Name Gary Morgan Role Film actor | Spouse Suzy Morgan (m. 1972) | |
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Children Bonnie Morgan, Molly Morgan Movies Logan's Run, Pete's Dragon, The California Kid, Matilda, The Peacekillers Similar People Charles Tyner, Bonnie Morgan, Molly Morgan, Cal Bartlett, Randolph Roberts | ||
Gary Morgan (born January 2, 1950) is an American film and television actor and stunt man.
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Life and career
Morgan was born Gary Panansky to vaudevillian parents, who adopted the professional surname "Morgan". As a child, he acted in his parents' acts on Broadway and was an acrobat as well.
He had roles on television series, including Naked City, The Partridge Family, Adam-12, and Happy Days, as well in several TV movies, including The California Kid (1974) and Pinocchio (1976) starring Sandy Duncan. He also appeared as the son in the original pilot for Head of the Family (an unsold show that was ultimately reworked to become The Dick Van Dyke Show). Feature films include The Night God Screamed (1971), Fuzz (1972), Summer School Teachers (1974), Logan's Run (1976), Pete's Dragon (1977), Matilda (1978, title role), The North Avenue Irregulars (1979), The Final Countdown (1980), The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) and Outrageous Fortune (1987). He has done extensive stunt work, including appearances in Batman Forever (1995) and The Muppets (2011).
Due to his height (5' 5"), he changed to general stunt work.
His daughter is stuntwoman Bonnie Morgan.
Filmography
Stunts
2020
Guest House (stunt performer)
2019
Crazy Bitches (TV Series) (stunt coordinator - 10 episodes)
- Disgusting is Relative (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- We're Gonna Have Fun (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- That Sweet Person Was a Nutjob! (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- You People Are Lunatics (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- We've Got a Problem (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- That's Not a Body, That's My Sister (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- Dear Spirits- (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- Belinda's Stuff is Gone, Shoes and Everything (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- The Dirty Little Guard, and other Mischief (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
- The Story About the House (2019) - (stunt coordinator)
2016
Bedeviled (stunt coordinator)
2014
Crazy Bitches (stunt coordinator)
2013
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (stunts)
2012
Shiver (stunt coordinator: LA)
2011
The Muppets (stunts)
2011
The Artist (stunt performer)
2011
Night of the Little Dead (Short) (stunt coordinator) / (stunts)
2010
Dracula's Daughters vs. the Space Brains (Short) (stunt coordinator)
2007
Rush Hour 3 (stunts)
2006
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (stunt double: Martin Short)
2005
Stop (Short) (stunt coordinator)
2003
Peter Pan (stunts) / (utility stunts - uncredited)
2003
The Even Stevens Movie (TV Movie) (stunt double: Louis)
2003
Holes (stunts)
2003
Scorched (stunt double: Stu)
2001
Corky Romano (stunts)
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (stunts)
2001
Rush Hour 2 (stunts)
2001
The Animal (stunts)
2000
Picking Up the Pieces (stunts)
1999
The Omega Code (stunts)
1999
Wild Wild West (stunts)
1998
The Company Man (Video) (stunts)
1998
Free Enterprise (stunts)
1998
What Dreams May Come (stunt performer)
1998
The Mask of Zorro (stunt double: Jose Perez) / (stunts)
1998
Lethal Weapon 4 (stunts)
1997
Macon County Jail (stunt coordinator) / (stunt player)
1997
Alien Avengers II (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator)
1997
Spawn (stunts)
1997
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (TV Movie) (stunts)
1997
Bean (stunts)
1997
Address Unknown (stunts)
1997
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (stunts)
1996
Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (TV Movie) (stunts)
1996
Humanoids from the Deep (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator)
