Jeremy Slate
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Born | Robert Bullard Perham February 17, 1926 in California, U.S. |
Died | November 19, 2006 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 80)
Alma mater | St. Lawrence University |
Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
Spouses | |
Children | 5 |
Jeremy Slate (born Robert Bullard Perham; February 17, 1926 – November 19, 2006) was an American film and television actor, and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Larry Lahr in The Aquanauts (1960–1961), Chuck Wilson in One Life to Live (1979–1987) and as Deputy Sheriff Ben Latta in The Sons of Katie Elder (1965).
Early life
He attended a military academy and joined the United States Navy when he was sixteen. He was barely eighteen when his destroyer assisted in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day (June 6, 1944). After the war he attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he graduated with honors in English. He was also president of the student body, a member of the honor society, editor of the college literary magazine, a football player, and the backfield coach of the only undefeated team in the history of the university. He was a campus radio personality who married the queen of his fraternity's ball during his senior year. After graduation he became a radio sportscaster and DJ for several CBS and ABC affiliates while beginning a family that included three sons and one daughter but ultimately this marriage ended in divorce. Several years thereafter, he had a second daughter.
For six years, Slate had a promising career with
Film and TV career
Slate co-starred with
He guest-starred in the 1959–1960 syndicated western series, Pony Express, starring Grant Sullivan.
In 1963, Slate was cast as Mark Novak in the episode "The Loner" of the NBC modern western series, Empire, set on a ranch in New Mexico. In the storyline he became involved in a deadly boxing match with series character Tal Garrett (Ryan O'Neal). Also in 1963, he co-starred in an episode of the second season of Combat! called "Off Limits," produced and directed by Robert Altman. That same year, he played Elroy Daldran, a hired assassin out to kill Eliot Ness, in "A Taste for Pineapple", the final episode (series finale) of The Untouchables starring Robert Stack. Finally in 1963, he appeared in James Arness’s TV Western series Gunsmoke, as gunslinger Billy Hargis in “Carter Caper” (season 9, episode 8).
He played a troubled surfer in a 1962, season 3 episode of Route 66 called "Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?" In 1965 he starred as Wally in season 1, episode 21 of Bewitched, entitled "Ling Ling". He later guest-starred as a German infiltrator in a fourth-season episode of Combat! entitled ”The Mockingbird” (aired 1966).
Slate played Hank in the NBC comedy Accidental Family in 1967–1968.[1]
From 1979 to 1987, Slate portrayed Chuck Wilson on the
Slate's acting career included major roles in four
Songwriting career
Slate was an accomplished country-and-western songwriter and BMI member. He wrote the lyrics to Tex Ritter's top ten song "Just Beyond the Moon" and co-wrote with Greg R. Connor the lyrics for "Every Time I Itch (I Wind Up Scratchin' You)" recorded by Glen Campbell on Capitol Records.[citation needed] Slate and Campbell had starred together in the 1969 movie, True Grit.
Personal life
He was briefly married to the actress Tammy Grimes and was stepfather to actress Amanda Plummer during this time.[citation needed]
In the 1970s, Slate was involved with feminist archaeologist Sally Binford.[4] Their adventures in the sexual freedom movement were chronicled in Gay Talese's 1980 book Thy Neighbor's Wife.[5]
In 2000, he married Denise Mellinger Slate, a writer and film producer. He was stepfather to Joseph Tolen and Erin Tolen.[citation needed]
In 2004, he attended as a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina, along with Stella Stevens, Andrew Prine and Sonny Shroyer. His partner at the time of his death was Joan Benedict-Steiger. He had two living sons, and two daughters; one son had preceded him in death.[2]
Death
On November 19, 2006, Slate died in
Filmography
- That Kind of Woman (1959) as Sailor (uncredited)
- North by Northwest (1959) as Policeman at Grand Central Station #2 (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 32: "One Grave Too Many") as Joe Helmer
- G.I. Blues (1960) as Turk
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962) (Season 7 Episode 36: "First Class Honeymoon") as Carl Seabrook
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1962) (Season 1 Episode 10: "Day of Reckoning") as Trent Parker, the Golf Professional
- Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) as Wesley Johnson
- Wives and Lovers (1963) as Gar Aldrich
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1964) (Season 2 Episode 14: "Beyond the Sea of Death") as Keith Holloway
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1965) (Season 3 Episode 16: "One of the Family") as Dexter Dailey
- I'll Take Sweden (1965) as Erik Carlson
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) as Ben Latta
- The Born Losers (1967) as Daniel 'Danny' Carmody
- The Devil's Brigade (1968) as Sgt. Patrick O'Neill
- The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968) as Lon
- The Hooked Generation (1968) as Daisey
- Hell's Belles(1969) as Dan
- True Grit (1969) as Emmett Quincy
- Hell's Angels '69 (1969) as Wes
- Drag Racer (1971) as Ron
- Mission Impossible(1971) as Frederick Hoffman
- The Curse of the Moon Child (1972)
- Centerfold Girls(1974) as Sgt. Garrett
- Stranger in Our House (1978) as Tom Bryant
- Mr. Horn (1979) as Capt. Emmet Crawford
- The Dead Pit (1989) as Dr. Gerald Swan
- Voyage of the Heart (1989) as Chairman
- Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989) as 'Mesquite'
- Dream Machine (1991) as Jack Chamberlain
- The Lawnmower Man (1992) as Father Francis McKeen
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ a b "Jeremy Slate, Actor, 80, Dies". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 22, 2006. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Barabas, SuzAnne and Gabor, Barabas (1990). Gunsmoke: A Complete History and Analysis of the Legendary Broadcast Series. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1990; all of John Meston's radio and television episodes for this iconic Western, including Slate's performance in "The Gallows" (1962), are profiled in this comprehensive reference.
- ISBN 978-0970881571.
- ISBN 0385006322.
- ISBN 9780786452118.
External links
- Jeremy Slate at IMDb
- Jeremy Slate at the Internet Broadway Database