Actor. He was best known for playing the character roles of valets, artists, furniture salesmen, secretaries, orchestra leaders, and a servant, but some were uncredited. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Jigger-Nevins Servant' in the family adventure film, "Tarzan's Revenge" (1938). The film which was directed by D. Ross Lederman, which was written for the screen by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jay Vann, and Robert Lee Johnson, and which also starred Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, and George Barbier, tells the story of Eleanor and her parents who are hunting big game, accompanied by her wimpish fiance. Ben Alleu Bey wants to add her to his 100-woman harem. Tarzan wants her too. He was born one of five children as Louis McClanahan Thompson in Canon City, Colorado, to Louis Cass Thompson (1843-1890), and his wife Nannie C. McClanahan Thompson (1851-1940), on December 31, 1881. He was educated locally and continued into high school until his third year. He then worked as a bookstore salesman before he decided to pursue an acting career. He eventually went to Poplar Bluff, Missouri where he was married, and then to New York City, New York, where he started his acting career. He began his acting career on Broadway in New York City, New York, in several stage productions of such plays as, 'Wetherell' in "Rita Coventry" (February 19, 1923, to March 1923), as 'Harold Storey' in "Spring 3100" (February 15, 1928, to March 1928), in "Cape Cod Follies" (September 18, 1929, to October 12, 1929), and as 'Alfred Joy' in "Housewarming" (April 07, 1932, to April 1932). During this time he also went to Los Angeles, California, and made the transition to films. He made his actual film debut in the short western film, "The Girl And The Fugitive" (1910). The film which was directed by, written by, and also starred Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson, and which also Clara Williams, Fred Ilenstine, Franklyn Hall, John B. O'Brien, and Fred Church, tells the story of Minnie Harding, a Western maiden, who is preparing for a hard washing day. Sam, the negro helper, is assisting her with the wash, carrying water, and filling the tub. While he is making his third trip to the well, a cowboy rides up to the cottage and asks Minnie for a drink. She goes to get it and the cowboy, taking advantage of her hospitality, makes love to her. Minnie repulses him and the cowboy becomes insulting. When Sam returns he finds Minnie struggling in the arms of the cowboy but being a coward himself, he runs out to the road to see if other help cannot be secured. Ross White, another cowboy, is cantering by when Sam sees him and tells him that Minnie has been insulted by a strange cowboy. White is a good friend of Minnie's and, hurriedly dismounting, runs to the house. White orders the cowboy away and the latter, menacing White with future revenge, sneaks away. The scene changes to the front of a little Western saloon and gambling house. White rides up, dismounts, and enters. Seating himself at a table, he takes a hand in a game of poker but soon detects that the other cowboys are cheating. White accuses one of the fellows, a quarrel is started, there is a flash of revolvers, a shot is fired, and White breaks through the crowd and runs outside. White hurries to Minnie Harding's cottage and begs that she conceal him from his pursuers. The girl, thankful to White for his defending her earlier in the day, hides him in a closet just as the leader of the cowboys raps at the door. She admits him. The cowboy inquires if White has been near, informing her that they had seen him near the cottage. She shakes her head. The cowboy, finding the girl alone, makes love to her, and White is again forced to defend her. But the cowboy is too quick for White this time, and with his gun leveled against White's breast, he disarms the latter and ties his hands securely behind him. Then he turns to the door, goes out, and fires his revolver twice, the signal to the rest of the men that the fugitive has been caught. But in the meantime Minnie has cut White's bonds and when the cowboy re-enters White lunges at him and disarms him. When the cowboys dash up to the cottage the leader is permitted to step out and state that White has made his getaway again. To make sure that the cowboys will not misconstrue their leader's words. White has pressed the end of the cowboy's revolver against its owner's ribs and threatened to shoot him if the scheme does not work. The scheme does work, as the leader clearly indicates that White has gone off through the woods and that they had better hurry right after him. The cowboys ride away and White drags his captive into the cottage again. After he has made sure that the other cowboys are well out of the way White liberates the leader. Then he turns to Minnie and stretches out his hand. She hesitates and he opens his arms to her. She runs to him and gathering her in his arms he kisses her tenderly. The leader makes a feeble excuse and hurries out of the room. Besides, "The Girl And The Fugitive" (1910), and "Tarzan's Revenge" (1938), his many other film credits include, "Mystery Of Edwin Drood" (1935), "Alias Mary Dow" (1935), "Manhattan Moon" (1935), "Remember Last Night?" (1935), "Lady Of Secrets" (1936), "The Moon's Our Home" (1936), "I'd Give My Life" (1936), "The Luckiest Girl In The World" (1936), "Theodora Goes Wild" (1936), "Devil's Playground" (1937), "I Promise To Pay" (1937), "Parnell" (1937), "The Firefly" (1937), "The Great Garrick" (1937), "Making The Headlines" (1938), "The Rage Of Paris" (1938), "Marie Antoinette" (1938), "Daredevil's Of The Red Circle" (1939), "The Westerner" (1940), "The Monster And The Girl" (1941), "The Lone Wolf Takes A Chance" (1941), and "The Spider Returns" (1941). His last film role was playing 'Hilary' in the romance film drama, "Now, Voyager" (1942). The film which was directed by Irving Rapper, which was written for the screen by Casey Robinson and Olive Higgins Prouty, and which also starred Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Gladys Cooper, and Claude Rains, tells the story of a frumpy spinster who blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman. The film was also nominated or won several awards including an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Max Steiner, a nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Bette Davis, and a nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gladys Cooper, all in 1943. He retired from acting shortly thereafter. During his acting career, he also used the name, Corbett Morris. He passed away from bronchopneumonia at the Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles, California, on March 10, 1951, at the age of 69. He was cremated through Forest Lawn Memorial Park Crematory in Glendale, California, and his ashes are buried under his real name at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach, California, under a gravestone that is shared with his mother Nannie C. Thompson (1851-1940), his brother Herbert Clair Thompson (1884-1952), and his sister Frances L. Thompson (1887-1968). He was married to Lola Belle Clarida Morris (1897-1989), in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on August 2, 1913. They had one child together, a daughter named Juliette "Judy" Morris (1917-2000).