1996
Alien Avengers (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator)
1996
The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake (TV Movie) (stunts)
1996
White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild (stunt coordinator)
1996
Black Sheep (stunts)
1995
Max Is Missing (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator)
1995
Batman Forever (stunts)
1995
For Better or Worse (stunts)
1994
Lassie (stunts)
1994
Deep Down (stunts)
1994
The Silence of the Hams (stunt coordinator)
1993
The Beverly Hillbillies (stunts)
1992
Army of Darkness (stunts)
1992
Under Siege (stunts)
1992
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (stunts)
1992
Newsies (stunts)
1991
Hook (stunts)
1991
Ricochet (stunts)
1991
Necessary Roughness (stunts)
1991
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (stunts)
1990
Back to the Future Part III (stunts)
1990
The Haunting of Morella (stunt player)
1990
Streets (stunt player)
1989
Back to the Future Part II (stunts)
1989
Troop Beverly Hills (stunt coordinator)
1989
Nightbreaker (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator)
1989
The 'Burbs (stunts)
1989
Three Fugitives (stunt double: Martin Short)
1988
Alien Nation (stunts)
1988
Big Top Pee-wee (stunts)
1988
The Great Outdoors (bear stunts)
1988
Two Moon Junction (stunts)
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) (stunt double - 1 episode)
- The Last Outpost (1987) - (stunt double: Tracey Walter)
1986
The Golden Child (stunts)
1986
Eye of the Tiger (stunts)
1986
Band of the Hand (stunts)
1985
Explorers (stunts)
1984
2010: The Year We Make Contact (stunts)
1983
Cujo (stunt double)
1981
Going Ape! (stunts)
1976
Logan's Run (stunts - uncredited)
Actor
-
A Moment for Love (post-production) as
Teddy
-
Count Vlad of FaGaRaS (post-production) as
Mr. Humpsted
-
In the Ditch (post-production) as
Sgt. Pepper
2017
The Evil Within as
Bathroom Victim
2014
Instant Mom (TV Series) as
Clown
- Distant Mom (2014) - Clown
- Chore Money, Chore Problems (2014) - Clown
2012
Disappearing Bakersfield as
Uncle Shane / Bad clown
2011
Night of the Little Dead (Short) as
Eddie
2007
NCIS (TV Series) as
Mario Vincetti
- Trojan Horse (2007) - Mario Vincetti
2006
Unaccompanied Minors as
Baggage Handler
2001
Black Scorpion (TV Series) as
Shoplifter
- Kiss of Death (2001) - Shoplifter
2001
That's My Bush! (TV Series) as
Man in Bear Suit #1
- Eenie, Meenie, Miney, MURDER! (2001) - Man in Bear Suit #1 (uncredited)
2000
The Amanda Show (TV Series)
- Episode #2.17 (2000)
2000
Growing Up Brady (TV Movie) as
Brady Bunch 1st AD
1998
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV Series) as
Doorman
- Christmas Amnesia (1998) - Doorman
1997
Gone Fishin' as
Bergman
1996
Alien Avengers (TV Movie) as
Cop Driver
1995
Max Is Missing (TV Movie) as
Pilot
1994
Storybook as
Pouch
1993
Double Switch (Video Game) as
Thug #2
1991
The New Lassie (TV Series) as
Thief
- Dog Day Afternoon (1991) - Thief
1991
Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs (Video short) as
Man on Stilts
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch as
Running Employee (uncredited)
1990
Alien Nation (TV Series) as
Garrison
- Partners (1990) - Garrison
1988
CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) as
Mine
- No Means No (1988) - Mine
1987
Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) as
Albert
- Child's Play (1987) - Albert
1987
Outrageous Fortune as
Panansky
1986
Kidsongs: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (Video short) as
Mr. World (as Barnard Panansky)
1986
Tall Tales & Legends (TV Series) as
Don
- Pecos Bill (1986) - Don
1985
St. Elsewhere (TV Series) as
College Kid
- Remembrance of Things Past (1985) - College Kid
1985
The Fourth Wise Man (TV Movie) as
Pharisee #2
1984
Hotel (TV Series) as
Robbie
- Ideals (1984) - Robbie
1984
Lovelines as
Cafeteria Attendant
1984
Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) as
Chauffeur
- Really Neat Cars and Guys with a Sense of Humor (1984) - Chauffeur
1984
The Seduction of Gina (TV Movie) as
Larry
1982
CHiPs (TV Series) as
Doc
- This Year's Riot (1982) - Doc
1981
The Devil and Max Devlin as
Record Store D.J.
