Byron Morrow


William Byron Morrow was an American television and film actor.

Early life

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Morrow served his country in World War II, performing in theater productions during his tour of duty. He began appearing in film and television in the late 1950s and amassed some 200 appearances in a career spanning the next 35 years.
Morrow's television work ran from Peter Gunn in the late 1950s to Father Dowling Mysteries in 1991. With white hair and patrician looks, Morrow strongly resembled General William Westmoreland, who commanded U.S. troops in the Vietnam War during the 1960s. Morrow mostly played authority figures, often in uniform.

Career

He made seven appearances as a judge in CBS's Perry Mason and played real-life Admiral Chester Nimitz in the pilot episode of NBC's Baa Baa Black Sheep, starring Robert Conrad.
In 1961 and 1962, Morrow was cast as Captain Keith Gregory in the episodes "No Fat Cops" and "The Deadlier Sex" of the ABC crime drama The New Breed, starring Leslie Nielsen. In 1962 Morrow appeared as Judge Cornwall on the TV western The Virginian in the episode titled "The Accomplice."
He appeared in Bewitched in 1965 as councilman Kavanaugh season 1 episode 34. He appeared in two episodes of the original series of NBC's - in "Amok Time" as Admiral Komack, and in "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" as Admiral Westervliet. This was the first appearance of an admiral in the original series.
In 1971 Morrow appeared as Harkin on "The Men From Shiloh" in the episode titled "The Politician."
In 1973, he had the role of Admiral Phillips in the ABC-TV movie The President's Plane is Missing.
Byron Morrow also appeared in the first season of Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "A Little Glory, A Little Death".

Death

Morrow died at the age of 94 on 11 May 2006 at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.

Filmography