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Vic Morrow, born Victor Harry Morozoff on February 14, 1929, in The Bronx, New York, was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. He began his work period in 1955 and continued until 1982. Morrow was educated at Florida State University and spoke English. He was married to Barbara Turner and was the father of Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Morrow died on July 23, 1982, in Valencia. His death was accidental and resulted from decapitation. His last words were, "I've got to be crazy to do this shot. I should've asked for a double." He is associated with the Western genre and his work includes films he directed.
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Film & TV
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Victor "Vic" Morrow (February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor, whose credits include a starring role in the 1960s TV series Combat!, prominent roles in a handful of other television and cinema dramas, and numerous guest roles on television. He and child actors Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) died when a stunt helicopter crashed on them during the filming of…
Known for
- Elvis: A Life in Music — Self (archive footage)2026
- Death Scenes 2 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1992
- Death In Hollywood1990
- Twilight Zone: The Movie — Bill1983
- 1990: The Bronx Warriors — Hammer1982
- The Last Shark — Ron Hamer1981
- Humanoids from the Deep — Hank Slattery1980
- Magnum, P.I. — Police Sergeant Jordan1980
- B.A.D. Cats1980
- The Evictors — Jake Rudd1979
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Key facts
- Born
- Victor Morozoff , ( 1929-02-14 ) February 14, 1929, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- July 23, 1982 (1982-07-23) (aged 53), Valencia, California , U.S.
- Cause of death
- Accidental decapitation by helicopter rotor blades
- Resting place
- Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1955–1982
- Spouses
- Barbara Turner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1964 ) Gale A. Lester ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 )
- Children
- 2, including Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Branch
- United States Navy
- Service years
- 1946–1948
- Rank
- Seaman First Class
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Valencia
- Spouse
- Barbara Turner
- Child
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Florida State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Vic Morrow in Blackboard Jungle Trailer.jpg
- Height
- 175
- Work location
- United States
- Significant event
- Twilight Zone accident
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- date of birth
- 1929-02-14
- date of death
- 1982-07-23
- Commons category
- Vic Morrow
- birth name
- Victor Harry Morozoff
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- end of work period
- 1982-00-00
- cause of death
- decapitation
- manner of death
- accidental death
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Vic Morrow
- writing language
- English language
- last words
- I've got to be crazy to do this shot. I should've asked for a double.
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Encyclopedic overview
Victor Harry Morrow (born Victor Morozoff; February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He first gained attention for the role of juvenile delinquent Artie West in his debut film Blackboard Jungle (1955). He later came to prominence as one of the leads of the ABC drama series Combat! (1962–1967), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series. Active on screen for over three decades, his other film roles include King Creole (1958), God's Little Acre (1958), Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), and The Bad News Bears (1976). Morrow continued acting up to his death during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) when he and two child actors were killed in a helicopter crash on set.
Early life
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