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Joe Morton

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Biography

Joe Morton was born on October 18, 1947 in New York, New York, USA. The Son of a U.S. Army intelligence officer he spent…more

Born

10/18/1947, New York, New York, USA

Birth Name

Joseph Morton

Gender

Male

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Star (12)

Role
- Eureka
  Henry Deacon
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Real Thing
    4/23/12
  - S 5: Ep 1 Lost
    4/16/12
  - S 4: Ep 21 Do You See What I See
    12/6/11
  - S 4: Ep 19 One Small Step
    9/12/11
  - S 4: Ep 18 This One Time at Space Camp…
    8/29/11
  - + 58 More Credits
- Gone But Not Forgotten
  Reggie Stewart
  - S 1: Ep 1 Phillip Margolin's Gone But Not Forgotten
    5/7/06
- Mercy Point
  Dr. Grote Maxwell
  - S 1: Ep 7 Persistence of Vision
    7/15/99
  - S 1: Ep 6 Battle Scars
    7/15/99
  - S 1: Ep 5 No Mercy
    7/8/99
  - S 1: Ep 4 Second Chances
    7/8/99
  - S 1: Ep 3 Last Resort
    10/20/98
  - + 3 More Credits
- Prince Street
  Lt. Tom Warner
  - S 1: Ep 2 God Bless America
    3/12/97
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    3/6/97
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Room Without a View
  - S 1: Ep 5 Father and Sons
  - S 1: Ep 4 Drugs, Lies and Videotape
  - + 1 More Credits
- New York News
  Mitch Cotter
  - S 1: Ep 8 You Thought the Pope was Something
    11/30/95
  - S 1: Ep 7 Welcome Back Cotter
    11/9/95
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Question of Truth
    11/2/95
  - S 1: Ep 5 Good-Bye Gator
    10/19/95
  - S 1: Ep 4 Broadway Joe
    10/12/95
  - + 9 More Credits
- Under One Roof (1995)s
  Ron Langston
  - S 1: Ep 6 Ronnie's Got A Gun
    4/18/95
  - S 1: Ep 5 Secrets
    4/11/95
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sophisticated Lady ... Not!
    4/4/95
  - S 1: Ep 3 Pilot
    3/28/95
  - S 1: Ep 2 Daddy's Girl
    3/21/95
  - + 1 More Credits
- Tribeca
  Carleton
  - S 1: Ep 7 Stepping Back
    5/4/93
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Loft
    4/27/93
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Rainmaker
    4/20/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 Heros Exoletus
    4/13/93
  - S 1: Ep 2 Honor
    3/30/93
  - + 4 More Credits
- Tribeca
  Officer Carleton Thomas
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Hopeless Romantic
    4/6/93
- Equal Justice
  Michael James
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Devil His Due
    7/3/91
  - S 2: Ep 12 What Color Are My Eyes?
    6/26/91
  - S 2: Ep 11 Opening Farewell
    6/19/91
  - S 2: Ep 10 Without Prejudice
    4/10/91
  - S 2: Ep 9 Do the Wrong Thing
    3/27/91
  - + 22 More Credits
- Grady
  Hal Marshall
  - S 1: Ep 8 Bureaucracy
    2/12/76
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Strike
    1/29/76
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Driving Force
    12/11/75
  - S 1: Ep 1 Be It Ever So Humble
    12/4/75
- Another World
  Abel Marsh (1983 - 1984)
  - S 6: Ep 2 Ep. #1278
    7/1/69
  - S 6: Ep 1 Ep. #1277
    6/30/69
  - S 5: Ep 22 Ep. #1014
    6/10/68
  - S 5: Ep 21 Ep. #1013
    6/7/68
  - S 5: Ep 20 Ep. #1012
    6/6/68
  - + 109 More Credits
- Search for Tomorrow
  Dr. James Foster (1973-1974)
  - S 1: Ep 1 1
    9/3/51
  - S 27: Ep 1 Ep. #9100
    12/26/86
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 22: Ep 3 The Bombing of Germany
    2/8/10
  - S 20: Ep 10 Minik, the Lost Eskimo
    3/31/08
  - S 20: Ep 4 Grand Central
    2/4/08
  - S 18: Ep 6 The Nuremberg Trials
    1/30/06
  - S 17: Ep 4 Building the Alaskan Highway
    2/7/05
  - + 3 More Credits
- E-Ring
  Steven Algazi
  - S 1: Ep 6 Toy Soldiers
    10/26/05
  - S 1: Ep 5 Weekend Pass
    10/19/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 Tribes
    10/12/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 Escape and Evade
    10/5/05
  - S 1: Ep 2 Snatch and Grab
    9/28/05
  - + 1 More Credits
- Law & Order
  Leon Chiles
  - S 15: Ep 16 The Sixth Man
    2/16/05
  - S 14: Ep 15 Veteran's Day
    2/18/04
  - S 11: Ep 6 Burn Baby Burn
    11/22/00
- A Different World
  Byron Douglas III
  - S 5: Ep 25 Save the Best for Last (2)
    5/14/92
  - S 5: Ep 24 Save the Best for Last (1)
    5/14/92
  - S 5: Ep 23 Special Delivery
    5/7/92
  - S 5: Ep 21 Do the Write Thing
    4/2/92
  - S 5: Ep 19 Conflict of Interest (2)
    2/27/92
  - + 2 More Credits
Guest Star (42)

