Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Known for ActingBorn 1915-10-24Died 1988-01-08Waurika, Oklahoma, USA

Actor and stuntman Boyd Franklin 'Red' Morgan was born on October 24, 1915 in Waurika, Oklahoma. Morgan spent the first twelve years of his life growing up on a combination farm and cattle ranch. Boyd started high school in Hobbs, New Mexico and finished high school in Holtville, California. An outstanding athlete in high school, Morgan attended the University of Southern California on a football scholarship in 1935 and made his film debut as a football player in 1936. Following graduation from college, Boyd was recruited by the Washington Redskins before going on to join the Pacific Coast League in 1940 and went on to play football for the Hollywood Bears and the Birmingham Generals. Morgan joined the U.S. Navy as an ensign in 1942 and in the wake of his military service worked as a football coach at Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California up until 1948. Boyd decided to pursue a career as both an actor and stuntman in the late 1940's. Among the notable actors that he doubled for are Stuart Whitman, Dean Martin, Scott Brady, Gene Evans, Darren McGavin, Jim Davis, Peter Graves, and Leo Gordon. A steady and sturdy fixture in Western movies and TV shows, Morgan's career in show business encompassed over five decades altogether. Boyd died from a heart attack at age 72 on January 8, 1988 in Tarzana, California.Read more

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The Last Musketeer

Desert of Lost Men

Last of the Great Survivors

Dirty Harry

True Grit

Blazing Saddles

Magnum Force

The Fleet's In

The Sons of Katie Elder

Zabriskie Point

The Alamo

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How the West Was Won

The Westerner

Auntie Mame

There Was a Crooked Man...

Thundering Caravans

The War Wagon

The Invaders

Day of the Outlaw

Here's Lucy

Violent Saturday

The Fountainhead

Reign of Terror

Ride Lonesome

Around the World in 80 Days

McLintock!

Rio Lobo

Revolt at Fort Laramie

Silver City

The Revolt of Mamie Stover

Cat Ballou

Arizona Raiders

The Quick Gun

Duel at Diablo

Foxy Brown

Two Rode Together

The Big Game

Gun Belt

Wild Rovers

Robin and the 7 Hoods

The Flame and the Arrow

Lassie

Flaming Feather

Return of the Gunfighter

War Drums

Five Guns to Tombstone

The Bounty Killer