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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 69
Top works
- English Comedy Stageplays for Theater and Performing Arts
- Fire the Pretty Girl
- Desperate Game
- Composer/Arranger
- Radical Rule
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Film & TV
Annapolis, Maryland, USA
John Morton is an American movie actor and stuntman from Annapolis, Maryland. John appeared in the 1980 hit sequel film Superman II as an astronaut named Nate, also that year he appeared in Flash Gordon. After appearing in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back as Dak Ralter, and as the body double for Boba Fett, he left Hollywood and eventually settled in public relations work back in…
Known for
- American Playhouse — Robert Wilson1982
- The Empire Strikes Back — Dak Ralter1980
- Superman II — Nate1980
- Flash Gordon — Airline Pilot1980
- Oppenheimer — Robert Wilson1980
- Cuba — Gary1979
- A Bridge Too Far — US Padre1977
- The Gumball Rally — Oscar1976
- Orkney — Ezra1971
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- 1,195
- Total plays
- 3,531
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John Morton is a composer best known for his use and manipulations of music boxes and their sounds. This may be compared to Conlon Nancarrow's use of the player piano and John Cage's use of the prepared piano. Born in Los Angeles, he studied privately with David Sheinfeld in San Francisco and then attended the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied with Morton Subotnick and Lucky Mosko. In summer 2009 he created the Sound Tunnel in New York City's Central Park. <a href="https://www.l
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Morton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Annapolis
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- John Morton Celebration Europe II.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1947-03-26
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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