Byron Morrow

Byron Morrow
Born	William Byron Morrow (1911-09-08)September 8, 1911 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1955-1991

Byron Morrow (September 8, 1911 – May 11, 2006) was an American television and film actor.

Career

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Morrow served his country in World War II, performing in theater productions during his tour of duty. He began appearing in film and television in the late 1950s and amassed some 200 appearances in a career spanning the next 35 years. Morrow's television work ran from Peter Gunn in the late 1950s to Father Dowling Mysteries in 1991. With white hair and patrician looks, Morrow strongly resembled Gen. William Westmoreland, who commanded U.S. troops in Vietnam in the 1960s. Morrow mostly played authority figures, often in uniform.

He made seven appearances as a judge in CBS's Perry Mason and played real-life Admiral Chester Nimitz in the pilot episode of NBC's Baa Baa Black Sheep, starring Robert Conrad.

In 1961 and 1962, Morrow was cast as Captain Keith Gregory in the episodes "No Fat Cops" and "The Deadlier Sex" of the ABC crime drama The New Breed, starring Leslie Nielsen.

He appeared in two episodes of the original series of NBC's Star Trek - in Amok Time as Admiral Komack, and in For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky as Admiral Westervliet (per the episode's closing credits; the name is omitted from dialogue). This was the first appearance of an admiral in the original series.

In 1973, he had the role of Admiral Phillips in the ABC-TV movie The President's Plane is Missing.

Death

Morrow died at the age of 94 in 2006 in Woodland Hills, California.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1955	Luke and the Tenderfoot	George	1 episode
1958-1960	Peter Gunn (TV series)	Frank Kinnard / Warden	2 episodes
1960	Michael Shayne (TV series)	William Carson	1 episode
1959-1961	Lock-Up (TV series)	Dr. Ralph Sterling / Detective at Desk	2 episodes
1961	Tallahassee 7000	Dan Nelson	1 episode
	The Loretta Young Show	Mr. Howard	1 episode
	The Untouchables	Various characters	4 episodes
1961-1964	Lassie (TV series)	Bruce Henderson / Professor Stoddard	2 episodes
1961-1970	Death Valley Days (TV series)	Various roles, including Brigham Young in "An Organ for Brother Brigham" (April 28, 1966)	5 episodes
1962	The Andy Griffith Show	The Commissioner	Episode "Andy on Trial"
1964	Wagon Train	Mr. Haley	1 episode
	The Strangler	Dr.Morton	film role
1965-1967	I Dream of Jeannie	General Alton / General Moore	2 episodes
	Get Smart	Various roles	3 episodes
	1967	40 Guns to Apache Pass	Colonel Reed	Feature film role
1965-1968	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	John Fenton / Congressman	2 episodes
1967-1968	Star Trek	Admiral Westervliet / Admiral Komack	2 episodes
1968-1972	Mannix	Various roles	6 episodes
1968-1974	Ironside	Delany/ Mr. Gregory	2 episodes
1971	The Bill Cosby Show	Announcer	1 episode
1972	Here's Lucy	Announcer	1 episode
1973	The President's Plane is Missing	Admiral Phillips	ABC-TV movie
1977	Family	Jeffrey Maitland, Sr.	1 episode
1979	B.J. and the Bear	Senator McMasters	1 episode
	Fantasy Island	Mr. Dow	1 episode
	The Paper Chase (TV series)	Bryant	1 episode
1979-1983	Trapper John, M.D.	Various roles	3 episodes
1983-1984	Matt Houston	Adamson / Doctor	2 episodes
1986	It's Garry Shandling's Show	The Doctor	1 episode
1991	Father Dowling Mysteries	Judge Allsburg	final acting role

References

• Byron Morrow's obituary from the Los Angeles Times (registration required)

External links

• Byron Morrow at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Byron Morrow at the Internet Movie Database