| Read Morgan | |
| Birth Name: | Read Lawrence Morgan |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Film and television actor |
| Alma Mater: | University of Kentucky Northwestern University |
| Years Active: | 1949–1994 |
| Spouse: | [1] |
Read Lawrence Morgan (January 30, 1931 – April 20, 2022) was an American film and television actor.[2] He was known for playing the role of Sergeant Hapgood Tasker in the American western television series The Deputy.[3]
Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Kentucky,[4] where he played basketball and football. After two years there, Morgan left to study drama at Northwestern University, then served in the United States Air Force for two years.
He began his acting career in the crime drama television series The Big Story in 1949. Later he joined the cast of the western television series The Deputy, playing army officer Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, who was blind in one eye and wore an eye patch. Morgan also appeared in the Broadway play Li'l Abner.
Morgan appeared in numerous television programs, his credits including Gunsmoke,[5] Wagon Train, The United States Steel Hour, M Squad, How the West Was Won, Laramie, The Outsider, The Twilight Zone (episode "What You Need"),[6] State Trooper, and Paradise. He also appeared in films such as Back to the Future, Just Between Friends, The Beach Girls and the Monster, Dillinger, Lightning, the White Stallion, and The New Centurions. Morgan retired in 1994; his last credit was for the film Maverick.
Morgan died on April 20, 2022, at the age of 91.[7]