Ralph Morgan

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Ralph Morgan (born July 6, 1883 in New York City , New York ; † June 11, 1956 ; born Raphael Kuhner Wuppermann ) was an American film and theater actor .

Life

Ralph Morgan was born as one of eleven children of George Diogracia and his wife Josephina Wright Wupperman, a New York merchant family specializing in the distribution of Angostura liqueurs. He had five brothers and five sisters, three of whom died in infancy. Morgan, the older brother of Frank Morgan graduated, before his career as an actor, the Columbia University , where he graduated in Law gained. In March 1909 he made his debut in The Bachelor of Clyde Fitch on Broadway , and put in this way the foundation for his career. He was on stage in over 20 plays over the next four decades. His most successful engagement was his role in the play Lightnin 'by the author couple Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon , in which Morgan played the leading role between August 1918 and August 1921, no less than 1291.

Morgan also worked as a film actor, who appeared in front of the camera in over 100 films from 1915 onwards. One of his best-known films was the 1937 drama The Life of Emile Zola , which won three Oscars . As early as 1933, Morgan had a role alongside Spencer Tracy in The Power and the Glory . Another well-known film in which Morgan was seen was Hitler's Madman , in which the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich was discussed. In 1933 Morgan was instrumental in founding the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the Hollywood actors' union , of which he was briefly first president that same year. In 1938 he was re-elected President, and held the office until 1940. In the same year Morgan was awarded an honorary Oscar for his services to the SAG .

Ralph Morgan was married to actress Grace Arnold ; In 1911 he became a father for the only time. His daughter Claudia Morgan later also became an actress. Ralph Morgan died in New York at the age of 72. Today a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame commemorates him.

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SURNAME Morgan, Ralph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wuppermann, Raphael Kuhner (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1956
Place of death New York City , New York , United States