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
- Crossroads as Reverend Mark Runyon
- 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
- This Woman Is Dangerous as Dr. Ben Halleck
- Cattle Town as Mike McGann
1951
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine as Vince
- Raton Pass as Marc Challon
1950
- Perfect Strangers as David Campbell
- Pretty Baby as Sam Morley
1949
- It's a Great Feeling as Dennis Morgan
- The Lady Takes a Sailor as Bill Craig
- Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
1948
- Two Guys from Texas as Steve Carroll
- One Sunday Afternoon as Timothy L. "Biff" Grimes
- To the Victor as Paul Taggart
1947
- Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
- My Wild Irish Rose as Chauncey Olcott
- Cheyenne as James Wylie
- Always Together as The Bridegroom (uncredited)
- Hollywood Wonderland as Western Hero (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
1946
- Two Guys from Milwaukee as Prince Henry
- The Time, The Place and The Girl as Steven Ross
- Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self
- Okay for Sound
- One More Tomorrow as Thomas Rufus 'Tom' Collier III
1945
- God Is My Co-Pilot as Col. Robert Lee Scott
- Christmas in Connecticut as Jefferson Jones
1944
- Hollywood Canteen as Self
- The Very Thought of You as Sgt. David Stewart
- Shine on Harvest Moon as Jack Norworth
- I Am an American as Self (uncredited)
- The Road to Victory as Dennis Morgan (uncredited)
- Breakdowns of 1944 as Self
- The Shining Future as Self
- The Desert Song as Paul Hudson / El Khobar
1943
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Tommy Randolph
- The Hard Way as Paul Collins
- 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
- Bad Men of Missouri as Cole Younger
- Affectionately Yours as 'Rickey' Mayberry
- Kisses for Breakfast as Rodney Trask
1940
- Kitty Foyle as Wyn Strafford
- The Fighting 69th as Lieutenant Ames
- Tear Gas Squad as Tommy McCabe
- Three Cheers for the Irish as Angus Ferguson
- Flight Angels as Chick Farber
- River's End as John Keith / Sgt. Derry Conniston
- March On, Marines as Bob Lansing
1939
- The Return of Doctor X as Dr. Rhodes
- No Place to Go as Joe Plummer
- Ride, Cowboy, Ride as Dinny Logan
- Persons in Hiding as Mike Flagler
- Waterfront as Jim Dolan
1938
- King of Alcatraz as First Mate Rogers (as Richard Stanley)
- Men with Wings as Galton
- Illegal Traffic as Cagey Miller
1937
- Navy Blue and Gold as Marine 2nd Lt.
- Song of the City as Tommy
- Mama Steps Out as Chuck Thompson (as Stanley Morner)
1936
- The Great Ziegfeld as Stage Singer in "Pretty Girl" Number
- Suzy as Lieutenant
- I Conquer the Sea! as Tommy Ashley
- Piccadilly Jim as Chrystal Club Singer (uncredited)
- Annie Laurie as William Douglas