Occupation Television director Name Hollingsworth Morse | Years active 1952-1986 Role Film director | |
Full Name John Hollingsworth Morse Born December 16, 1910 ( 1910-12-16 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Died January 23, 1988, Studio City, California, United States Spouse Sally Eilers (m. 1949–1958), Bonnie Baker (m. 1943), Sandra Gould (m. ?–1988) Movies Pufnstuf, Daughters of Satan, Menace from Outer Space, Crash of the Moons, Manhunt in Space Similar People Sally Mansfield, Richard Crane, Billie Hayes, Robert Lyden, Charles Meredith | ||
Silver Needle in the Sky (1954) ROCKY JONES, SPACE RANGER
John Hollingsworth Morse (December 16, 1910 – January 23, 1988) was an American film and television director. He directed episodes of a wide variety of U.S. television series from the 1950s through the 1980s, including McHale's Navy, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Adam-12, The Dukes of Hazzard, H.R. Pufnstuf, Mystery Island and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Hollingsworth also directed a lesser number of feature films throughout his career, including Daughters of Satan and the 1972 adaptation of the children's novel Justin Morgan Had a Horse.
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Early career
Morse began his career in the casting department of Paramount Pictures, and eventually began to work closely with director George Stevens. During World War II, Stevens was Morse's commanding officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In that capacity, Morse traveled with Stevens's unit through Europe and helped capture footage of the Battle of Normandy and other significant events of the European war. Morse reflected on these experiences through his participation in the 1994 documentary George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin, which was directed by George Stevens, Jr..
Marriage to Bonnie Baker
Morse married singer Bonnie Baker December 6, 1943.