Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Acting • Born 1915-10-24 – Died 1988-01-08
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Creature with the Atom Brain
Movie • 1955
Creature (uncredited)
Hell Bound
Movie • 1957
Accomplice A (uncredited)
The Amazing Transparent Man
Movie • 1960
Julian
Zabriskie Point
Movie • 1970
Policeman (uncredited)
Crime Against Joe
Movie • 1956
High School Guard / Watchman (uncredited)
Silver City
Movie • 1951
Beyond the Time Barrier
Movie • 1960
Captain
How the West Was Won
Movie • 1962
River Pirate (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
Movie • 1970
Train Engineer (uncredited)
The Sons of Katie Elder
Movie • 1965
Burr Sandeman / J. Plummer, blacksmith (uncredited)
Fort Yuma
Movie • 1955
Crazed Man (uncredited)
Arizona Raiders
Movie • 1965
Tex (as Red Morgan)
The Quick Gun
Movie • 1964
Buccaneer's Girl
Movie • 1950
Pirate (uncredited)
The Texas Rangers
Movie • 1951
Five Guns to Tombstone
Movie • 1961
Hoagie
Ten Wanted Men
Movie • 1955
Ride Lonesome
Movie • 1959
Outlaw (uncredited)
Last of the Great Survivors
Movie • 1984
Mr. Jessup
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie • 1964
Jakes
True Grit
Movie • 1969
Red - Ferryman (uncredited)
Blazing Saddles
Movie • 1974
Outlaw (uncredited)
War Drums
Movie • 1957
Lucky Cisco Kid
Movie • 1940
Soldier
Gun Belt
Movie • 1953
Texas Jack
Two Rode Together
Movie • 1961
Gambler (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 1956
Stoker (uncredited)
Desert of Lost Men
Movie • 1951
Frank
The Last Musketeer
Movie • 1952
Barney
Thundering Caravans
Movie • 1952
Henchman Joe
Dr. Shagetz
Movie • 1975
Vernon Patterson
The War Wagon
Movie • 1967
Early
The Fleet's In
Movie • 1942
Sailor
The Great Sioux Uprising
Movie • 1953
Ray (as Boyd Red Morgan)
Five Guns West
Movie • 1955
Hoagie (as Boyd Morgan)
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Movie • 1961
Luke
The Bounty Killer
Movie • 1965
Big Jim Seddon (as Red Morgan)
Gun Duel in Durango
Movie • 1957
Burt
Wild Rovers
Movie • 1971
Sheepman
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Movie • 1956
Hackett
The Big Game
Movie • 1936
Atlantic Football Player
Reign of Terror
Movie • 1949
Citizen (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Movie • 1949
Jury Member (uncredited)
Slaughter Trail
Movie • 1951
Trooper (uncredited)
The Stalking Moon
Movie • 1968
Stage Driver Shelby
The Dalton Girls
Movie • 1957
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Foxy Brown
Movie • 1974
Slauson
The Flame and the Arrow
Movie • 1950
Guard (uncredited)
Flaming Feather
Movie • 1952
Violent Saturday
Movie • 1955
Slick
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie • 1970
Hobbs
Return of the Gunfighter
Movie • 1967
Wid Boone
Dirty Harry
Movie • 1971
Krausgrill Tough (uncredited)
That's My Boy
Movie • 1951
Assistant coach (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
Movie • 1954
Henchman (uncredited)
The Left Handed Gun
Movie • 1958
Soldier (uncredited)
Thunder Over the Plains
Movie • 1953
Texan (uncredited)
The Alamo
Movie • 1960
Tennessean (uncredited)
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Stuntman #2
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Man #2
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Mugsy
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Charlie
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Station Attendant
The Westerner
TV • 1960
Red
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Hank Dawson
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Henchman Gil