Dennis Morgan

Born: 1908-12-20

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dennis Morgan (born Earl Stanley Morner, December 20, 1908 – September 7, 1994) was an American actor-singer. He used the acting pseudonym Richard Stanley before adopting the name under which he gained his greatest fame. Morgan started working at MGM as Stanley Morner. His best roles were in Mama Steps Out (1937) and Song of the City (1937), but he mostly did small parts. Morgan signed with Paramount billed as Richard Stanley. He was in several films in 1938 and 1939, including Men With Wings (1938). At Warner Bros. Morgan was billed as Dennis Morgan and was finally given lead roles in B movies such as Waterfront (1939) and No Place to Go (1939). In 1940 he was promoted to A movies. His best parts were in Kitty Foyle (1940) (on loan to RKO), Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), and God is My Co-Pilot. He was often paired with Jack Carson. After Morgan's contract with Warner ended in 1952 he appeared in sporadic television guest roles. He retired from film work in 1956.


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Kitty Foyle

as Wyn Strafford
Released: 1940-12-27

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his...

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Christmas in Connecticut

as Jefferson Jones
Released: 1945-07-27

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a...

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The Great Ziegfeld

as Stage Singer in "Pretty Girl" Number
Released: 1936-04-08

Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.

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Pretty Baby

as Sam Morley
Released: 1950-09-16

A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat...

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The Hard Way

as Paul Collins
Released: 1943-01-13

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their...

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Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Tommy Randolph
Released: 1943-09-25

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

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The Return of Doctor X

as Dr. Rhodes
Released: 1939-11-23

When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova...

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This Woman Is Dangerous

as Dr. Ben Halleck
Released: 1952-02-09

A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to...

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Perfect Strangers

as David Campbell
Released: 1950-03-11

Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that...

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In This Our Life

as Peter Kingsmill
Released: 1942-05-08

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining...

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That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)
Released: 1974-06-21

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...

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Hollywood Canteen

as Self
Released: 1944-12-15

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and...

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...

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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

as Tour Guide
Released: 1976-07-26

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a...

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Affectionately Yours

as 'Rickey' Mayberry
Released: 1941-05-10

A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity...

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Stars on Horseback

as uncredited
Released: 1943-04-23

A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel...

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Breakdowns of 1944

as Self
Released: 1944-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.

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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

as Vince
Released: 1951-10-10

The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold...

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The Time, The Place and The Girl

as Steven Ross
Released: 1946-12-26

The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is...

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Raton Pass

as Marc Challon
Released: 1951-04-07

Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and...

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The Fighting 69th

as Lieutenant Ames
Released: 1940-01-27

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy,...

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Breakdowns of 1949

as Self
Released: 1949-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.

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Bad Men of Missouri

as Cole Younger
Released: 1941-07-26

The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds...

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Cheyenne

as James Wylie
Released: 1947-06-06

Slick gambler James Wylie is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison...

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Illegal Traffic

as Cagey Miller
Released: 1938-11-02

G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is...

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Mama Steps Out

as Chuck Thompson (as Stanley Morner)
Released: 1937-02-05

A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty...

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Navy Blue and Gold

as Marine 2nd Lt.
Released: 1937-11-19

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

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It's a Great Feeling

as Dennis Morgan
Released: 1949-08-01

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her...

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Suzy

as Lieutenant
Released: 1936-07-20

A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.

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Piccadilly Jim

as Chrystal Club Singer (uncredited)
Released: 1936-08-14

Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann...

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Pearl of the South Pacific

as Dan Merrill
Released: 1955-09-16

Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a...

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Cattle Town

as Mike McGann
Released: 1952-09-06

The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.

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Captains of the Clouds

as Johnny Dutton (bush pilot)
Released: 1942-02-12

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean...

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Tear Gas Squad

as Tommy McCabe
Released: 1940-05-04

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

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To the Victor

as Paul Taggart
Released: 1948-10-26

An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.

