Boyd 'Red' Morgan
- Acting
- October 24, 1915 · Waurika, Oklahoma, USA
- January 8, 1988
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Last of the Great Survivors · Mr. Jessup
- Dr. Shagetz · Vernon Patterson
- Welcome To Arrow Beach · Unit Manager
- Foxy Brown · Slauson, Stunts
- Blazing Saddles · Outlaw (uncredited)
- The Deadly Trackers · Stunts
- Magnum Force · Stunts
- Dirty Harry · Krausgrill Tough (uncredited), Stunts
- Wild Rovers · Sheepman
- There Was a Crooked Man... · Hobbs
- The Cheyenne Social Club · Hansen, Stunts
- Rio Lobo · Train Engineer (uncredited), Stunts
- Zabriskie Point · Policeman (uncredited)
- True Grit · Red - Ferryman (uncredited), Stunts
- Support Your Local Sheriff! · Stunts
- The Stalking Moon · Stage Driver Shelby, Stunts
- Here's Lucy · Stuntman #2, Man #2
- 5 Card Stud · Fred Carson (uncredited), Stunts
- The Power · Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
- The War Wagon · Early, Stunts
- Return of the Gunfighter · Wid Boone
- The Invaders · Station Attendant
- Duel at Diablo · Stunts
- Arizona Raiders · Tex (as Red Morgan)
- The Bounty Killer · Big Jim Seddon (as Red Morgan)
- The Sons of Katie Elder · Burr Sandeman / J. Plummer, blacksmith (uncredited), Stunts
- Cat Ballou · Stunts
- Robin and the 7 Hoods · Jakes (uncredited)
- The Quick Gun
- McLintock! · Stunts
- How the West Was Won · River Pirate (uncredited), Stunts
- Two Rode Together · Gambler (uncredited)
- The Gambler Wore a Gun · Luke
- Five Guns to Tombstone · Hoagie
- The Alamo · Tennessean (uncredited), Stunts
- The Westerner · Red
- Beyond the Time Barrier · Captain
- The Amazing Transparent Man · Julian
- Bonanza · Kelly
- Day of the Outlaw · Stunt Double
- Ride Lonesome · Outlaw (uncredited), Stunts
- Auntie Mame · Stunts
- Bronco · Gillespie Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- The Left Handed Gun · Soldier (uncredited), Stunts
- The Dalton Girls · Stage Driver (uncredited)
- Hell Bound · Accomplice A (uncredited)
- Gun Duel in Durango · Burt, Stunts
- War Drums
- Revolt at Fort Laramie
- Around the World in 80 Days · Stoker (uncredited), Stunts
- The Revolt of Mamie Stover · Hackett
- Crime Against Joe · High School Guard / Watchman (uncredited)
- The Conqueror · Stunts
- Fort Yuma · Crazed Man (uncredited)
- Cheyenne · Brawler (uncredited)
- Creature with the Atom Brain · Creature (uncredited)
- Robbers' Roost · Stunts
- Five Guns West · Hoagie (as Boyd Morgan)
- Violent Saturday · Slick (uncredited)
- Ten Wanted Men
- Lassie · Ed Sloan
- Riding Shotgun · Henchman (uncredited), Stunts
- Thunder Over the Plains · Texan (uncredited), Stunts
- Gun Belt · Texas Jack
- The Great Sioux Uprising · Ray (as Boyd Red Morgan)
- Woman They Almost Lynched · Hanged Man (uncredited)
- Thundering Caravans · Henchman Joe
- The Last Musketeer · Barney
- Flaming Feather
- The Roy Rogers Show · Henchman Weston, Henchman Rod Morgan
- Silver City
- Desert of Lost Men · Frank
- Slaughter Trail · Trooper (uncredited)
- The Texas Rangers · Stunts
- That's My Boy · Assistant coach (uncredited)
- The Cisco Kid · Hank Dawson, Henchman Gil
- The Flame and the Arrow · Guard (uncredited), Stunts
- Buccaneer's Girl · Pirate (uncredited)
- Reign of Terror · Citizen (uncredited)
- The Fountainhead · Jury Member (uncredited)