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richard x. slattery

richard x. slattery -lrb- june 26 , 1925 -- january 27 , 1997 -rrb- was a character actor in film , theater and television .
slattery starred in such films as `` walking tall '' , `` the no mercy man '' and `` herbie rides again '' .
richard xavier slattery 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 drill sergeant type .
he had been an nypd police officer for twelve years -lrb- 1948 -- 1960 -rrb- and started his acting career in police academy training films , and in community theater in the bronx .
slattery appeared in the first season of `` the odd couple '' , episode # 2 `` the fight of the felix '' .
after oscar gets into a fight with a hockey player played by slattery , felix tries to stand up for his roommate , but ends up in the boxing ring instead -lrb- original air date : october 8 , 1970 -rrb- .
he also has had numerous guest appearance roles in television , including `` route 66 '' , `` the alfred hitchcock hour '' , `` 77 sunset strip '' , `` gunsmoke '' , `` rawhide '' , `` the andy griffith show '' , `` bewitched '' , `` f troop '' , `` the virginian '' , `` bonanza '' , `` the partridge family '' , `` the mod squad '' , `` emergency ! ''
, `` the waltons '' , `` ironside '' , `` kojak '' , `` the san pedro beach bums '' , and `` knight rider '' slattery starred in a revival of the play `` the time of your life '' , starting march 17 , 1972 , at the huntington hartford theater in los angeles .
during the 1970s he was featured in many tv commercials for union 76 gasoline , playing a grandfatherly service station owner named murph -lrb- filmed at the 76 station adjacent to dodger stadium -rrb- .
he had featured roles in three series : `` the gallant men '' -lrb- as 1st sgt. john mckenna -rrb- , `` mister roberts '' -lrb- as captain john morton -rrb- , and `` c.p.o. sharkey '' -lrb- as captain `` buck '' buckner -rrb- .
he appeared on the `` cannon '' episode , `` the cure that kills , '' as a carnival owner , an episode which aired as a rerun on metv on february 2 , 2014 .
his son , kevin , is a television producer -lrb- `` just shoot me '' -rrb- .