Role
- The Good Wife
  Daniel Golden
  - S 3: Ep 6 Affairs of State
    10/30/11
  - S 1: Ep 17 Heart
    3/16/10
  - S 1: Ep 15 Bang
    3/2/10
  - S 1: Ep 13 Bad
    2/2/10
  - S 1: Ep 12 Painkiller
    1/12/10
  - + 3 More Credits
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 171 Episode #4.171
    3/23/11
- White Collar
  Bancroft
  - S 2: Ep 7 Prisoner's Dilemma
    8/24/10
- Brothers & Sisters
  Professor Madsen
  - S 4: Ep 4 From France With Love
    10/18/09
  - S 4: Ep 3 Almost Normal
    10/11/09
- Warehouse 13
  Reverend John Hill
  - S 1: Ep 9 Regrets
    9/1/09
- Boston Legal
  Attorney Steve Duprey
  - S 4: Ep 18 Indecent Proposals
    4/30/08
- Numb3rs
  Peter Lange
  - S 4: Ep 9 Graphic
    11/23/07
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 19: Ep 7 The Berlin Airlift
    1/29/07
  - S 18: Ep 11 The Alaska Pipeline
    4/24/06
  - S 18: Ep 2 Race to the Moon
    10/31/05
- E-Ring
  SecDef Steven Algazi
  - S 1: Ep 12 Breath of Allah
    1/11/06
- E-Ring
  Steven Algazi
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Forgotten
    11/23/05
- CSI: NY
  Chief Dwight Hillborne
  - S 1: Ep 21 On the Job
    5/4/05
  - S 1: Ep 20 Supply and Demand
    4/27/05
- JAG
  Elroy Johnson
  - S 10: Ep 20 Unknown Soldier
    4/15/05
- House
  Senator Gary H. Wright
  - S 1: Ep 17 Role Model
    4/12/05
- The Jury
  James Byron Milton
  - S 1: Ep 5 Last Rites
    6/29/04
- Whoopi
  Martin James
  - S 1: Ep 22 Sins of the Sister
    4/20/04
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Ray Bevins
  - S 4: Ep 23 Grief
    5/2/03
- Smallville
  Dr. Steven Hamilton
  - S 2: Ep 3 Duplicity
    10/8/02
  - S 1: Ep 20 Obscura
    5/14/02
  - S 1: Ep 15 Nicodemus
    3/19/02
  - S 1: Ep 7 Craving
    11/27/01
- All My Children
  Dr. Zeke McMillan
  - S 33: Ep 152 Ep. #8401
    8/6/02
  - S 33: Ep 145 Ep. #8394
    7/26/02
  - S 33: Ep 142 Ep. #8391
    7/23/02
- All My Children
  Zeke McMillan
  - S 33: Ep 141 Ep. #8390
    7/22/02
- Touched By an Angel
  Martin
  - S 8: Ep 20 The Impossible Dream
    5/4/02
- The Practice
  U.S. Attorney
  - S 6: Ep 18 Fire Proof
    4/7/02
- NOVA
  Narrator
  - S 29: Ep 11 Neanderthals on Trial
    1/22/02
  - S 27: Ep 14 Secrets of Lost Empires II: Easter Island
    2/15/00
- NOVA
  Additional Narration
  - S 29: Ep 8 Methuselah Tree
    12/11/01
- Nature
  Narrator
  - S 20: Ep 1 Africa: Savanna Homecoming (1)
    9/9/01
- The X-Files
  Martin Wells
  - S 8: Ep 6 Redrum
    12/10/00
- Law & Order
  Leon Chiles
  - S 10: Ep 24 Vaya Con Dios
    5/24/00
- Touched By an Angel
  Jake Stone
