Barry Morse

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.1171

Gender

Male

Birthday

10-Jun-1918

Age

(108 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As
  • Herbert "Barry" Morse
  • Herbert Morse
  • بری مورس

Barry Morse

Biography

Herbert Morse (10 June 1918 – 2 February 2008), known professionally as Barry Morse, was a British born actor of stage, screen, and radio, best known for his roles in the television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999. He moved to Canada with his family in 1951, holding dual nationality.


Credits

Lord Durham Lord Durham (1961) Character: Gibbon Wakefield
This short drama is a portrait of colonial administrator, Governor General and statesman Lord Durham (1792-1840). When Durham recommended self-government in Canada, he closed the door on his own political success. But in the end, the policies he declared for Canada became the pattern for self-rule in the rest of the Commonwealth.
Hounds of Notre Dame Hounds of Notre Dame (1980) Character: Bishop Williams
It's the winter of 1940. Father Athol Murray - "Pere" to most that know him - is an opinionated, chain-smoking, hard drinking parish priest at Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. His strong opinions include his disdain for socialism as epitomized by the CCF party in Saskatchewan and the current war which has claimed too many lives including those of former students, needing to raise money to operate the College by whatever means, and not wanting others to emulate his vices - especially not wanting the students and women to smoke - while he blissfully enjoys those vices himself.
When We Are Married When We Are Married (1943) Character: Gerald Forbes
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.
Late at Night Late at Night (1946) Character: Dave Jackson
A reporter gets on the trail of a mob peddling wood alcohol as gin. Noel Dryden, Paul Demel, Daphne Day.
Television: The First Fifty Years Television: The First Fifty Years (1999) Character: Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage)
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
The Starlost: The Beginning The Starlost: The Beginning (1980) Character: Shalith
Three farmers in Cypress Corners discover that farm life is not so simple. Discovering a hidden door in the earth, they break through it, discovering they are not on Earth, but in a giant Noah's Ark-like spaceship. The spaceship is made up of giant "domes" holding the various cultures of humanity. Eventually, they find the bridge, its crew dead and its computer complaining that the ship is off-course, heading into the path of a distant sun. The three farmers take it upon themselves to travel the ship, contacting the various cultures of humanity in search of somebody who can correct the course of the ship and save mankind.
The Birthday Dragon The Birthday Dragon (1992) Character: The Dragon (voice)
Emily is celebrating her birthday and Dragon is invited, too. However, the birthday clowns plan to steal him.
Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory! (1989) Character: Rev. Dan Stuckey
A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé.
Love at First Sight Love at First Sight (1977) Character: William
Roy, an accident-prone blind man, falls in love with a young woman named Shirley. When Shirley’s overbearing father Frank lets his disapproval of their relationship be known, Roy and Shirley head off to Niagara Falls to open a restaurant as Frank plans to break them up.
The Return of Victor Bergman The Return of Victor Bergman (2010) Character: Victor Bergman
Victor Bergman records a Moonbase Alpha status report on his commlock in the Medical Centre, whilst the Alphans watch in the Command Centre.
The Dummy Talks The Dummy Talks (1943) Character: N/A
An operation of counterfeit five pound notes is discovered at a variety theater, leading to murder during the performance.
This Man Is Mine This Man Is Mine (1946) Character: Ronnie
One wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results.
Truman at Potsdam Truman at Potsdam (1976) Character: N/A
A dramatization of the World War II Potsdam Conference of July 1945 with U.S. President Harry Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Covenant Covenant (1985) Character: Zachariah
A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them.
Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987) Character: Joseph Kennedy
This is the story of the feud between FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Kennedys. It shows how much Hoover hated them and how they tried to stand up to him from the day John Kennedy was elected President until Bobby was assassinated.
The Ugly Little Boy The Ugly Little Boy (1977) Character: N/A
Edyth Fellows is a nurse recruited for an research project with a time travel device that can snatch any being from any time and bring it to the present. The first such test brings an Neanderthal child to the project and Fellows is responsible for his care for the interim. As she manages this task, Fellows is increasingly revolted at how the scientists dismiss him as little more than an animal, especially when his real intelligence shows. This growing moral dilemma comes to a head when Fellows realizes what they plan to do with him and she cannot stand by and let it happen.
Promise Her Anything Promise Her Anything (1999) Character: Reverend Adam Putter
A quaint small town that hasn't paid taxes since World War II draws the attention of an ambitious tax inspector in this comedy starring Billy Zane and Patrick Bergin.
The Railway Dragon The Railway Dragon (1989) Character: The Dragon (voice)
Emily, an 8 year old girl, and a centuries year old Railway Dragon, share an adventure that they'll never forget.
Riel Riel (1979) Character: William Mactavish
A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions.
Poet Game Poet Game (1972) Character: Paul Cantrell
Mercurial, hard-drinking poet Hugh Saunders (Sir Anthony Hopkins) awaits his fortieth birthday, trying to preserve his art and his marriage against the temptations of celebrity and addiction.
Justine Justine (1969) Character: Colonel Maskelyne
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) Character: Carter Morstan
Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life by Watson's female descendant after being cryogenically frozen for eighty years.
Murder by Phone Murder by Phone (1982) Character: Fred Waites
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
Al lupo, al lupo Al lupo, al lupo (1992) Character: Mario Sagonà
Vanni, Gregorio and Livia are brothers. The first is a well-known pianist, the second has abandoned his career as an aspiring violinist to become a deejay. When Vanni discovers that his father has disappeared into thin air, together with Gregorio they decide to call his sister Livia. The three relatives travel the length and breadth of Tuscany to find their missing parent.
