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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 17, 1914
Died
September 14, 1959
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Bert DeWayne Morris
- Bert DeWayne Morris Jr.
Wayne Morris
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Wayne Morris (February 17, 1914 – September 14, 1959), born Bert DeWayne Morris in Los Angeles, was an American film and television actor, as well as a decorated World War II fighter ace. He appeared in many notable films, including Paths of Glory (1957), The Bushwackers (1952) and the title role of Kid Galahad in 1937. While filming Flight Angels (1940), Morris became interested in flying and became a pilot. With war in the wind, he joined the Naval Reserve and became a Navy flier in 1942, leaving his film career behind for the duration of the war. Flying the F6F Hellcat off the aircraft carrier USS Essex, Morris shot down seven Japanese planes and contributed to the sinking of five ships. He was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals. Morris was considered by the Navy as physically 'too big' to fly fighters. After being turned down several times as a fighter pilot, he went to his brother in law, Cdr. David McCampbell, imploring him for the chance to fly fighters. Cdr. McCampbell said "Give me a letter." He flew with the VF-15, the famed "McCampbell Heroes." He married Patricia O'Rourke, an Olympic swimmer, and sister to B-movie actress Peggy Stewart. Following the war, Morris returned to films, but his nearly four-year absence had cost him his burgeoning stardom. He continued to act in movies, but the pictures, for the most part, sank in quality. Losing his boyish looks but not demeanor, Morris spent most of the fifties in low-budget westerns. He made an unusual career move in 1957, making his Broadway debut as a washed-up boxing champ in William Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers. He also appeared as a weakling in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957). Morris suffered a massive heart attack while visiting aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard in San Francisco Bay and was pronounced dead after being transported to Oakland Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. He was 45. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Morris (American actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
0.0
Roche
Buffalo Gun
1961
5.7
Sam Agnew
Adventures in Paradise
1959
5.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
6.1
Mace Pomeroy
Bat Masterson
1958
5.9
Bronco
1958
6.8
Mayor Barney Pax
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.9
Commando Munson
Plunder Road
1957
8.3
Lt. Roget/Singing man
Paths of Glory
1957
6.9
Maverick
1957
5.7
Mike Conlin
The Crooked Sky
1957
Credits
Buffalo Gun
as Roche
1961
0.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Sam Agnew
1959
5.7
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
Bat Masterson
as Mace Pomeroy
1958
6.1
Bronco
1958
5.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Mayor Barney Pax
1958
6.8
Plunder Road
as Commando Munson
1957
6.9
Paths of Glory
as Lt. Roget/Singing man
1957
8.3
Maverick
1957
6.9
The Crooked Sky
as Mike Conlin
1957
5.7
🎬
Official Detective
1957
7.0
The Gelignite Gang
as Jimmy Baxter
1956
6.4
🎬
The Adventures of the Big Man
as Bill Pierce
1956
0.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bret Johnson
1955
7.8
Cross Channel
as Tex Parker
1955
5.0
Gunsmoke
as Nat
1955
6.6
The Lonesome Trail
as Dandy Dayton
1955
7.5
Lord of the Jungle
as Jeff Wood
1955
6.4
Port of Hell
as Stanley Povich
1954
0.0
The Green Buddha
as Gary Holden
1954
5.4
Two Guns and a Badge
as Deputy Jim Blake
1954
0.0
The Master Plan
as Major Thomas Brent
1954
6.0
The Desperado
as Sam Garrett
1954
6.6
Riding Shotgun
as Deputy Sheriff Tub Murphy
1954
5.8
Texas Bad Man
as Walt
1953
0.0
Fighting Lawman
as Deputy Marshal Jim Burke
1953
6.0
The Marksman
as Deputy Marshal Mike Martin
1953
0.0
Star of Texas
as Texas Ranger Ed Ryan / Robert Larkin
1953
0.0
Arctic Flight
as Mike Wien
1952
6.8
Desert Pursuit
as Ford Smith
1952
5.7
The Bushwhackers
as Marshal John Harding
1951
5.1
Yellow Fin
as Mike Donovan
1951
4.0
The Big Gusher
as Kenny Blake
1951
5.0
Sierra Passage
as Johnny Yorke
1950
6.0
Stage to Tucson
as Barney Broderick
1950
5.7
The Tougher They Come
as Bill Shaw
1950
3.0
Johnny One-Eye
as Dane Cory
1950
4.9
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
1949
6.0
The House Across the Street
as Dave Joslin
1949
4.0
Task Force
as McKinney
1949
7.0
The Younger Brothers
as Cole Younger
1949
5.0
A Kiss in the Dark
as Bruce Arnold
1949
4.7
John Loves Mary
as Lt. Victor O'Leary
1949
4.2
The Time of Your Life
as Tom
1948
5.5
The Big Punch
as Chris Thorgenson
1948
5.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
1947
6.3
The Voice of the Turtle
as Comm. Ned Burling
1947
6.6
Deep Valley
as Jeff Barker
1947
5.6
🎬
So You Want to Be in Pictures
as Self (uncredited)
1947
5.8
The Smiling Ghost
as Alexander "Lucky" Downing
1941
6.5
Three Sons o' Guns
as Charley Patterson
1941
5.0
Bad Men of Missouri
as Bob Younger
1941
5.6
I Wanted Wings
as Tom Cassidy
1941
5.4
The Quarterback
as Jimmy Jones and Billy Jones
1940
0.0
Ladies Must Live
as Corey Lake
1940
6.0
Gambling on the High Seas
as Jim Carter
1940
5.0
Flight Angels
as Artie Dixon
1940
3.5
An Angel from Texas
as Mac McClure
1940
4.8
Double Alibi
as Stephen Wayne
1940
4.0
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Billy Randolph
1940
5.2
The Return of Doctor X
as Walter Wichita Garrett
1939
5.9
The Kid from Kokomo
as Homer Baston
1939
6.0
Brother Rat
as Billy Randolph
1938
5.0
Valley of the Giants
as Bill Cardigan
1938
6.0
Men Are Such Fools
as Jimmy Hall
1938
5.6
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Wayne Morris
1938
6.6
Love, Honor and Behave
as Ted Painter
1938
3.0
The Kid Comes Back
as Rush Conway
1938
5.3
Submarine D-1
as "Sock" McGillis
1937
4.7
Kid Galahad
as Ward 'Kid Galahad' Guisenberry
1937
7.0
Land Beyond the Law
as Dave Seymour
1937
7.0
🎬
Under Southern Stars
as Dallas
1937
0.0
Once a Doctor
as Sailor on Nirvana
1937
6.3
Smart Blonde
as Railroad Information Clerk (uncredited)
1937
6.1
King of Hockey
as Bill "Jumbo" Mullins
1936
5.0
Polo Joe
as Spectator (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Here Comes Carter
as Bill
1936
5.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
1936
6.0
China Clipper
as Navigator on Clipper
1936
5.6