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Actor Barry Morse dies at 89
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:43 pm
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British actor Barry Morse dies. RIP Barry and a BIG THX for all these years of entertainment ..
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Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, February 04, 2008
British-born actor Barry Morse, best known for his role as Lieut. Philip Gerard in The Fugitive, passed away Saturday in England. He was 89.
Morse trained at the esteemed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, beginning a career that lead to approximately 3,000 roles on radio, television, stage and in film, according to the actor's website.
After establishing himself in British stage productions, Morse relocated to Canada in 1951, becoming a regular performer on CBC radio. His first television series, Presenting Barry Morse, aired in 1960 on CBC.
Morse served as artistic director of the Shaw Festival of Canada for its 1966 season is said to have performed in every Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw play. He also performed on Broadway in Hide and Seek, Salad Days, and he took the leading role in Hadrian the Seventh.
Morse was married to actor Sydney Sturgess (from 1939 to 1999). They had two children, Melanie and Hayward.
Herbert "Barry" Morse (June 10, 1918–February 2, 2008) was a British-born Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and in Space: 1999. His performing career spanned eight decades, and he had thousands of roles to his credit, including work for the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Morse made his film debut in the 1942 comedy The Goose Steps Out with Will Hay and continued with roles in Thunder Rock, When We Are Married, and This Man is Mine (released as A Soldier for Christmas in North America) with Glynis Johns and Nova Pilbeam. Other notable films include Kings of the Sun with Yul Brynner, Justine, and Puzzle of a Downfall Child with Faye Dunaway. He also appeared in the thrillers From Beyond the Grave with Peter Cushing and The Changeling with George C. Scott. He worked on several Lacewood animated productions, notably as the voice of Dragon in The Railway Dragon and The Birthday Dragon, alongside Tracey Moore who played Emily. In 1999 he filmed the dramatic comedy Taxman with Billy Zane.
Morse's first television series was Presenting Barry Morse, which aired for thirteen weeks in the summer of 1960 on CBC. Some of his best-known television roles included: Lt. Philip Gerard on the 1960s series The Fugitive with David Janssen; "Prof. Victor Bergman" in the 1975-1976 season of Space: 1999 with Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Zienia Merton; 'Mr. Parminter' in The Adventurer with Gene Barry; and "Alec 'The Tiger' Marlowe" in The Zoo Gang with Sir John Mills, Lilli Palmer, and Brian Keith. In 1982 he played the Ronald Reagan-esque U.S. President Johnny Cyclops in the satirical sitcom Whoops Apocalypse in the UK and hosted the series Strange But True for the CBC.
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