Read Morgan
Read Morgan | |
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| Born | Read Lawrence Morgan January 30, 1931 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Kentucky Northwestern University |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1949-1994 |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Oleyar (m. 1963) |
Read Lawrence Morgan (born January 30, 1931)[1] is an American film and television actor.[2] He is known for playing the role of "Sergeant Hapgood Tasker" in the American western television series The Deputy.[3]
Life and career
Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He attended at University of Kentucky,[4] in which he was a basketball player for a team.[1] After attending for two years at University of Kentucky, Morgan would pursuade his acting career as becoming an actor, in which he was into bodybuilding getting himself some "tough character" roles.[1] Morgan also attended at Northwestern University, in which he also served in the United States Air Force doing duties for two years, pushing aside his acting career plans.[3]
Morgan began his acting career, as appearing in the crime drama television series The Big Story, in 1949. Later in his career, he joined the cast of the western television series The Deputy,[3] in which he played the role of the army officer "Sergeant Hapgood Tasker", who had blindness in one eye, wearing a eye patch.[1] Morgan also appeared in the Broadway play Li'l Abner.[3]
Morgan then appeared in numerous television programs, as his credits includes, 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] State Trooper,[3] Paradise,[1] He also appeared and co-starred 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 his career in 1994, as his last credit was from the film Maverick, where he played the role of a "Card Dealer".[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Aaker, Everett (May 25, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 310. ISBN 9781476662503 – via Google Books.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Freese, Gene (April 6, 2016). Richard Jaeckel, Hollywood's Man of Character. McFarland. p. 75. ISBN 9781476662107 – via Google Books.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Read Morgan at IMDb
- Read Morgan at the TCM Movie Database
- Read Morgan at AllMovie
- Rotten Tomatoes profile
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