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词条 Jeff Morrow
释义

  1. Biography

     Acting career 

  2. Death

  3. Partial filmography

  4. References

  5. External links

{{About|the actor|the songwriter|Geoff Morrow|the meteorologist|The Weather Channel}}{{other uses|Jeff Morrow (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox person
| name = Jeff Morrow
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Leslie Irving Morrow
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|1|13}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|12|26|1907|1|13}}
| death_place = Canoga Park, California, U.S.
| resting_place = remains scattered off the coast of Palos Verdes
| alma_mater = Pratt Institute
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Anna Karen Morrow|1947|1993|reason=died}}
| children = Lissa Morrow Christian (b. 1950)
| yearsactive = 1950-1986}}Leslie Irving Morrow, known as Jeff Morrow (January 13, 1907 – December 26, 1993),[1] was an American actor educated at the Pratt Institute in his native New York City. Morrow was a commercial artist prior to turning to acting. Early in his career, he acted on the Broadway stage using the name Irving Morrow.[2]

Biography

Acting career

As early as 1927, aged 20, Morrow acted onstage as Irving Morrow in Pennsylvania. He later appeared in such plays as Penal Law and Once in a Lifetime, as well as repertory in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.

After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Morrow spent the late 1940s on the stage and in radio, where he won the title role in the Dick Tracy radio series. He appeared in many Broadway productions, notably Three Wishes for Jamie, Billy Budd, the Maurice Evans production of Macbeth and the Katharine Cornell production of Romeo and Juliet.

Morrow turned to film acting relatively late in his career, commencing with the Biblical epic The Robe in 1953.[1] Often parodied as the 'Cro-Magnon Man' for his prominent brow, Morrow spent much of the 1950s appearing in a mix of A-budget films such as Flight to Tangier (1953) and Captain Lightfoot (1955), 'B' Westerns such as The First Texan (1956), and science fiction films as a leader and screen hero.[4]

Morrow carried over much of his acting persona from his radio days to his film acting roles, where his ability to rapidly alter both the tone and volume of his voice for dramatic effect frequently gave sound editors fits. He entered the science fiction/monster movie genre with This Island Earth (1955), followed by The Creature Walks Among Us (1956), Kronos (1957) and The Giant Claw (1957).

He returned to television for most of his later roles, with six appearances on the religion anthology series, Crossroads. In two episodes, he portrayed the Reverend M.R. Watkinson in "In God We Trust" and the Reverend Richard C. Smith in the series finale, "Half Mile Down" (both 1957). Other appearances were on such series as The Rifleman, Bonanza, Wagon Train, My Friend Flicka, The Deputy, Daniel Boone, and Police Story. He was cast three times in guest-starring roles on Perry Mason as Franz Lachman in the 1962 episode The Case of the Ancient Romeo, as Alex Chase in the 1962 "The Case of the Dodging Domino" and as Lawton Brent in the 1965 episode "The Case of Festive Felon".

In 1957, Morrow was cast as Jim Bradford in the episode, "Blood in the Dust", on CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre. In the story line, Bradford will not back down when a gunman orders him to leave town. His wife Lucy (Claudette Colbert), is particularly distressed because Jim has not shot a weapon since he was in the American Civil War.[3]

In 1958-1959, he starred as Bart McClelland, the fictitious supervisor of construction of the Union Pacific Railroad in the syndicated half-hour Western series Union Pacific, based loosely on a film of the same name. In 1960, Morrow played Tob, the older brother of Boaz in the biblical drama, The Story of Ruth. During the early 1960s, Morrow appeared in such films as Harbor Lights (1963), the Italian comedy Il giovane normale (1969), Blood Legacy (1971), and in a bow to his earlier career, a cameo in the 1971 monster film Octaman for veteran 1950's monster movie writer/director Harry Essex.[4]

After the 1974 cancellation of the sitcom The New Temperatures Rising, and completion of filming the low-budget film Fugitive Lovers, Morrow largely retired from acting, though he returned for a 1975 appearance in the series Police Story. His last television role was in 1986, with a guest appearance in the second season of The Twilight Zone. In 1960, he had been cast as a geologist (astronaut) in the first The Twilight Zone episode "Elegy" of the second season.[5]

Death

He died on December 26, 1993 in Canoga Park, Los Angeles County, California. He was survived by his wife of nearly fifty years, the late actress Anna Karen Morrow, and their daughter, Mrs. Lissa Morrow Christian (born in 1948). His ashes were scattered off the coast of Palos Verdes.[6]

Partial filmography

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  • The Robe (1953) as Paulus
  • Flight to Tangier (1953) as Colonel C. M. Wier
  • Siege at Red River (1954) as Frank Kelso
  • Tanganyika (1954) as Abel McCracken
  • Sign of the Pagan (1954) as General Paulinus
  • Captain Lightfoot (1955) as John Doherty aka Capt. Thunderbolt
  • This Island Earth (1955) as Exeter
  • World in My Corner (1956) as Robert T Mallison
  • The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) as Dr. William Barton
  • The First Texan (1956) as Jim Bowie
  • Pardners (1956) as Rio
  • Kronos (1957) as Dr. Leslie Gaskell
  • Hour of Decision (1957) as Joe Sanders
  • The Giant Claw (1957) as Mitch MacAfee
  • Copper Sky (1957) as Haxon 'Hack' Williams
  • The Story of Ruth (1960) as Tob
  • Five Bold Women (1960) as Marshal Kirk Reed
  • Harbor Lights (1963) as Cardinal
  • Il giovane normale (1963) as Professor Sid
  • Will to Die (1971) as Gregory Dean
  • Octaman (1971) as Dr. John Willard
  • Fugitive Lovers (1975) as Senator Maxim
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References

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Raw|first1=Laurence|title=Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786490493|page=142|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqBllx5lyuwC&pg=PA142&dq=%22Irving+Morrow%22+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuuKic753TAhUI2WMKHaqdApkQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=%22Irving%20Morrow%22%20actor&f=false|accessdate=12 April 2017|language=en}}
2. ^[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/irving-morrow-53849 Irving Morrow (Jeff Morrow)] at IBDB
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0754221/|title=Blood in the Dust on Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=October 3, 2018}}
4. ^{{IMDb name|0607504}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-28/news/mn-6032_1_jeff-morrow|title=Jeff Morrow; Actor Best Known for Science-Fiction Roles|first=Burt A.|last=Folkart|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 28, 1993}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/28/obituaries/jeff-morrow-actor-86.html|title=Jeff Morrow, Actor, 86|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 28, 1993}}

External links

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  • {{IMDb name|0607504}}
  • {{IBDB name|53849}} (as Irving Morrow)
  • {{Find a Grave|6598330}}
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