Wayne Morris

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-02-17 (45 years old)

Deathday

1959-09-14

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Wayne Morris

Biography

Wayne Morris  (February 17, 1914 – September 14, 1959), born Bert DeWayne Morris in Los Angeles, was an American film and television actor, as well as a decorated World War II fighter ace. He appeared in many notable films, including Paths of Glory (1957), The Bushwackers (1952) and the title role of Kid Galahad in 1937. While filming Flight Angels (1940), Morris became interested in flying and became a pilot. With war in the wind, he joined the Naval Reserve and became a Navy flier in 1942, leaving his film career behind for the duration of the war. Flying the F6F Hellcat off the aircraft carrier USS Essex, Morris shot down seven Japanese pl...

Acting

1957

Paths of Glory

as Lt. Roget/Singing man

1939

The Return of Doctor X

as Walter Wichita Garrett

1949

1957

Plunder Road

as Commando Munson

1936

Polo Joe

as Spectator (uncredited)

1949

Task Force

as McKinney

1947

Deep Valley

as Jeff Barker

1954

The Green Buddha

as Gary Holden

1950

Johnny One-Eye

as Dane Cory

1937

Kid Galahad

as Ward 'Kid Galahad' Guisenberry

1940

Double Alibi

as Stephen Wayne

1941

The Smiling Ghost

as Alexander "Lucky" Downing

1938

Men Are Such Fools

as Jimmy Hall

1940

Flight Angels

as Artie Dixon

1939

The Kid from Kokomo

as Homer Baston

1949

The Younger Brothers

as Cole Younger

1941

I Wanted Wings

as Tom Cassidy

1954

Riding Shotgun

as Deputy Sheriff Tub Murphy

1938

Brother Rat

as Billy Randolph

1937

Submarine D-1

as "Sock" McGillis

1947

The Voice of the Turtle

as Comm. Ned Burling

1941

Bad Men of Missouri

as Bob Younger

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

as Himself (uncredited)

1940

1951

The Big Gusher

as Kenny Blake

1938

Valley of the Giants

as Bill Cardigan

1949

A Kiss in the Dark

as Bruce Arnold

1950

Stage to Tucson

as Barney Broderick

1937

Land Beyond the Law

as Dave Seymour

1936

King of Hockey

as Bill "Jumbo" Mullins

1955

Lord of the Jungle

as Jeff Wood

1940

Ladies Must Live

as Corey Lake

1938

1948

The Big Punch

as Chris Thorgenson

1956

The Gelignite Gang

as Jimmy Baxter

1940

Brother Rat and a Baby

as Billy Randolph

1952

Arctic Flight

as Mike Wien

1951

Yellow Fin

as Mike Donovan

1949

John Loves Mary

as Lt. Victor O'Leary

1938

1950

Sierra Passage

as Johnny Yorke

1953

Fighting Lawman

as Deputy Marshal Jim Burke

1941

Three Sons o' Guns

as Charley Patterson

1950

1952

Desert Pursuit

as Ford Smith

1957

The Crooked Sky

as Mike Conlin

1954

Two Guns and a Badge

as Deputy Jim Blake

1953

1955

The Master Plan

as Major Thomas Brent

1937

Smart Blonde

as Railroad Information Clerk (uncredited)

1937

Once a Doctor

as Sailor on Nirvana

1954

The Desperado

as Sam Garrett

1938

The Kid Comes Back

as Rush Conway

1940

The Quarterback

as Jimmy Jones and Billy Jones

1940

An Angel from Texas

as Mac McClure

1955

The Lonesome Trail

as Dandy Dayton

1951

The Bushwhackers

as Marshal John Harding

1953

The Marksman

as Deputy Marshal Mike Martin

1947

1953

Star of Texas

as Texas Ranger Ed Ryan / Robert Larkin

1961

Buffalo Gun

as Roche

1954

Port of Hell

as Stanley Povich

1936

China Clipper

as Navigator on Clipper

1955

Cross Channel

as Tex Parker

Production

1950

Sierra Passage

as Associate Producer

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