1. Edward Robert Applegate was an American television actor, best known for his work in the 1960s, most notably in the role of Richard Harrison, the boyfriend of Patty Lane on The Patty Duke Show.
14 Facts About Eddie Applegate
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Eddie Applegate's career began at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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Eddie Applegate was active in stock theater, particularly on the East Coast, for more than eight seasons in both winter and summer.
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Eddie Applegate had the role of Hugo Peabody in the national touring production of Bye Bye Birdie.
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Eddie Applegate appeared as Richard Harrison on 70 episodes of the Patty Duke Show, which was broadcast on ABC from 1963 to 1966.
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Eddie Applegate played Bob Mooney in The Lucy Show and Willie Maxwell, a reporter, on Nancy.
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In 1999, Eddie Applegate reprised the role of Richard Harrison in a reunion, The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights.
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In 2009, Eddie Applegate appeared as Henry in the indie thriller Rain From Stars, written by Stephen Wallis and released in the United States in 2013.
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Eddie Applegate described himself as a "Realist to Impressionist painter".
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Eddie Applegate lived in Chatsworth, California with his common law wife Betty.
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Eddie Applegate was an active member of the San Fernando Valley Art Club, serving as vice president.
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Eddie Applegate died on October 17,2016, at a nursing home in Los Angeles after a long illness.
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Eddie Applegate is survived by his children, Heather, Michael and John, and a large extended family.
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Eddie Applegate's death was the third in the main cast of The Patty Duke Show in 2016, following Patty Duke and William Schallert earlier that year.