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Jeremy Slate (born Robert Perham; February 17, 1926 - November 19, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He attended a military academy and joined the navy when he was 16. He was barely 18 when his destroyer assisted in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day (June 6, 1944). After the war he attended St. Lawrence University where he graduated with honors in English. He was also president of the student body, in the honor society, editor of the college literary magazine, football player and backfield coach of the only undefeated team in the school's history. He was a campus radio... MORE

Jeremy Slate (born Robert Perham; February 17, 1926 - November 19, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He attended a military academy and joined the navy when he was 16. He was barely 18 when his destroyer assisted in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day (June 6, 1944). After the war he attended St. Lawrence University where he graduated with honors in English. He was also president of the student body, in the honor society, editor of the college literary magazine, football player and backfield coach of the only undefeated team in the school's history. 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 two daughters, but ultimately ended in divorce. For six years he had a promising career with W. R. Grace and Co. as a public relations executive and travel manager for company president J. Peter Grace. He then joined Grace Steamship Lines and moved with his family to Lima, Peru. There he joined a professional theater group, became involved with a production of "The Rainmaker" and LESS