Boyd 'Red' Morgan

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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.

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1984
Last of the Great Survivors
Movie Mr. Jessup
1975
Dr. Shagetz
Movie Vernon Patterson
1974
Welcome To Arrow Beach
Movie Unit Manager
1974
Foxy Brown
Movie Slauson
1974
Blazing Saddles
Movie Outlaw (uncredited)
1973
The Deadly Trackers
Movie Stunts
1973
Magnum Force
Movie Stunts
1971
Dirty Harry
Movie Krausgrill Tough (uncredited)
1971
Wild Rovers
Movie Sheepman
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie Hobbs
1970
The Cheyenne Social Club
Movie Hansen
1970
Rio Lobo
Movie Train Engineer (uncredited)
1970
Zabriskie Point
Movie Policeman (uncredited)
1969
True Grit
Movie Red - Ferryman (uncredited)
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Movie Stunts
1968
The Stalking Moon
Movie Stage Driver Shelby

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1968
Here's Lucy
TV show Stuntman #2
1968
5 Card Stud
Movie Fred Carson (uncredited)
1967
The War Wagon
Movie Early
1967
Return of the Gunfighter
Movie Wid Boone
1967
The Invaders
TV show Station Attendant
1966
Duel at Diablo
Movie Stunts
1965
Arizona Raiders
Movie Tex (as Red Morgan)
1965
The Bounty Killer
Movie Big Jim Seddon (as Red Morgan)
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder
Movie Burr Sandeman / J. Plummer, blacksmith (uncredited)
1965
Cat Ballou
Movie Stunts
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie Jakes (uncredited)
1964
The Quick Gun
Movie
1963
McLintock!
Movie Stunts
1962
How the West Was Won
Movie River Pirate (uncredited)
1961
Two Rode Together
Movie Gambler (uncredited)
1961
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Movie Luke
1961
Five Guns to Tombstone
Movie Hoagie
1960
The Alamo
Movie Tennessean (uncredited)
1960
The Westerner
TV show Red
1960
Beyond the Time Barrier
Movie Captain
1960
The Amazing Transparent Man
Movie Julian
1959
Bonanza
TV show Kelly
1959
Day of the Outlaw
Movie Stunt Double
1959
Ride Lonesome
Movie Outlaw (uncredited)