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Vic Morrow

Acting

Born February 14, 1929 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died July 23, 1982

Also known as Victor Morozoff

Biography

Victor "Vic" Morrow (February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor, whose credits include a starring role in the 1960s TV series Combat!, prominent roles in a handful of other television and cinema dramas, and numerous guest roles on television. He and child actors Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) died when a stunt helicopter crashed on them during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie. He was married to screenwriter and actress Barbara Turner from 1957 - 1964, with whom he had two daughters, including actress Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Filmography40 titles

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Benny Mungo

Combat!

as Sergeant Chip Saunders

Mission: Impossible

1966

Quincy, M.E.

1976Director

Bonanza

1959as Ab Brock

Roots

1977as Ames

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Police Sergeant Jordan

The Littlest Hobo

1979as Sam Powers

McCloud

1970

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Edward Heron

The Rifleman

1958as Johnny Cotton

Police Story

1973

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

The Lawless Years

The Bad News Bears

1976as Roy Turner

Ironside

1967

Blackboard Jungle

1955as Artie West

Death In Hollywood

1990

Mannix

1967as Eric Latimer

Charlie's Angels

1976as Harry Stearns

Men in War

1957as Cpl. Zwickley

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983as Bill

Treasure of Matecumbe

1976as Spangler

Telephone Time

The Evictors

1979as Jake Rudd

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974as Capt. Everett Franklin

The Glass House

1972as Hugo Slocum

King Creole

1958as Shark

Posse from Hell

1961as Crip

God's Little Acre

1958as Shaw Walden

A Man Called Sledge

1970as Gold Guard Scout (uncredited)

Cimarron

1960as Wes Jennings

Message from Space

1978as General Garuda

Humanoids from the Deep

1980as Hank Slattery

Naked City

1958as David Greco

The F.B.I.

1965as John Stahl

The Last Shark

1981as Ron Hamer

Curse of the Black Widow

1977as Lt. Gully Conti

1990: The Bronx Warriors

1982as Hammer

It's a Dog's Life

1955as Wildfire (voice / uncredited)