Read Morgan American film and television actor (1931–2022)
Read Morgan
Morgan in The Deputy , 1961
Born Read Lawrence Morgan
(1931-01-30 ) January 30, 1931Died April 20, 2022(2022-04-20) (aged 91) Alma mater University of Kentucky Northwestern University Occupations Film and television actor Years active 1956–1994 Spouse Elizabeth Oleyar
( m. 1963
) [ 1]
Read Lawrence Morgan (January 30, 1931 – April 20, 2022) was an American film and television actor.[ 2] western television series The Deputy [ 3]
Life and career
Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois ,[ 1] University of Kentucky ,[ 4] college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team.[ 1] Northwestern University , studying drama. He served in the United States Air Force . He began his screen career in 1956, appearing in the syndicated anthology television series The United States Steel Hour John Goddard in the television series Johnny Fletcher NBC western television series Tales of Wells Fargo [ 5]
Later in his career, in 1960, Morgan starred as army officer Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, whose character was blind in one eye and wore an eye patch , in the second season of the NBC western television series The Deputy Henry Fonda and Allen Case .[ 3] [ 6] Gunsmoke Bonanza Wagon Train The Restless Gun M Squad How the West Was Won Kolchak: The Night Stalker The A-Team Laramie Wagon Train Bachelor Father The Outsider The Twilight Zone What You Need "),[ 7] State Trooper Paradise [ 1] [ 3] [ 8] Back to the Future Nomads The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Just Between Friends The Beach Girls and the Monster Hostile Guns East Come, Easy Go Ask Any Girl Dillinger Lightning, the White Stallion The New Centurions [ 9]
Morgan retired from acting in 1994, last appearing in the film Maverick [ 2]
References
1 2 3 4 Aaker, Everett (May 25, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary 310. ISBN 9781476662503 – via Google Books . 1 2 Wallace, Tom (October 11, 2016). So You Think You're a Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Fan?: Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards 155. ISBN 9781613219737 – via Google Books . 1 2 3 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 75. ISBN 9781476662107 – via Google Books . ↑ "Read Morgan List of Movies and TV Shows" . TV Guide . Retrieved July 18, 2025 .↑ Wagner, Laura (April 7, 2025). Hollywood Boozers, Brawlers and Hard-Luck Cases: Fifteen Ill-Fated Actors of the Golden Age 118. ISBN 9781476690117 – via Google Books . ↑ Parisi, Nicholas (October 24, 2018). Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination 211. ISBN 9781496819451 – via Google Books . ↑ Kotar, S. L.; Gessler, J. E. (December 2009). Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959-1961 51. ISBN 9781593935054 – via Google Books . ↑ "The New Centurions (1972)" . AllMovie . Retrieved July 18, 2025 .↑ "In Memoriam, Summer 2022" . SAG-AFTRA 62. Retrieved August 11, 2022 .↑ "Read Morgan" . Big Blue History . Retrieved January 18, 2025 .↑ "Read Morgan" . Walter's Wildcat World . Retrieved July 22, 2025 .
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