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Jeff Morrow
1907-1993
Updated 9/11/2008 with more films available on DVD!
biography
Born Irving Morrow in New York on January 13, 1907, actor Jeff Morrow became interested in the footlights while he was an art student at the Pratt Institute in New York City. Upon graduation Morrow worked as a commercial artist while studying drama. He proved successful as a stage actor, working on Broadway in a variety of plays from the early 1930s through the early 1950s. Morrow also did quite a bit of radio as well. But unlike most actors with his vast experience, Morrow waited until he was in his 40s before tackling a film assignment. His first film was the big-budget epic The Robe (1953; with Richard Burton and Victor Mature). He took on supporting roles in several more films before signing with Universal-Inernational in 1954. At Universal, he starred in costume dramas such as Captain Lightfoot (1954; with Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush) and science fiction films, including This Island Earth (1955; with Rex Reason and Faith Domergue). Although he acted in a variety of genres, today Jeff Morrow is best known for his science fiction films which include The Creature Walks Among Us (1956; with Rex Reason and Gregg Palmer) and The Giant Claw (1957; with Mara Corday and Morris Ankrum).
the films of jeff morrow
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
From the Universal-International drama Sign of the Pagan, directed by Douglas Sirk. LEFT: Morrow as General Paulinus. RIGHT: With Jeff Chandler
Tanganyika (1954)
From Universal-International's adventure Tanganyika
Captain Lightfoot (1955)
From Douglas Sirk's romance Captain Lightfoot, released by Universal-International. LEFT and CENTER: Morrow as Captain Thunderbolt. RIGHT: With Rock Hudson
This Island Earth (1955)
From Universal's science fiction classic This Island Earth. LEFT: Rex Reason and Morrow fight a Mutant. CENTER and RIGHT: With Faith Domergue and Rex Reason in Metaluna
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
From Universal-International's The Creature Walks Among Us, the final film in the Creature of the Black Lagoon trilogy. LEFT: Morrow as Dr. William Barton. CENTER A: With James Rawley, Rex Reason, Maurice Manson, and Gregg Palmer. CENTER B: Morrow puts the moves on creature bait Leigh Snowden. RIGHT: With Rex Reason and Leigh Snowden
World in My Corner (1956)
From the Audie Murphy boxing drama World in My Corner
The Giant Claw (1957)
Columbia released the campy sci-fi flick The Giant Claw, one of my favorite 1950s science fiction efforts. Pictured with Jeff Morrow are Mara Corday, Louis Merrill, and Morris Ankrum
Harbor Lights (1964)
Lobby card from the 20th Century Fox quickie thriller Harbor Lights
later years
Morrow left Universal in 1956 and freelanced at Paramount, Allied Artists, and several other studios throughout the early 1960s. In addition, he starred in the syndicated television series Union Pacific during the 1958-1959 season. When his film career began to falter in the early 1960s, he turned to television, acting in Perry Mason and other popular programs while doing occasional films such as Blood Legacy (1971; with Faith Domergue, Merry Anders, and John Carradine). He retired from acting in the mid 1970s, following the cancellation of the situation comedy Temperatures Rising, in which he was a regular. Sadly, Jeff Morrow passed away in December 1993 at the age of 86. He was survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, actress Anna Karen, and their daughter.
Daniel Boone: Season 4 [DVD](1967) DVD
All 26 episodes from the fourth season--including "The Ballad of Sidewinder and the Cherokee," "The Value of a King," "The Secret Code," "The Far Side of Fury," and "Faith's Way"--are collected in a seven-disc set. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: The Fourth Season [DVD](1967) DVD
All 30 episodes from season four--including "A Visit from Aunt Bee," "To Watch a Thief," "Gomer Goes Home," "Sergeant Iago," and "Friendly Freddy, The Gentleman's Tailor"--are collected in a five-disc set. 12 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Perry Mason: 50th Anniversary Edition [DVD] DVD
Twelve of the series's best episodes--including "The Case of the Wary Wildcatter," "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee," "The Case of the Counterfeit Crank," "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe," and "The Case of the Final Fade-Out"--have been collected in this four-disc set. Also included is "Perry Mason Returns" (1985), the TV movie that finds the legal eagle (Raymond Burr), now a judge, stepping down from the bench to defend former secretary Della Street (Barbara Hale) when she's accused of murder. 12 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; featurette; interviews; photo gallery; TV spots; screen tests; more.
