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John Morley

John Morley

Highest Rated: 97% Born Yesterday (1950)

Lowest Rated: 75% Images (1972)

Birthday: Jul 5, 1912

Birthplace: Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Certain film actors are lucky enough to be a part of scene so iconic that it lives on in infamy. Such is the case with the unsavory sequence in "The Godfather" in which actor John Marley's character, a movie mogul, crosses the wrong guys and wakes up the following morning with the severed head of his prize-winning horse beside him in bed. The scene capped a nice little run for Marley, who starred in the 1968 John Cassavetes film "Faces" and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the father of Ali MacGraw's character in the iconic 1970 drama "Love Story." As a hard-working character actor, Marley amassed over 150 credits during his career. On the television side, he was best known for his role as D.W. Banner, father of mutating lead David Banner in the 1978-82 series "The Incredible Hulk," though his work stretched all the way back to the earliest days of live TV in 1950 with "The Philco Goodyear Television Playhouse." Another memorable film role came in 1978, as the movie producer working with Burt Reynolds' stuntman character in the action drama "Hooper."

Highest rated movies

97% 85% Born Yesterday
81% 81% Operation Petticoat
75% 70% Images

Filmography

Movies

Credit
75% 70% Images Old Man (Character) - 1972
81% 81% Operation Petticoat Williams (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Gates to Hell Dr. Jacques Minelle (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flood Tide Detective lieutenant (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 0% Chicago Confidential Mickey Partos (uncredited) (Character) - 1957
97% 85% Born Yesterday Native (uncredited) (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Too Many Wives Barry Trent (Character) - 1937

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Turn of Fate Father Boniface (Character) 1957