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Joseph Thomas "Joe" Morton, Jr. (born October 18, 1947) is an American stage, television, and film actor.
Morton was born in The Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York. He is the son of Evelyn, a secretary, and Joseph Thomas Morton, Sr., a U.S. army intelligence officer. Because of his father's profession, he spent parts of his childhood in West Germany and Okinawa. Morton graduated from Hofstra University.
Morton made his Broadway debut in Hair, appeared in Salvation, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Raisin. He has appeared in over 70 movies, including Terminator 2: Judgment Day (as Dr. Miles Bennett Dyson) and Blues Brothers 2000 (as 'Cabel "Cab" Chamberlain', based upon the late Cab Calloway), and has made many notable TV guest appearances, including his appearances as Dr. Steven Hamilton in the first two seasons of Smallville.
On television, Morton has starred in the Sanford and Son spin-off Grady (1975–1976), Equal Justice (1990–91), Under One Roof (1995), and E-Ring (2005). More recently, he portrayed the jack-of-all-trades scientist, Henry Deacon, as a regular on Sci-Fi Channel's Eureka (2006-). Morton has also directed and produced. He has made several appearances as a defense attorney on Law & Order.
Actors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (producer), Elaine Schreyeck (miscellaneous crew), William Hornbeck (editor), Bruce Cabot (actor), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director), Mario Nascimbene (composer), Claude Dauphin (actor), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (writer), Graham Greene (writer), Richard Loo (actor), Audie Murphy (actor), Michal Waszynski (producer), Michael Redgrave (actor), Yoko Tani (actress), Giorgia Moll (actress),
Plot: In this adaptation of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about U.S. foreign policy failure in pre-war Indochina, Audie Murphy plays an innocent Young American opposite the older, cynical Brit Michael Redgrave. They play out their widely different views on the prospects struggle for the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people in their competition over a young woman. Murphy wants to reform her and make her a typical middle class American housewife; Redgrave accepts her inability to formulate or retain a political ideal and while promising her no real future, he objects to Murphy's attempts to change her. It's not clear whether Murphy is just what he appears - a bungling Yankee do-gooder - or a deliberate agent of U.S. covert operations.
Keywords: 1950s, atheist, based-on-novel, bicycle, broken-leg, car-bomb, car-fire, chinese-new-year, cigarillo, clandestine-operationActors: Arthur Hoerl (writer), Trevor Bardette (actor), James Bush (actor), Oscar Gahan (actor), William Steiner (miscellaneous crew), Jack Kirk (actor), Murdock MacQuarrie (actor), Frankie Marvin (actor), LeRoy Mason (actor), Fred Santley (actor), Rudy Sooter (actor), E.W. Hammons (miscellaneous crew), Vin Moore (director), Charles Hutchison (director), Eva McKenzie (actress),
Plot: Tom Turner, a naturalist, comes to the "Topa Topa" district (named for the mountain), and falls in love with widow Margaret Weston. This irks fur-trapper Pete Taylor, who has designs on Margaret himself. Pete's partner, Joe Morton, accuses him of stealing some pelts and this angers Pete to the point where he kills Morton. Pete then uses the head of a dead wolf to bite Morton and make it appear that Silver Wolf killed Morton. Silver Wolf is immediately placed on trial and a judge rules him guilty, and orders him killed. But Goldie the Eagle swoops down, snatches little Laura Morton and deposits her on top of Topa Topa. Silver Wolf goes in pursuit, rescues the girl and then, in completely justifiable self-defense, kills Pete. Tom then uses his naturalist skills to vindicate Silver Wolf of the Morton murder, and wins the hand of Margaret in the process.
Keywords: 1930s, animal-abuse, animal-care, animal-trap, archive-footage, b-movie, coroner, damsel-in-distress, dead-animal, deathActors: James Flavin (actor), Lew Ayres (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Gilbert Emery (actor), Louis Calhern (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), Frederick Burton (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), William Robert Daly (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Alan Dinehart (actor), Neely Edwards (actor), Tay Garnett (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Francis X. Bushman (actor), Bryant Washburn (actor), Frances Osman (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,