Acting
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Biography
Actor and stuntman Boyd Franklin 'Red' Morgan was born on October 24, 1915 in Waurika, Oklahoma. Morgan spent the first twelve years of his life growing up on a combination farm and cattle ranch. Boyd started high school in Hobbs, New Mexico and finished high school in Holtville, California. An outstanding athlete in high school, Morgan attended the University of Southern California on a football scholarship in 1935 and made his film debut as a football player in 1936. Following graduation from college, Boyd was recruited by the Washington Redskins before going on to join the Pacific Coast League in 1940 and went on to play football for the Hollywood Bears and the Birmingham Generals. Morgan joined the U.S. Navy as an ensign in 1942 and in the wake of his military service worked as a football coach at Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California up until 1948. Boyd decided to pursue a career as both an actor and stuntman in the late 1940's. Among the notable actors that he doubled for are Stuart Whitman, Dean Martin, Scott Brady, Gene Evans, Darren McGavin, Jim Davis, Peter Graves, and Leo Gordon. A steady and sturdy fixture in Western movies and TV shows, Morgan's career in show business encompassed over five decades altogether. Boyd died from a heart attack at age 72 on January 8, 1988 in Tarzana, California.
Movies with Boyd 'Red' Morgan
The Alamo
1960
Blazing Saddles
1974
True Grit
1969
Dirty Harry
1971
How the West Was Won
1962
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
The War Wagon
1967
Rio Lobo
1970
Foxy Brown
1974
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
Ride Lonesome
1959
Zabriskie Point
1970
The Fountainhead
1949
Two Rode Together
1961
5 Card Stud
1968
The Stalking Moon
1968
Riding Shotgun
1954
Ten Wanted Men
1955
Violent Saturday
1955
That's My Boy
1951
Reign of Terror
1949
The Quick Gun
1964
The Left Handed Gun
1958
Wild Rovers
1971
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
Return of the Gunfighter
1967
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
Five Guns West
1955
The Texas Rangers
1951
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
Silver City
1951
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
Thundering Caravans
1952
Beyond the Time Barrier
1960
Arizona Raiders
1965
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956
Fort Yuma
1955
The Big Game
1936
War Drums
1957
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955
The Fleet's In
1942
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
Gun Belt
1953
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
Flaming Feather
1952
Hell Bound
1957
Crime Against Joe
1956
The Amazing Transparent Man
1960
Desert of Lost Men
1951
The Bounty Killer
1965
Slaughter Trail
1951
Five Guns to Tombstone
1961
Dr. Shagetz
1975
The Great Sioux Uprising
1953
The Gambler Wore a Gun
1961
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
The Dalton Girls
1957
The Last Musketeer
1952
