Jon Morrison

{{short description|Scottish actor}}

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Jon Morrison is a Scottish actor who has appeared in many plays, films and television series since the early 1970s, including The Bill, Bergerac, Taggart and Vera.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1dea57|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927114717/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1dea57|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2020|title=Jon Morrison|publisher=British Film Institute}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=12415|title=Jon Morrison|website=aveleyman.com}}

His best-known parts have been in the Peter McDougall plays Just Another Saturday (1975), about sectarianism in Glasgow, and The Elephants' Graveyard (1976), both with Billy Connolly and both part of BBC's Play for Today series.{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/442522/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Just Another Saturday (1975)|website=screenonline.org.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b711382ee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230043234/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b711382ee|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2018|title=The Elephants' Graveyard (1976)|publisher=British Film Institute}} He also featured in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/nil-by-mouth-v154961/cast-crew|title=Nil by Mouth (1997) – Gary Oldman | Cast and Crew | AllMovie|publisher=AllMovie}}

Morrison portrayed DC Kenny Lockhart in the ITV detective series Vera, from the start of the programme in 2011 up to and including the final series in 2025.