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{{short description|American film and television actor}}
{{short description|American film and television actor (1931–2022)}}


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{{Infobox person
|name = Read Morgan
| name = Read Morgan
|birth_name = Read Lawrence Morgan
| image = Read Morgan in The Deputy (The Hard Decision).jpg
| caption = Morgan in ''The Deputy'', 1961
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|01|30}}
| birth_name = Read Lawrence Morgan
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|birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|01|30}}
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|occupation = Film and television actor
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| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
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|alma mater = [[University of Kentucky]]<br>[[Northwestern University]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|04|20|1931|01|30}}
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|years_active = 1949-1994
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|spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Oleyar|1963}}<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltUkDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1996&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=310|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 25, 2017|ISBN=9781476662503|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
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| occupation = Film and television actor
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| alma mater = [[University of Kentucky]]<br>[[Northwestern University]]
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| years_active = 1949–1994
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| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Oleyar|1963}}<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltUkDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1996|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=310|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 25, 2017|isbn=9781476662503|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
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'''Read Lawrence Morgan''' (born January 30, 1931)<ref name="a" /> is an American film and television actor.<ref name="kentucky">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Um6CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT155&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=So You Think You're a Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Fan?: Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards|page=155|first=Tom|last=Wallace|publisher=Sports Publishing|date=October 11, 2016|ISBN=9781613219737|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He is known for playing the role of "Sergeant Hapgood Tasker" in the American [[Western (genre)|western]] television series ''[[The Deputy (TV series)|The Deputy]]''.<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/433009385/|title=Healthy Giant|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|location=[[Boston, Massachusetts]]|first=Elizabeth|last=Sullivan|date=January 15, 1961|access-date=October 31, 2021|page=175|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
'''Read Lawrence Morgan''' (January 30, 1931 – April 20, 2022) was an American film and television actor.<ref name="kentucky">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Um6CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT155|title=So You Think You're a Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Fan?: Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards|page=155|first=Tom|last=Wallace|publisher=Sports Publishing|date=October 11, 2016|isbn=9781613219737|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He was known for playing the role of Sergeant Hapgood Tasker in the American [[Western (genre)|western]] television series ''[[The Deputy (TV series)|The Deputy]]''.<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/433009385/|title=Healthy Giant|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|location=[[Boston, Massachusetts]]|first=Elizabeth|last=Sullivan|date=January 15, 1961|access-date=October 31, 2021|page=175|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref>


== Life and career ==
Born in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref name="a" /> Morgan attended at [[University of Kentucky]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Richard_Jaeckel_Hollywood_s_Man_of_Chara/MKEfDAAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Richard Jaeckel, Hollywood's Man of Character|page=75|first=Gene|last=Freese|publisher=McFarland|date=April 6, 2016|ISBN=9781476662107|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> in which he was a [[basketball player]] for a team.<ref name="a" /> After attending for two years at University of Kentucky, he would pursuade his acting career as becoming an [[actor]], in which Morgan was into [[bodybuilding]] getting himself some "tough character" roles.<ref name="a" /> Morgan also attended at [[Northwestern University]], in which Morgan also served in the [[United States Air Force]] doing duties for two years, pushing aside his acting career plans.<ref name="b" />
Morgan was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref name="a" /> He attended the [[University of Kentucky]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKEfDAAAQBAJ|title=Richard Jaeckel, Hollywood's Man of Character|page=75|first=Gene|last=Freese|publisher=McFarland|date=April 6, 2016|isbn=9781476662107|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> where he played basketball and football.<ref name="a" /> After two years there, Morgan left to study drama at [[Northwestern University]], then served in the [[United States Air Force]] for two years.<ref name="b" />


