Morgan Farley
Francis Morgan Farley was an American actor on the stage and in films and television.
Career
His theatrical career began in 1917 in the stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's Seventeen. He recreated the role of Joe Bullitt in Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre on the Air adaptation of the story that aired October 16, 1938. He gained a whole new generation of followers as a result of his guest spots on the original Star Trek series in the 1960s in the episodes "The Return of the Archons" and "The Omega Glory". In 1967 he appeared as Paco on the TV western series The Big Valley in the episode titled "Days of Grace". He played the counterfeiter Harry Holmes in The Wild Wild West S3 E9 "The Night of the Circus of Death" which aired 11/2/1967. Morgan Farley also appeared in the Barnaby Jones episode titled, "See Some Evil...Do Some Evil".
Farley played a large number of mostly small parts in movies, television and Broadway, including the church minister in High Noon; and a juror permitted to ask questions in Angel Face. He also served in World War II.
He was an openly homosexual actor and was an activist in the early movement to gain civil and equal rights for homosexual Americans. He was a member of the board of ONE, Inc., the first public LGBT organization and publication. His contribution is covered in a book by Joseph Hansen on ONE Magazine's main editor, Don Slater, titled A Few Doors West of Hope, published by the Homosexual Information Center.
He died on October 11, 1988, eight days after his 90th birthday. His ashes were scattered in the rose garden at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography
The Love Doctor - Bud WoodbridgeThe Greene Murder Case - Rex GreeneHalf Marriage - Dickie CarrollThe Mighty - Jerry PattersonSlightly Scarlet - Malatroff's VictimOnly the Brave - Lt. Tom WendellMen Are Like That - Joe FisherThe Devil's Holiday - Monkey McConnellA Man from Wyoming - Lt. LeeBeloved - Eric HausmannGentleman's Agreement - Resort ClerkYou Were Meant for Me - Ticket TakerOpen Secret - Larry MitchellThe Winner's Circle - GusThe Walls of Jericho - ProprietorHollow Triumph - Howard AndersonMacBeth - DoctorBehind Locked Doors - Mr. Topper - a PatientBride of Vengeance - TreasurerFlamingo Road - Link NilesManhandled - Doc, Police Lab ManSpecial Agent - Dr. Jerome BowenAbbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff - Gregory MilfordTop o' the Morning - Edwin LivesleyThat Forsyte Woman - BooksellerGuilty of Treason - DoctorBarricade - The JudgeThe Man Who Cheated Himself - RushtonDouble Crossbones - Caleb NicholasSealed Cargo - CalebGoodbye, My Fancy - Doctor PittTomorrow Is Another Day - DoctorThe Lady from Texas - Lucian HaddonThe Strange Door - RenvilleThe Wild North - Father SimonLove Is Better Than Ever - Joe, Piano PlayerHigh Noon - Dr. Mahin - MinisterMy Wife's Best Friend - Dr. McCurranAngel Face - JurorJulius Caesar - ArtemidorusRemains to Be Seen - Kyle ManningJivaro - VinnyHello, Dolly! - Workman / OnlookerThe Barefoot Executive - Advertising ExecutiveBedknobs and Broomsticks - Old Piano PlayerScorpio Soylent Green - Book #1At Long Last Love - Third ManWon Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood - Old Man in Back of Bus With HatThe Last Tycoon - MarcusNickelodeon - Movie FanaticHeaven Can Wait - MiddletonSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Old Lonely Hearts Club BandDreamer - Old Timer