Pete Morrison
Actor, Film actor
1890 – 1973
Who was Pete Morrison?
George D. Morrison, nicknamed Pete, was an American silent western film actor born August 8, 1890 in Westminster, Colorado. During his childhood he lived at Morrison, Colorado and Idaho Springs, and got his early tastes of horsemanship riding with his father Thomas during the summer. They drove cattle and sheep from the summer ranges in Middle Park and Fall River in Colorado to supply beef and mutton to the mining camps of Georgetown, Idaho Springs, Nevadaville, Black Hawk and Central City. During his mid-teens Pete worked in the mining industry, with his older brothers driving in sections of the Argo Tunnel where Pete was a motorman, hoist operator, topside helper, teamster hauler, assisting several of the larger miners in the Idaho Springs area. In the summer of 1910 Pete Morrison was an engine fireman for the Colorado and Southern Railway when he was lured away by the early western movies. Pete began working as a stunt man for the Essanay Studios of Broncho Billy films, soon discovering he could make more money working in movies in 2 weeks than he could make working for a month on the railroad.
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- Born
- Aug 8, 1890
Westminster - Also known as
- George Morrison
- George D. Morrison
- George 'Pete' Morrison
- Peter Morrison
- Pete
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Lillian Knapp
(1912 - 1968)
- Lillian Knapp
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 5, 1973
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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