Jay Morley (July 14, 1890 – November 9, 1976),[1] was an American actor, active in silent films.
Jay Morley | |
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 Morley, photographed by Witzel Studios | |
| Born | July 14, 1890 Port Orange, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | November 9, 1976 (aged 86) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1913–1931, 1950–1951 |
Career edit
Morley began his acting career in a traveling vaudeville act[2] and performed in dramas with stock theater companies for five years.[1] He had success in silent films, but retired at the beginning of the sound era to serve as sheriff of Malibu.[3] He returned to films and television in the early 1950s.[3]
Filmography edit
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- The Man Who Tried to Forget (1913)
- Elsie Venner (1914)
- The Getaway (1914)
- The City (1914)
- Man to Man (1914)
- The Best Man (1914)
- The School Teacher at Angel Camp (1914)
- In the Background (1915)
- What Money Will Do (1915)
- The Discontented Man (1915)
- The Taunt (1915)
- The Red Virgin (1915)
- When the Wires Crossed (1915)
- The Emerald God (1915)
- The Lonely Fisherman (1915)
- A Night in Old Spain (1915)
- Margie of the Underworld (1915)
- The Death Web (1915)
- The Palace of Dust (1915)
- The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915)
- Meg o' the Cliffs (1915)
- When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (1915)
- The Legend of the Poisoned Pool (1915)
- With Stolen Money (1915)
- The Road to Paradise (1915)
- Saved from the Harem (1915)
- The Convict King (1915)
- The Lost Bracelet (1916)
- The Old Watchman (1916)
- The Little Sister of the Poor (1916)
- Two News Items (1916)
- A Modern Paul (1916)
- The Repentant (1916)
- At the Doors of Doom (1916)
- A Sister to Cain (1916)
- The Return of James Jerome (1916)
- One of the Pack (1916)
- The Candle (1916)
- The Beggar King (1916)
- The Half Wit (1916)
- By Right of Love (1916)
- Their Mother (1916)
- Who Knows? (1917)
- Loyalty (1917)
- Humility (1918)
- Blindfolded (1918)
- An Alien Enemy (1918)
- Ace High (1918)
- Todd of the Times (1919)
- The Usurper (1919)
- The Busher (1919)
- The Little Boss (1919)
- Over the Garden Wall (1919)
- A Fighting Colleen (1919)
- The Invisible Hand (1920)
- Pegeen (1920)
- Telemachus, Friend (1920)
- The Green Flame (1920)
- The Woman Untamed (1920)
- The Roads We Take (1920)
- The Call Loan (1920)
- Fighting Fate (1921)
- The Honor of Rameriz (1921)
- The Heart of Doreon (1921)
- Trailin' (1921)
- The Verdict (1922)
- In the Days of Buffalo Bill (1922)
- The Man Who Waited (1922)
- Crimson Gold (1923)
- Out of Luck (1923)
- Rustlin' (1923)
- Face to Face (1923)
- The Wolf Trapper (1923)
- No Tenderfoot (1923)
- The Twilight Trail (1923)
- Waterfront Wolves (1924)
- Paying the Limit (1924)
- Wanted by the Law (1924)
- Getting Her Man (1924)
- Three Days to Live (1924)
- Behind Two Guns (1924)
- Reckless Courage (1925)
- With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail (1926)
- Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (1926)
- With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)
- Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)
- The Mojave Kid (1927)
- The Slingshot Kid (1927)
- Driftin' Sands (1928)
- Man in the Rough (1928)
- Trail of Courage (1928)
- Come and Get It! (1929)
- The Amazing Vagabond (1929)
- Near the Trail's End (1931)
- The Lone Ranger (1950) – TV series
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Dark City (1950)
- Mr. Music (1950)
- The Enforcer (1951)
- A Place in the Sun (1951)
References edit
- ^ a b Katchmer, George A. (September 22, 2009). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. pp. 269–270. ISBN 978-0-7864-4693-3. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Interesting Facts about the Clan that Acts". The Photo-Play Journal. October 1917. p. 26.
- ^ a b Wollstein, Hans J. "Jay Morley". AllMovie.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jay Morley.
- Jay Morley at IMDb