Greg Morris
After completing high school, actor Greg Morris joined the army and remained in the service from 1952 to 1955. He eventually studied drama at Ohio State University and the University of Iowa before moving to Seattle to pursue acting. He appeared in mostly minor roles on the stage, but this garnered some Hollywood interest, and he made guest an appearance in a 1963 episode of the comedy series "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and the classic sci-fi anthology "The Twilight Zone." Morris' big break came in 1966 when he was offered a leading role in the spy series "Mission: Impossible," as electronics expert Barney Collier. Even after the show's conclusion in 1973, Morris continued to appear on several other shows including the sitcoms "Sanford and Son" and "The Jeffersons." Despite numerous guest roles, Morris did not gain a regular television role again until the premiere of the 1978 cop show "Vegas." In 1988, Morris appeared as Barney for the 1980s television remake of "Mission: Impossible," alongside his son, Phil Morris (portraying his father's character's successor). When the 1996 film version of "Mission: Impossible" was released, Morris openly criticized it. At age 62, he died in his Las Vegas home, after a near-decade-long battle with cancer.
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Greg Morris
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Loaded Guns: The Movie | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rescuers: Stories of Courage -- Two Families | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Firing Squad | Jacob Dorn (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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The Jesse Owens Story | Mel Walker (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crisis in Mid-Air | Brian Haley (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vegas | Lt. David Nelson (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flight to Holocaust | Dr. Jeff Evans (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Countdown at Kusini | Red Salter (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer by Night | Capt. George Benson (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sword of Ali Baba | Yusef (Character) | - | 1965 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission: Impossible | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password | Guest | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Andrews (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Jimmy's Cousin (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Password 79 |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
1979-1982 |
100% | 82% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's Happening!! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattletales | Guest | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Eddie Griffin (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snoop Sisters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Josh Perkins (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Story | Edward Marshall (Character) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Luke Whitney (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission: Impossible | Barney Collier (Character) | 1966-1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Branded | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Mickey Deming (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Mr. Peters (Guest Star) | 1963 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lieutenant | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Lt. Woodard (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | George Urey (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1963 |