Dennis Morgan
Born: 1908-12-20 in Prentice, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 1994-09-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
Dennis Morgan (born Earl Stanley Morner, December 20, 1908 – September 7, 1994) was an American actor-singer. He used the acting pseudonym Richard Stanley before adopting the name under which he gained his greatest fame. Morgan started working at MGM as Stanley Morner. His best roles were in Mama Steps Out (1937) and Song of the City (1937), but he mostly did small parts. Morgan signed with Paramount billed as Richard Stanley. He was in several films in 1938 and 1939, including Men With Wings (1938). At Warner Bros. Morgan was billed as Dennis Morgan and was finally given lead roles in B movies such as Waterfront (1939) and No Place to Go (1939). In 1940 he was promoted to A movies. His best parts were in Kitty Foyle (1940) (on loan to RKO), Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), and God is My Co-Pilot. He was often paired with Jack Carson. After Morgan's contract with Warner ended in 1952 he appeared in sporadic television guest roles. He retired from film work in 1956.
Filmography
1989
- I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... as Self (Archive Footage)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
- The Love Boat as Steve Brian
1976
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Tour Guide
1974
- That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
- Rogue's Gallery as Dr. Jonas Pettingill
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Dennis Roberts
1959
- 21 Beacon Street as Dennis Chase
1956
- Uranium Boom as Bradford "Brad" E. Collins
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dennis O'Finn
- The Gun That Won the West as Jim Bridger
- Pearl of the South Pacific as Dan Merrill
1954
- A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1953
- General Electric Theater as Roger Duane
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- Cattle Town as Mike McGann
- This Woman Is Dangerous as Dr. Ben Halleck
1951
- Raton Pass as Marc Challon
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine as Vince
1950
- Pretty Baby as Sam Morley
- Perfect Strangers as David Campbell
1949
- Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
- The Lady Takes a Sailor as Bill Craig
- It's a Great Feeling as Dennis Morgan
1948
- To the Victor as Paul Taggart
- One Sunday Afternoon as Timothy L. "Biff" Grimes
- Two Guys from Texas as Steve Carroll
1947
- Cheyenne as James Wylie
- Hollywood Wonderland as Western Hero (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
- Always Together as The Bridegroom (uncredited)
- Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
- My Wild Irish Rose as Chauncey Olcott
1946
- One More Tomorrow as Thomas Rufus 'Tom' Collier III
- Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self
- Two Guys from Milwaukee as Prince Henry
- The Time, The Place and The Girl as Steven Ross
- Okay for Sound
1945
- God Is My Co-Pilot as Col. Robert Lee Scott
- Christmas in Connecticut as Jefferson Jones
1944
- Breakdowns of 1944 as Self
- Hollywood Canteen as Self
- Shine on Harvest Moon as Jack Norworth
- I Am an American as Self (uncredited)
- The Road to Victory as Dennis Morgan (uncredited)
- The Very Thought of You as Sgt. David Stewart
- The Shining Future as Self
1943
- The Hard Way as Paul Collins
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Tommy Randolph
- The Desert Song as Paul Hudson / El Khobar
- Stars on Horseback
1942
- In This Our Life as Peter Kingsmill
- Captains of the Clouds as Johnny Dutton
- Wings for the Eagle as Corky 'Cork' Jones
1941
- Affectionately Yours as 'Rickey' Mayberry
- Bad Men of Missouri as Cole Younger
- Kisses for Breakfast as Rodney Trask
1940
- Kitty Foyle as Wyn Strafford
- The Fighting 69th as Lieutenant Ames
- Tear Gas Squad as Tommy McCabe
- Flight Angels as Chick Farber
- River's End as John Keith / Sgt. Derry Conniston
- March On, Marines as Bob Lansing
- Three Cheers for the Irish as Angus Ferguson
1939
- The Return of Doctor X as Dr. Rhodes
- Waterfront as Jim Dolan
- No Place to Go as Joe Plummer
- Persons in Hiding as Mike Flagler
- Ride, Cowboy, Ride as Dinny Logan
1938
- Men with Wings as Galton
- King of Alcatraz as First Mate Rogers (as Richard Stanley)
- Illegal Traffic as Cagey Miller
1937
- Mama Steps Out as Chuck Thompson (as Stanley Morner)
- Navy Blue and Gold as Marine 2nd Lt.
- Song of the City as Tommy
1936
- The Great Ziegfeld as Stage Singer in "Pretty Girl" Number
- Piccadilly Jim as Chrystal Club Singer (uncredited)
- Suzy as Lieutenant
- Annie Laurie as William Douglas
- I Conquer the Sea! as Tommy Ashley