981
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Clyde Harroway |
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The Partridge Family
1970-1974
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Police Officer |
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Bonanza
1959-1973
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McCoy Henderson |
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Bewitched
1964-1972
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Maclane Ferguson Cop Norton Detective Policeman #1 |
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The Odd Couple
1970-1975
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Splint |
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Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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Noah Haimes Greer Coor |
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I Dream of Jeannie
1965-1970
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Gen.Hamilton |
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The Andy Griffith Show
1960-1968
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Captain Dewhurst |
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QUOTES FROM Richard X. Slattery CHARACTERS
- Alonzo Hawk
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(being stopped by a policeman in traffic) The traffic commissioner shall hear of this!
- Traffic Commissioner
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I *am* the commissioner.
- Alonzo Hawk
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Then what are you doing in that monkey suit? A traffic commissioner would dress in dignified clothes.
- Traffic Commissioner
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This happen to be my dress uniform. I was on my way to the ceremony for I Am A Policeman Day.