The Twilight Zone: Season 1 [DVD](1985) DVD
All 24 episodes from the series's debut season--featuring such stories as "Shatterday," "Nightcrawlers," "A Message from Charity," "The Shadow Man," "Her Pilgrim Soul," and "To See the Invisible Man"--are included in a six-disc set. 17 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary; interview; photo gallery.
You Are There: Abraham Lincoln's Great Moments [DVD] DVD
Starring Jeff Morrow as Abraham Lincoln, this DVD includes "The Emancipation Proclamation" and "The Gettysburg Address." 50 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
The Robe [DVD](1953) DVD
Lavish costume drama set during the Crucifixion of Jesus and the birth of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Richard Burton is the centurion whose loyalty to mad emperor Caligula is tested when his lover joins the new faith. Jean Simmons, Jay Robinson, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie co-star. 135 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 4.0, Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Creature From The Black Lagoon: The Legacy Collection [DVD] DVD
This two-disc set collecting the cinematic adventures of everybody's favorite scary--and scaly--monster opens with "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954), in which a team of scientists in the Amazon is hunted by a water-breathing, half-human gillman. Richard Carlson, Julia Adams star. Not in 3-D. Next, it's the "Revenge of the Creature" (1955), as he torments tourists at a Florida aquarium. John Agar, Lori Nelson star. Then, "The Creature Walks Among Us" (1956) after scientists mutate the beastie so that he can live on land--and terrorize San Francisco. Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason star. 4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; audio commentary; documentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
This Island Earth [DVD](1955) DVD
Classic science-fiction drama of two Earth scientists who are abducted by white-haired, big-foreheaded aliens and taken to their war-ravaged homeworld of Metaluna in hopes of saving it. Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Russell Johnson, and the bug-eyed Metalunan Mutants star. 86 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); theatrical trailer.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie [DVD](1996) DVD
Blast off on the Satellite of Love with Mike Nelson, Tom Servo and Crow in the big-screen version of the hilarious TV series, as they wisecrack their way through Dr. Forrester's latest bad movie experiment, the 1955 sci-fi epic "This Island Earth." There's high-domed aliens, giant mutant insects, the Professor from "Gilligan's Island," and more pop references than you can shake a stick at. 75 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH).
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection, Vol. 2 [DVD] DVD
After learning he doesn't have radiation poisoning as originally thought, country boy Jerry Lewis must keep up the pretense so he and doctor Dean Martin can get an all-expenses paid trip to New York, in "Living It Up" (1954), with Janet Leigh. Next, An aspiring barber (Lewis) poses as a 12-year-old boy and latches onto a travelling music teacher (Martin) while trying to evade a nasty jewel thief (Raymond Burr), in "You're Never Too Young" (1955). Diana Lynn co-stars. When struggling comic book artist Martin begins basing his scripts on the dreams of roommate Lewis, the duo winds up getting involved with beautiful ladies and secret agents, in "Artists and Models" (1955). With Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor. Jerry is a millionaire who becomes "Pardners" (1956) with ranch foreman Dean to try and fight a group of ornery cowpokes starting trouble in a Western town. And, in the duo's last film together, it's "Hollywood or Bust" (1956) for star-struck Jerry, who travels cross-country to get into show business and meet idol Anita Ekberg, picking up hitchhiker Dean along the way. 8 hrs. total on three discs. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.