Morgan began his acting career, as appearing in the [[crime drama]] television series ''[[The Big Story (radio and TV series)|The Big Story]]'', in 1949. Later in his career, he joined the cast of the [[Western (genre)|western]] television series ''[[The Deputy (TV series)|The Deputy]]'',<ref name="b" /> in which he played the role of the [[army officer]] "Sergeant Hapgood Tasker", who had [[blindness]] in one eye, wearing a [[eye patch]].<ref name="a" /> Morgan also appeared in the Broadway play ''[[Li'l Abner (musical)|Li'l Abner]]''.<ref name="b" /> He then appeared in numerous television programs, as his credits includes, ''[[Gunsmoke]]'',<ref name="c">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfNACgAAQBAJ&pg=PT51&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959-1961|first1=S.L.|last1=Kotar|first2=J.E.|last2=Gessler|page=51|publisher=BearManor Media|date=December 2009|ISBN=9781593935054|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> ''[[Wagon Train]]'',<ref name="b" /> ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'',<ref name="a" /> ''[[M Squad]]'',<ref name="b" /> ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]'',<ref name="c" /> ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'',<ref name="b" /> ''[[The Outsider (1968 TV series)|The Outsider]]'',<ref name="c" /> ''[[State Trooper (TV series)|State Trooper]]'',<ref name="b" /> ''[[Paradise (TV series)|Paradise]]'',<ref name="a" /> Morgan also appeared and co-starred in films, such as, ''[[Back to the Future]]'', ''[[Just Between Friends]]'', ''[[The Beach Girls and the Monster]]'', ''[[Dillinger (1973 film)|Dillinger]]'', ''[[Lightning, the White Stallion]]'' and ''[[The New Centurions]]''. He retired his career in 1994, as his last credit was from the film ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'', where he played the role of a "Card Dealer".<ref name="kentucky" />
He began his acting career in the [[crime drama]] television series ''[[The Big Story (radio and TV series)|The Big Story]]'' in 1949. Later he joined the cast of the [[Western (genre)|western]] television series ''[[The Deputy (TV series)|The Deputy]]'',<ref name="b" /> playing [[army officer]] Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, who was [[blindness|blind]] in one eye and wore an [[eye patch]].<ref name="a" /> Morgan also appeared in the Broadway play ''[[Li'l Abner (musical)|Li'l Abner]]''.<ref name="b" />
Morgan appeared in numerous television programs, his credits including ''[[Gunsmoke#Television series (1955–1975) and TV movies|Gunsmoke]]'',<ref name="c">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfNACgAAQBAJ&pg=PT51|title=Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959-1961|first1=S. L.|last1=Kotar|first2=J. E.|last2=Gessler|page=51|publisher=BearManor Media|date=December 2009|isbn=9781593935054|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> ''[[Wagon Train]]'',<ref name="b" /> ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'',<ref name="a" /> ''[[M Squad]]'',<ref name="b" /> ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]'',<ref name="c" /> ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'',<ref name="b" /> ''[[The Outsider (1968 TV series)|The Outsider]]'',<ref name="c" /> ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (episode "[[What You Need (The Twilight Zone)|What You Need]]"),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_Z1DwAAQBAJ|title=Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination|page=211|first=Nicholas|last=Parisi|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|date=October 24, 2018|isbn=9781496819451|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> ''[[State Trooper (TV series)|State Trooper]]'',<ref name="b" /> and ''[[Paradise (American TV series)|Paradise]]''.<ref name="a" /> He also appeared in films such as ''[[Back to the Future]]'', ''[[Just Between Friends]]'', ''[[The Beach Girls and the Monster]]'', ''[[Dillinger (1973 film)|Dillinger]]'', ''[[Lightning, the White Stallion]]'', and ''[[The New Centurions]]''. Morgan retired in 1994; his last credit was for the film ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]''.<ref name="kentucky" />

Morgan died on April 20, 2022, at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web |title=In Memoriam, Summer 2022 |url=https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1475555-summer-2022/65? |work=[[SAG-AFTRA]] |access-date=August 11, 2022 |pages=62}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==
* ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 21: "Hitch Hike") as Police Officer
* ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 25: "The Little Man Who Was There") as Ben McMahon
* ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 32: "Death of a Cop") as Freddie Arnold


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 02:15, 13 April 2024

Read Morgan
Morgan in The Deputy, 1961
Born
Read Lawrence Morgan

(1931-01-30)January 30, 1931
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedApril 20, 2022(2022-04-20) (aged 91)
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
Northwestern University
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1949–1994
Spouse
Elizabeth Oleyar
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(m. 1963)​
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Read Lawrence Morgan (January 30, 1931 – April 20, 2022) was an American film and television actor.[2] He was known for playing the role of Sergeant Hapgood Tasker in the American western television series The Deputy.[3]

Life and career[edit]

Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He attended the University of Kentucky,[4] where he played basketball and football.[1] After two years there, Morgan left to study drama at Northwestern University, then served in the United States Air Force for two years.[3]

He began his acting career in the crime drama television series The Big Story in 1949. Later he joined the cast of the western television series The Deputy,[3] playing army officer Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, who was blind in one eye and wore an eye patch.[1] Morgan also appeared in the Broadway play Li'l Abner.[3]

Morgan appeared in numerous television programs, his credits including Gunsmoke,[5] Wagon Train,[3] The United States Steel Hour,[1] M Squad,[3] How the West Was Won,[5] Laramie,[3] The Outsider,[5] The Twilight Zone (episode "What You Need"),[6] State Trooper,[3] and Paradise.[1] He also appeared in films such as Back to the Future, Just Between Friends, The Beach Girls and the Monster, Dillinger, Lightning, the White Stallion, and The New Centurions. Morgan retired in 1994; his last credit was for the film Maverick.[2]

Morgan died on April 20, 2022, at the age of 91.[7]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Aaker, Everett (May 25, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 310. ISBN 9781476662503 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Wallace, Tom (October 11, 2016). So You Think You're a Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Fan?: Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards. Sports Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 9781613219737 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Sullivan, Elizabeth (January 15, 1961). "Healthy Giant". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 175. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  4. ^ Freese, Gene (April 6, 2016). Richard Jaeckel, Hollywood's Man of Character. McFarland. p. 75. ISBN 9781476662107 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b c Kotar, S. L.; Gessler, J. E. (December 2009). Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959-1961. BearManor Media. p. 51. ISBN 9781593935054 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Parisi, Nicholas (October 24, 2018). Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination. University Press of Mississippi. p. 211. ISBN 9781496819451 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "In Memoriam, Summer 2022". SAG-AFTRA. p. 62. Retrieved August 11, 2022.

External links[edit]

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