Zoneboy
02-04-2008, 11:12 AM
Link (http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2MDvib2_kc2AwyGqk8PmKdazFeQ)
TORONTO - Actor-director Barry Morse, best known as the police detective in constant pursuit of Dr. Richard Kimble in the TV series "The Fugitive," has died in England at the age of 89.
His son, Hayward Morse, says his father died Saturday at University College hospital in London, where he had been living for a number of years. He says he was taken there Wednesday after he began experiencing blackouts and was falling down.
Morse established himself in London theatrical circles before emigrating to Canada in 1951. His career spanned seven decades and his website estimates Morse played more than 3,000 roles on radio, television, stage and in film.
Morse, who graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also appeared on Broadway in "Hide and Seek," "Salad Days" and the lead of Frederick William Rolfe in "Hadrian VII".
Morse performed on and produced the half-hour CBC Radio series, "A Touch of Greasepaint," which ran for 14 years and "Barry Morse Presents" on television. He was also a one-time artistic director at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
In 1963, he was hired by producer Quinn Martin to play Lieutenant Phillip Girard on "The Fugitive" - a series that ran four seasons and 120 episodes.
TORONTO - Actor-director Barry Morse, best known as the police detective in constant pursuit of Dr. Richard Kimble in the TV series "The Fugitive," has died in England at the age of 89.
His son, Hayward Morse, says his father died Saturday at University College hospital in London, where he had been living for a number of years. He says he was taken there Wednesday after he began experiencing blackouts and was falling down.
Morse established himself in London theatrical circles before emigrating to Canada in 1951. His career spanned seven decades and his website estimates Morse played more than 3,000 roles on radio, television, stage and in film.
Morse, who graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also appeared on Broadway in "Hide and Seek," "Salad Days" and the lead of Frederick William Rolfe in "Hadrian VII".
Morse performed on and produced the half-hour CBC Radio series, "A Touch of Greasepaint," which ran for 14 years and "Barry Morse Presents" on television. He was also a one-time artistic director at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
In 1963, he was hired by producer Quinn Martin to play Lieutenant Phillip Girard on "The Fugitive" - a series that ran four seasons and 120 episodes.