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The Very Thought of You

as Sgt. David Stewart
Released: 1944-10-20

Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and...

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One Sunday Afternoon

as Timothy L. "Biff" Grimes
Released: 1948-12-25

The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan...

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Flight Angels

as Chick Farber
Released: 1940-05-18

Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a...

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My Wild Irish Rose

as Chauncey Olcott
Released: 1947-12-24

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

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Waterfront

as Jim Dolan
Released: 1939-07-15

A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.

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Wings for the Eagle

as Corky 'Cork' Jones
Released: 1942-07-18

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

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Hollywood Wonderland

as Western Hero (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
Released: 1947-08-09

Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.

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Men with Wings

as Galton
Released: 1938-07-16

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...

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God Is My Co-Pilot

as Col. Robert Lee Scott
Released: 1945-04-07

Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds...

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The Desert Song

as Paul Hudson / El Khobar
Released: 1943-12-17

Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap...

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Uranium Boom

as Bradford "Brad" E. Collins
Released: 1956-03-02

Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins (Dennis Morgan) and mining engineer Grady Mathews (William Talman)...

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I Conquer the Sea!

as Tommy Ashley
Released: 1936-01-23

1936 was a different world in Newfoundland - the bigotry and the unexpected ending will give you...

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Always Together

as The Bridegroom (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-10

An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a...

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Blow-Ups of 1946

as Self
Released: 1946-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.

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Song of the City

as Tommy
Released: 1937-04-02

A carefree San Francisco bachelor rediscovers life's values when he's rescued from the sea by an...

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King of Alcatraz

as First Mate Rogers (as Richard Stanley)
Released: 1938-09-30

A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the...

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Okay for Sound

as uncredited
Released: 1946-09-07

This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first...

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Kisses for Breakfast

as Rodney Trask
Released: 1941-07-05

A newlywed develops amnesia and can't remember his wife.

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Two Guys from Milwaukee

as Prince Henry
Released: 1946-07-26

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He...

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Shine on Harvest Moon

as Jack Norworth
Released: 1944-03-10

Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

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Annie Laurie

as William Douglas
Released: 1936-10-31

In late 18th century Scotland, Annie Laurie and William Douglas love each other, but their clans...

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Two Guys from Texas

as Steve Carroll
Released: 1948-08-27

Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.

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Three Cheers for the Irish

as Angus Ferguson
Released: 1940-03-16

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally...

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The Gun That Won the West

as Jim Bridger
Released: 1955-09-01

In the late 1880s, Colonel Carrington and his command are assigned the job of constructing a...

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Blow-Ups of 1947

as Self
Released: 1947-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.

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Persons in Hiding

as Mike Flagler
Released: 1939-02-10

During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.

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One More Tomorrow

as Thomas Rufus 'Tom' Collier III
Released: 1946-05-24

Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party — until he meets photographer...

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River's End

as John Keith / Sgt. Derry Conniston
Released: 1940-08-10

An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to...

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The Lady Takes a Sailor

as Bill Craig
Released: 1949-12-16

Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her...

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March On, Marines

as Bob Lansing
Released: 1940-12-14

Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study...

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The Shining Future

as Self
Released: 1944-04-11

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a...

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Rogue's Gallery

as Dr. Jonas Pettingill
Released: 1968-01-01

A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.

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No Place to Go

as Joe Plummer
Released: 1939-09-23

An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law,...

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Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight

as Jack Norworth in Film Clip from 'Shine On, Harvest Moon' (uncredited/archive footage)
Released: 1948-01-24

In this short film, four popular songs, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Moonlight Bay", "In...

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The Love Boat

as Steve Brian
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Petticoat Junction

as Dennis Roberts
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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This Is Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1952-10-01

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Dennis O'Finn
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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General Electric Theater

as Roger Duane
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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21 Beacon Street

as Dennis Chase
First aired: 1959-07-02

21 Beacon Street was an American detective television series that originally aired on NBC from...

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