Gene Morgan

Morgan was born in Racine, Wisconsin. In his early roles he was cast in westerns.{{Cite book |last=Rainey |first=Buck |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Strong_Silent_Type/JZMuEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22gene%20morgan%22 |title=The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930 |date=2024-10-18 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1524-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Poverty_Row_Studios_1929_1940/F8OSCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gene%20morgan%20actor%201940%20dies&pg=PA250&printsec=frontcover |title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1036-8 |language=en}} In 1938, he appeared in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in an uncredited role. That year, he was signed by Republic Pictures.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Exhibitors_Daily_Review/yytO3-miVogC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22gene%20morgan%22%20actor&dq=%22gene%20morgan%22%20actor&printsec=frontcover |title=Exhibitors Daily Review |date=1938 |publisher=Exhibitors Trade Review, Incorporated |volume=43 |language=en}} On 13 August 1940, Morgan died in Santa Monica, California suddenly of a heart attack.{{Cite book |last=Neibaur |first=James L. |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Andy_Clyde_Columbia_Comedies/Ha9mDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=Gene%20Morgan |title=The Andy Clyde Columbia Comedies |date=2018-07-25 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3097-7 |pages=104 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Motion_Picture_Herald/DbkcAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22gene%20morgan%22%20actor&dq=%22gene%20morgan%22%20actor&printsec=frontcover |title=Gene Morgan Dies, Motion Picture Herald |date=August 24, 1940 |publisher=Quigley Publishing Company |language=en}}

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• Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930) - Mayor Seth Landport
• Anybody's Blonde (1931)
• Blonde Venus (1932)
• False Faces (1932)
• Hook and Ladder (1932 short)
• Song of the Eagle (1933)
• Men of the Hour (1935)
• Panic on the Air (1936)
• Alibi for Murder (1936)
• End of the Trail (1936)
• Come Closer, Folks (1936)
• The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
• Counterfeit (1936)
• Counterfeit Lady (1936)
• Devil's Squadron (1936)
• Shakedown (1936)
• Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
• Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
• Woman in Distress (1937)
• All American Sweetheart (1937)
• Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
• The Main Event (1938)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939, uncredited)
• Saps at Sea (1940)
• Meet John Doe (1941, uncredited)

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Category:1893 births

Category:1940 deaths

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