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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Lynn Milgrim to Rob Morrow
James Morrison Biography (1954-)
Full name, James Paige Morrison; born April 21, 1954, in Bountiful, UT; father, an office manager; married Riad Galayini (an actress, producer, cinematographer, director, and writer), November, 1995; children: Seamus. Addresses: Contact: c/o Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 West 500 N., Salt Lake City,UT. E-mail: fireweed\@spectraldesign.com.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, writer, director
- Birth Details
- April 21, 1954
- Bountiful, Utah, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) Pope, A Cry of Players, Anchorage, AK, between 1972-1974
- Hero, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anchorage, between 1972-1974
- Troilus, A Tiger at the Gates, Anchorage, between 1972-1974
- Jesus Christ, Godspell, Anchorage, between 1972-1974
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A Man for All Seasons, Anchorage, between 1972-1974
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Five Finger Exercise, Theatre 138, Salt Lake City, UT, 1974
- Jack, Jack, or the Submission, Direct Theatre, New York City, 1975
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Noon, Direct Theatre, 1975
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Bullshot Crummond, Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, between 1976-1977
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The Sign of Four, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between 1978-1980
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A Christmas Carol, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between 1978-1980
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Diamond Studs, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between 1978-1980
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The Taming of the Shrew, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between1978-1980
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Curse of the Starving Class, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
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Death of a Salesman, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
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Disco World, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
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Scapino, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
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She Stoops to Conquer, Theatre 40, Los Angeles, 1982
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Greek, Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles, 1982
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Cloud Nine, Los Angeles Stage Company West, Los Angeles, then Cricket Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, both 1983
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1983
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Still Life, Salt Lake Acting Company, Traverse Theatre, EdinburghFestival, Edinburgh, Scotland, then Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, and Riverside Studio, London, all 1984
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Time and Chance, Cricket Theatre, 1985
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The Foreigner, Burt Reynolds's Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter, FL, 1986
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Tarantula, Powerhouse Theatre, Los Angeles, 1986
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Julius Caesar, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1986
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Richard II, Old Globe Theatre, 1986
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I'm Not Rappaport, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, 1986
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, 1987
- Pinder, El Salvador, Gnu Theatre, Los Angeles, 1988
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Down the Road, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, CA, 1989
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Twelfth Night, La Jolla Playhouse, 1990
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Rug Merchants of Chaos, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1991
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1992
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Winter's Tales '94, McCarter Theatre, 1994
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The Mai, McCarter Theatre, 1996
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Tamarind Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 1998
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Fool for Love, McCarter Theatre, 1999
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Major Tours
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The Fantasy Factory, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between 1978-1980
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Stage Director
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The Holy Ghostly, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1976-1977
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Wolves, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
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The Foreigner, Salt Lake Acting Company, 1987
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Greater Tuna, Salt Lake Acting Company, 1989
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Abundance, Salt Lake Acting Company, 1992
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Joey Moscini, General Hospital, 1991
- Lieutenant Colonel Tyrus Cassius "T. C." McQueen, Space: Above and Beyond (also known as Space: 2063), Fox, 1995
- Colonel Tim Devon, Freedom, 2000
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Miniseries
- Green Beret, Fatal Vision, NBC, 1984
- Bradley, North and South II (also known as North and South: Book II), ABC, 1986
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Movies
- Elliot, Last Flight Out, NBC, 1990
- Lieutenant Brill, Good Cops, Bad Cops (also known as The Cops Are Robbers and Good Cops, Bad Cops: The Biggest Heist in History),NBC, 1990
- Handsome man, Where Are My Children?, ABC, 1994
- Peter, White Dwarf, Fox, 1995
- Senator Paul Saxon, Shadow of Doubt (also known as Reasonable Doubt), Cinemax, 1998
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Episodic
- Steven Rose, "All in a Day's Work," Monsters, syndicated, 1988
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L.A. Law, NBC, 1991
- Mr. Lejeune, "Hurricane--August 17, 1969," Quantum Leap, 1991
- Ned Travis, "Mustangs," Walker, Texas Ranger, 1994
- Brian, "Adventures in Paradise: Part 2," Frasier, NBC, 1994
- James Horn, "Dead Letters," Millennium, 1996
- Lewis, "Infiltration," Prey, ABC, 1998
- Lewis, "Transformations," Prey, ABC, 1998
- Lewis, "Veil," Prey, ABC, 1998
- Lloyd Nichols, "Murder at the Finish Line," Diagnosis Murder, CBS,1998
- Will Cook, "The Root of All Evil," Profiler, 1998
- Agent Carter, "Shadow Play," Seven Days, UPN, 1998
- Peter Callan, "Boomtown," Nash Bridges, CBS, 1999
- Dr. Wieder, "Theef," The X-Files, Fox, 2000
- Simian Nye/Troy Manheim, "$4.95 a Minute," The Others, NBC, 2000
- Made television debut as Gary the cat burglar in "Zippers," an episode ofAutoman; appeared as Steven Cayden in "Love Hurts," an episode of Houston Knights; as father of the dying child in "Doogie Howser Has Leftthe Building," Doogie Howser, M.D.; and as Assistant District AttorneyChet Fields, "Hitwoman," The Marshal; also appeared in episodes of Brooklyn South,
Jesse Hawkes,
Once a Hero, and Werewolf.
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Other Television Appearances
- Captain Horster, An Enemy of the People (special), PBS, 1990
- Paul Whitaker, Without Warning, 1994
- Dr. Gordon Wayne, The Wonder Cabinet (pilot), Fox, 1999
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Film Appearances
- Jonathan, Unfinished Business, American Film Institute, 1987
- Construction sign man by bus stop, Falling Down, Warner Bros., 1993
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Desert Cross, 1994
- Bernie, Abilene, Independent Artists, 1999
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Film Work
- Director, Parking (short film), 1996
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Radio Appearances
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Julius Caesar, BBC, 1995
- William Bradford Huie, Ruby McCollum, National Public Radio, 1997
- Bill Starbuck, Rainmaker, National Public Radio, 2000
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WRITINGS
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Plays
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Idle Wheels, Salt Lake Acting Company, 1986
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Lester and the Argonauts, Mojo Ensemble, Los Angeles, 1993
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Parking, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, 1994
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False Bravado, Lex Theatre, Hollywood, 2000
- "A Reason for Feathers" (staged reading), Winterfest 2000, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2000
- Author of Dwelling in the Land of Nod (also known as DRED),performed in a reading at Playwrights' Lab, Sundance Institute, in the 1980s.
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Short Films
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Parking, 1996
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Nude Descending, 1997
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Other Writings
- Author of Fog Slow to Clear, a book of poems and prose.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Drama-Logue, February, 1996, p. 7.
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Starlog, May, 1996 .
Electronic:
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Life of an Actor, http://www.lifeofanactor.com.
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