Kronos [DVD](1957) DVD
Well-made low-budget sci-fi tale about a flying saucer that crashes into the Pacific Ocean near California. A gigantic robot emerges from the surf and begins a deadly march inland, absorbing all energy from everything around it, from autos to H-Bombs. Jeff Morrow, Barbara Lawrence, John Emery star. 78 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Sam Katzman: Icons Of Horror Collection [DVD] DVD
This collection of four chill-packed classics from prolific producer Sam Katzman begins with "Creature with the Atom Brain" (1955), as a down-and-out mobster enlists the aid of a wicked German scientist to create an army of murderous zombies to serve as his personal squad of assassins. Michael Granger, Angela Stevens star. Next, an amnesiac man (Steven Ritch) goes from a guinea pig to "The Werewolf" (1956), suffering the after-effects of an experimental serum coursing through his veins. With Joyce Holden and Don Megowan. Eager treasure hunters have their work cut out for them when a sunken ship off the African coast is found to be loaded with a fortune in diamonds...as well as the "Zombies of Mora Tau" (1957)! Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Morris Ankrum star. AKA: "The Dead That Walk." Then, look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a puppet! It's "The Giant Claw" (1957)! Can Jeff Morrow and Playboy Playmate Mara Corday stop the ferocious, big-beaked alien fowl before it destroys the world? Ankrum, Louis Merrill also star. 4 3/4 hrs. total on two discs. Standard/Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; bonus shorts "Terror Faces Magoo" (1959), "Midnight Blunders" (1936); theatrical trailers.
The Story Of Ruth [DVD](1960) DVD
While not strictly based on the Biblical book, this affecting Hollywood religious drama movingly follows the title character's renouncement of her people's idolatry and her conversion to Judaism. Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Peggy Wood, and Elana Eden as Ruth star. 131 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 4.0, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish.
Five Bold Women [VHS](1960) VHS
The ladies are definitely the deadlier of the species in this frontier actioner which finds U.S. marshal Jeff Morrow charged with escorting five female convicted killers across Texas to prison. Dangerous weather, Indian attacks, and one woman's outlaw hubby put the mission in jeopardy. Merry Anders, Lucita Blain, Dee Carroll, Irish McCalla and Kathryn Marlowe also star.
Octaman [DVD](1971) DVD
This revamping of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" (directed and co-written by "Creature" scripter Harry Essex) features an eight-limbed, aquatic man-beast terrorizing explorers Kerwin Mathews and Pier Angeli in Mexico. Jeff Morrow co-stars; with early makeup work by Rick Baker.
Legacy Of Blood [DVD](1971) DVD
The children of a deceased millionaire are summoned to his estate, where they must stay the night in order in gain their inheritance. It soon becomes obvious that someone wants more than their fair share, as the heirs are murdered one by one. John Carradine, Faith Domergue, John Russell star. AKA: "Blood Legacy." Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
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filmography
FILM
Fugitive Lovers (1975) with Virginia Mayo, John Russell, and Juanita Moore
Blood Legacy (1971) with Faith Domergue, Merry Anders, John Carradine, John Russell, John Smith, Richard Davalos, and Buck Kartalian
Octaman (1971) with Kerwin Mathews, Pier Angeli, and Buck Kartalian
Normal Young Man (1969)
Harbor Lights (1964) with Kent Taylor
Five Bold Women (1960) with Merry Anders and Irish McCalla
The Story of Ruth (1960) with Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Viveca Lindfors, Les Tremayne, John Gabriel, and Ziva Rodann
Copper Sky (1957) with Coleen Gray and Strother Martin
Hour of Decision (1957) with Hazel Court and Lionel Jeffries
The Giant Claw (1957) with Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, and Frank Griffin
Kronos (1957) with Barbara Lawrence, George O'Hanlon, Morris Ankrum, and Richard Harrison
Pardners (1956) with Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson, Agnes Moorehead, Lon Chaney Jr., and Lee Van Cleef
The First Texan (1956) with Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jody McCrea, and William Hopper
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) with Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden, and Gregg Palmer
World in My Corner (1956) with Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush, and John McIntire
This Island Earth (1955) with Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Russell Johnson, and Lance Fuller
Captain Lightfoot (1955) with Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush
Sign of the Pagan (1954) with Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Rita Gam, Allison Hayes, and George Dolenz
Tanganyika (1954) with Van Heflin, Ruth Roman, and Howard Duff
The Siege at Red River (1954) with Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, and Richard Boone
Flight to Tangier (1953) with Joan Fontaine, Jack Palance, and Corinne Calvet
The Robe (1953) with Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Richard Boone, and Betta St. John
TELEVISION SERIES
Temperatures Rising, 1972-1974 ABC TV series. Morrow portrayed Dr. Lloyd Axton during the second season
Union Pacific, 1958-1959 syndicated TV series. Morrow portrayed Bart McClelland
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