Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the headstrong Old John in "The Culpepper Cattle Co." (1972). Born Robert Drew Morgan, he was raised within a traditional working-class family, one of five children born unto a salesman and a housewife. Following his graduation from Verdugo Hills High School, he began his career as a leading man in stock companies. While performing as a singer during a social function at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, he was discovered by director Jacques Tourneur. Impressed by his slim physique, dark good looks, and impeccable stealth, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision in "Experiment Perilous" (1944). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 50 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, relatives, playboys, gigolos, cowboys, sheriffs, deputies, bailiffs, state troopers, henchmen, sidekicks, landlords, neighbors, eccentrics, curmudgeons, soldiers, sailors, authority figures, policemen, detectives, reporters, adventurers, sergeants, lieutenants, gamblers, engineers, blue-collared guys, guards, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "13 Rue Madeline" (1946), "Belle Starr's Daughter" (1948), "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949), "Dakota Lil" (1950), "Sealed Cargo" (1951), "The Wild Blue Yonder" (1951), "Off Limits" (1952), "Cripple Creek" (1952), "Blackbeard, the Pirate" (1952), "The War of the Worlds" (1952), "Devil's Canyon" (1953), "Gun Fury" (1953), "Shotgun" (1955), "You're Never Too Young" (1955), "The Boss" (1956), "Death of a Scoundrel" (1956), "The Wings of Eagles" (1957), "Designing Woman" (1957), "The Big Country" (1958), "The Hanging Tree" (1959), "Spartacus" (1960), "The Alamo" (1960), "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), "How the West Was Won" (1962), "Chisum" (1970), "Skin Game" (1971), "Swashbuckler" (1976), and "Silverado" (1985). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Clock," "The Adventures of Kit Carson," "Star Stage," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "State Trooper," "Studio 57," "The Restless Gun," "Lawman," "Peter Gunn," "Maverick," "The Islanders," "Stagecoach West," "87th Precinct," "Iron Horse," "The Munsters," "Gunsmoke," "Hec Ramsey," and "Baretta". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, was the celebrity spokesman for Chevrolet and Canada Dry, had been the official stuntman for actors George Kennedy and Kirk Douglas, presided on his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Muscular Dystrophy Association, was the older brother of actress and singer Jaye P. Morgan, had served on the board of directors for the California division of the Special Olympics, had been a physical education instructor for the UCLA, and he was married to actress Yvonne De Carlo from 1955 to 1968 (their union ended in divorce and produced three children, one of whom became the noted historian Bruce Ross Morgan). Following his 1985 retirement, he spent the remainder of his life living comfortably in the suburbs being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and was involved in charitable and religious causes until his death.