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]
Read Morgan | |
---|---|
Born | Read Lawrence Morgan (1931-01-30)January 30, 1931 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | April 20, 2022(2022-04-20) (aged 91) |
Alma mater | University of Kentucky Northwestern University |
Occupation | Film and television actor |
Years active | 1949–1994 |
Spouse | Elizabeth Oleyar (m. 1963) |
Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He attended at the University of Kentucky,[4] where he played basketball.[1] After attending for two years there, Morgan pursued an acting career. He was also involved in bodybuilding, getting himself some "tough character" roles.[1]
Morgan attended Northwestern University and served in the United States Air Force for two years, pushing aside his acting career plans.[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 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 include, 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 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 in 1994, as his last credit was from the film Maverick, where he played the role of a "Card Dealer".[2]
Morgan died on April 20, 2022, at the age of 91.[7]
General | |
---|---|
National libraries |