Barry Morse's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Space: 1999 (UK) Prof. Victo… The Fugitive (1963) Lt. Philip … A Woman of Substance Murgatroyd Presenting Barry Morse (CA) Multiple Ch… The Adventurer (UK) Mr. Parminter The Zoo Gang (UK) Alec 'The T…

Main Movie Roles 2007 - I Really Hate My Job 1980 - The Changeling

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in London's East End, Barry's career began when he won a full scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of 15. Upon graduation, he followed with successful stage runs in London's West End and in theatrical productions throughout the United Kingdom, and appeared on the BBC's earliest live television broadcasts in the late 1930s. Barry relocated to Canada in the early 1950s, working in live theatre, on CBC Radio, and in the premiere CBC-TV broadcasts. While a staple in many of the anthology and dramatic series of the 1950s and 1960s, he is probably best known in North America for his TV roles as "Lt. Philip Gerard" in "The Fugitive" (1963) and as "Prof. Victor Bergman" in "Space: 1999" (1975). A journalist once determined that Barry had played more than 3,000 roles on the stage, screen, and radio in a career spanning eight decades.


TRIVIA:

• Father of 'Hayward Morse' (qv), 'Melanie Morse MacQuarrie' (qv), and Barry Richard Charles Morse.
• Born of humble surroundings, he claims he left school at age 14 to escape beatings by his teachers who tried to force the left handed student to write with his right hand.
• Sometimes referred to as the "CBC Test Pattern" due to his frequency on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation programming.
• Was working as a messenger when he happened upon a public performance by students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He later attended the school from 1935 to 1937 on a full scholarship.
• His character Gerard actually appeared in only 37 of the episodes of the 'Fugitive'.
• Performed his one-man play "Merely Players" in order to help establish a show-business retirement home in Toronto.
• The final broadcast of _"The Fugitive" (1963)_ (qv) made TV history. It was seen by more than 72% of viewers, a record that stood untouched until "Dallas" and the J.R. shooting some 13 years later.
• Father-in-law of 'Don MacQuarrie' (qv).