The Shape of Things to Come The Shape of Things to Come (1979) Character: Dr. John Caball
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.
TekWar TekWar (1994) Character: Professor Kittridge
After four years, Jake Cardigan is prematurely awoken from his fifteen year cryogenic punishment to a world very different than the one he knew. Much more than before 'Tek', the highly-addictive electronic designer narcotic of the 21st century, seems to be prevalent. His wife has divorced him and disappeared together with their son. He wants them back and he wants justice for those undercover policemen who were murdered by unknown conspirators which led to his imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.
Journey Through the Black Sun Journey Through the Black Sun (1982) Character: Professor Victor Bergman
"Journey Through the Black Sun" (1982) made by ITC New York combined the first season episodes "Collision Course" and "Black Sun" from the TV series "Space: 1999".
Cries in the Night Cries in the Night (1980) Character: Mr. Davis
A young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead.
Daughter of Darkness Daughter of Darkness (1948) Character: Robert Stanforth
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...
No Trace No Trace (1950) Character: Harrison
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Memory Run Memory Run (1995) Character: N/A
The year is 2015, and big brother is everywhere. The search for immortality is over. Science has finally achieved the impossible, undermining the most basic aspect of life: that Mind, Body, and Soul must be one, Those who benefit from this new technology will wake up to a new and youthful beginning - the rest of humankind must live a bad dream and wake up to a living nightmare that goes beyond life, beyond death, and beyond redemption.
Asylum Asylum (1972) Character: Bruno
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Klondike Fever Klondike Fever (1980) Character: John Thornton
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
Fight for Life Fight for Life (1987) Character: Dr. Whalley
Jerry Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a six-year old daughter with epilepsy. He fights to get the FDA to approve a drug (at that time only available in England) for use in the U.S.
Power Play Power Play (1978) Character: Dr. Jean Rousseau
A group of military officers frustrated by government corruption and brutality attempts a coup.
Welcome to Blood City Welcome to Blood City (1977) Character: Supervisor
Five strangers awake, finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed - what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" - by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery.
Running Scared Running Scared (1972) Character: Mr. Case
When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend is sent down from university because he did nothing to prevent the death, which he felt was a choice his friend had a right to make.
Kings of the Sun Kings of the Sun (1963) Character: Ah Zok
In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.
I Really Hate My Job I Really Hate My Job (2007) Character: Old Man #2
While anticipating the arrival of a famous Hollywood star, five employees at a mediocre restaurant in London's Soho must deal with rats, arguments and kitchen-based power struggles.
The Goose Steps Out The Goose Steps Out (1942) Character: Kurt
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
One Man One Man (1977) Character: Colin Angus Campbell
In this socially conscious drama, a TV journalist begins investigating a large factory that has been threatening the health of the children who live in the town's poorest, most polluted section. Because of his investigation, he and his family are threatened by company thugs. He gets no help from his TV station as they are loathe to tangle with big business.
The Telephone Book The Telephone Book (1971) Character: Har Poon
A sexually voracious young woman receives a dirty phone call from a stranger; so satisfied by the experience, she sets out to find him somewhere in New York City.
A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (1980) Character: Marquis St. Evremonde
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
Reunion at Fairborough Reunion at Fairborough (1985) Character: Nathan Barsky
World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Red Buttons, Deborah Kerr, Shane Rimmer, Robert Mitchum
Icon Icon (2005) Character: Josef Cherkassov
A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former enemy, now running as a candidate for President in modern Russia. Working with a Russian policewoman, they work to uncover a plot to use biological weapons against certain factions of the Russian people to commit genocide. The virus would also be released in other populations, but would be treated making the candidate a hero. A side plot has the agent being reunited with his long lost daughter.
The Changeling The Changeling (1980) Character: Parapsychologist
After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.
Thunder Rock Thunder Rock (1942) Character: Robert
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.
Mrs. Fitzherbert Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947) Character: Beau Brummell
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
To Kill the King To Kill the King (1974) Character: Secretary
Hank Adams, a restaurateur, is having an affair with the wife of a Presidential adviser when they overhear her husband and an admiral discussing “the killing of the patient.” Their discovery draws the attention of a federal agent, who uncovers a government plot to assassinate the President.
Puzzle of a Downfall Child Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) Character: Dr Galba
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.
Spazio: 1999 Spazio: 1999 (1975) Character: Victor Bergman
A moonbase crew fights for survival in the aftermath of a massive explosion that shifts the moon from its orbit into space.
Alien Attack Alien Attack (1980) Character: Professor Victor Bergman
Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several space expeditions. It is also a watchdog for vast amounts of atomic waste from Earth stored in silos on the Moon's far side. Magnetic radiation builds up and causes the wastes to explode with such force that the Earth's centripetal pull on the Moon is overcome, and the Moon is broken free of Earth's orbit to drift at incredible speed out of the Solar System off the plane of the ecliptic. The survivors on Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive in unknown space on their wandering Moon. They encounter a planet whose advanced people project an illusion of a devastating attack on Moonbase. This TV movie was edited from scenes of two episodes ("Breakaway" and "War Games") of "Space: 1999" (1975).



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