Garfield Morgan
Actor, TV Actor
1931 – 2009
Who was Garfield Morgan?
Garfield Morgan was an English actor who appeared mostly on TV and occasionally in films.
Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, Morgan was apprenticed as a dental mechanic before going to drama school. He started his acting career with the Arena Theatre, Birmingham. He then went on to be Director of Productions at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury from 1957 to 1958 and then at Manchester's Library Theatre 1959 to 1960. He was Associate Director of Northgate Theatre 1976 to 1978 and Associate Director of the Nottingham Playhouse in 1978. He featured in many plays like The Pumpkin Eater, The Story of Private Pooley and Perfect Friday.
Entering TV in 1955, he made hundreds of appearances in many shows. He played Detective Chief Inspector Gwyn Lewis in the first series of the BBC police series Softly, Softly, but his best remembered role was as Detective Chief Inspector Frank Haskins in the Euston Films/Thames Television's British crime series of the 1970s, The Sweeney. Morgan appeared in all four series of the programme. He appeared in "The House on Haunted Hill" episode of Randall and Hopkirk in 1969. He continued to perform in character roles on TV, most recently in The Bill.
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- Born
- Apr 19, 1931
Birmingham - Spouses
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Birmingham
- Died
- Dec 5, 2009
London
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on July 23, 2013
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