Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Acting
1915-10-24 · Waurika, 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.
Filmography
Last of the Great Survivors
1984 · Movie
Dr. Shagetz
1975 · Movie
Welcome to Arrow Beach
1974 · Movie
Foxy Brown
1974 · Movie
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Movie
The Deadly Trackers
1973 · Movie
Magnum Force
1973 · Movie
Dirty Harry
1971 · Movie
Wild Rovers
1971 · Movie
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Movie
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Movie
Rio Lobo
1970 · Movie
Zabriskie Point
1970 · Movie
True Grit
1969 · Movie
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969 · Movie
The Stalking Moon
1968 · Movie
Here's Lucy
1968 · Series
5 Card Stud
1968 · Movie
The War Wagon
1967 · Movie
Return of the Gunfighter
1967 · Movie
The Invaders
1967 · Series
Duel at Diablo
1966 · Movie
Arizona Raiders
1965 · Movie
The Bounty Killer
1965 · Movie
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Movie
Cat Ballou
1965 · Movie
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Movie
The Quick Gun
1964 · Movie
McLintock!
1963 · Movie
How the West Was Won
1962 · Movie
Two Rode Together
1961 · Movie
The Gambler Wore a Gun
1961 · Movie
Five Guns to Tombstone
1961 · Movie
The Alamo
1960 · Movie
The Westerner
1960 · Series
Beyond the Time Barrier
1960 · Movie
The Amazing Transparent Man
1960 · Movie
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Day of the Outlaw
1959 · Movie
Ride Lonesome
1959 · Movie
Auntie Mame
1958 · Movie
Bronco
1958 · Series
The Left Handed Gun
1958 · Movie
The Dalton Girls
1957 · Movie
Hell Bound
1957 · Movie
Gun Duel in Durango
1957 · Movie
War Drums
1957 · Movie
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Movie
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956 · Movie
Crime Against Joe
1956 · Movie
The Conqueror
1956 · Movie
Fort Yuma
1955 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955 · Movie
Robbers' Roost
1955 · Movie
Five Guns West
1955 · Movie
Violent Saturday
1955 · Movie
Ten Wanted Men
1955 · Movie
Lassie
1954 · Series
Riding Shotgun
1954 · Movie
Thunder Over the Plains
1953 · Movie
Gun Belt
1953 · Movie
The Great Sioux Uprising
1953 · Movie
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Movie
Thundering Caravans
1952 · Movie
The Last Musketeer
1952 · Movie
Flaming Feather
1952 · Movie
The Roy Rogers Show
1951 · Series
Silver City
1951 · Movie
Desert of Lost Men
1951 · Movie
Slaughter Trail
1951 · Movie
The Texas Rangers
1951 · Movie
That's My Boy
1951 · Movie
The Cisco Kid
1950 · Series
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Movie
Buccaneer's Girl
1950 · Movie
Reign of Terror
1949 · Movie
The Fountainhead
1949 · Movie
The Fleet's In
1942 · Movie
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940 · Movie
The Big Game
1936 · Movie