1980
The Final Countdown as
Helicopter Crewman
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars as
Strawberry Shortcake
1978
Matilda as
Matilda
1978
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Matilda the Kangaroo
- Ann-Margret/Robert Mitchum/Tom Dreesen/Joseph Sorrentino (1978) - Matilda the Kangaroo
1977
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (TV Movie) as
The Hound (segment "The Bremen Town Musicians")
1977
Pete's Dragon as
Grover
1976
Logan's Run as
Billy
1976
Pinocchio (TV Movie) as
Candlewick
1975
Summer School Teachers as
Roger
1975
The Missing Are Deadly (TV Movie) as
Jeff Margolin
1974
The California Kid (TV Movie) as
Lyle Stafford
1974
Happy Days (TV Series) as
Usher
- Who's Sorry Now? (1974) - Usher
1973
The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV Series)
- Gonna Getcha (1973)
1973
Linda (TV Movie) as
Young Man
1973
The Partridge Family (TV Series) as
Scotty / Albert
- None But the Onely (1973) - Scotty
- Forgive Us Our Debits (1973) - Albert
1973
The Student Teachers as
Joe Dante
1972
Fuzz as
Jimmy
1971
The Night God Screamed as
Jimmy Coogan
1971
The Peace Killers as
Gadget
1971
Ironside (TV Series) as
Tim Loudon
- Grandmother's House (1971) - Tim Loudon
1971
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) as
Matt
- A Matter of Priorities (1971) - Matt
1970
Adam-12 (TV Series) as
Benjie Tremain
- Log 95: Purse Snatcher (1970) - Benjie Tremain
1970
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Chip
- The Law and Billy Burgess (1970) - Chip
1969
Room 222 (TV Series) as
First Boy
- The Coat (1969) - First Boy
1969
Popi as
Gang Leader (uncredited)
1967
N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) as
first Boy / Maldonado
- The Body in the Trunk (1969) - first Boy
- Macho (1967) - Maldonado
1967
Wait Until Dark as
Teenage Boy on Street (uncredited)
1964
The Patty Duke Show (TV Series) as
Keith
- The Boy Next Door (1964) - Keith
1962
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) as
Boy
- The Inner Panic (1962) - Boy
1960
The Comedy Spot (TV Series) as
Ritchie
- Head of the Family (1960) - Ritchie
1958
Naked City (TV Series) as
Paulie
- Sidewalk Fisherman (1958) - Paulie
Producer
-
A Moment for Love (executive producer) (post-production)
Soundtrack
1991
Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs (Video short) (performer: "Rig a Jig Jig", "Do The Silly Willy")
1977
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (TV Movie) (performer: "The Bremen Town Musicians")
1977
Pete's Dragon (performer: "The Happiest Home in These Hills", "Bill of Sale" - uncredited)
Thanks
2016
Space Clown (special thanks)
Self
2020
Hollywood Madness (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode #7.1 (2020) - Self
2013
Home & Family (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #2.62 (2013) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 21 February 2013 (2013) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 24 January 2013 (2013) - Self - Guest
2010
Faire: An American Renaissance (Documentary) as
Self
1999
California's Gold (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Interviewee
- Muscle Beach (1999) - Self - Interviewee
Archive Footage
2018
Double Switch: 25th Anniversary Edition (Video Game) as
Thug #2
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (TV Movie documentary) as
Ritchie Petrie / Pilot-Head of the Family
References
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