Richard X. Slattery

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Richard Xavier Slattery (1925 - 1997) was a character actor in film and television for many years.

He was distinguished by a square-jawed look and a rough, gravelly voice that made him ideal as a "tough guy" character, usually as a cowboy or a cop or a "sarge" type. In fact, he had been an NYPD police officer for a number of years before he took up acting.

During the 1970s he was featured in many TV commercials for Union 76 Gasoline, playing a grandfatherly service station owner named Murph.

His son, Kevin Slattery, has been an executive producer of TV shows such as Just Shoot Me.