  - S 2: Ep 16 Jacob's Ladder
    2/10/96
- New York Undercover
  Dinah
  - S 1: Ep 12 Blondes Have More Fun
    12/8/94
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  Sam Thorne
  - S 3: Ep 5 Happy to Be Here
    11/18/94
  - S 3: Ep 4 A Model Citizen
    11/11/94
- Law & Order
  Roland Books
  - S 3: Ep 2 Conspiracy
    9/30/92
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 194 May 31, 1990
    5/31/90
- The Equalizer
  Carter Brock
  - S 4: Ep 22 Suicide Squad
    8/24/89
  - S 4: Ep 16 Time Present, Time Past
    4/20/89
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Sins of the Father
    1/18/89
- A Man Called Hawk
  Rev. Martin Lewis
  - S 1: Ep 7 Choice of Chance
    3/11/89
- Police Story
  Sgt. Jeff Allen
  - S 6: Ep 4 Burnout
    11/26/88
- The Equalizer
  Slate
  - S 2: Ep 22 Re-Entry
    5/27/87
- Miami Vice
  Lt. Jack Davis
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Maze
    2/22/85
- American Playhouse
  Carl Hatch
  - S 2: Ep 7 The File on Jill Hatch (3)
    3/1/83
  - S 2: Ep 6 The File on Jill Hatch (2)
    2/22/83
  - S 2: Ep 5 The File on Jill Hatch (1)
    2/15/83
- What's Happening!!
  Manager
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Birthday Present
    8/12/76
- M*A*S*H
  Captain Saunders
  - S 4: Ep 17 Der Tag
    1/6/76
- Grady
  Hal Marshall
- Sanford and Son
  Hal Marshall
  - S 4: Ep 25 The Family Man
    4/25/75
- Mission: Impossible
  Clerk
  - S 5: Ep 10 Hunted
    11/21/70
Director (2)

Role
- Eureka
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 7 Stoned
    8/20/10
  - S 3: Ep 17 Have an Ice Day
    9/11/09
- Tribeca
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Loft
    4/27/93

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- Joe narrated "The Great Depression" documentary series for PBS.
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- Joe's favorite sci-fi movie is "Alien".
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- Joe directed the movie "Sunday at the Rocks".
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- Joe Morton: Nothing ever happens the way you think it's going to happen. I left school wanting to do Shakespeare and the Greeks, and I ended up doing musicals because I could sing. It moved me very quickly. . . . But it was never anything I wanted to do. It looked like a dead-end situation unless I was going to be a recording artist or go on to do musicals.
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- Joe Morton: (about how his father's death affected his work) I spend a lot of time doing characters like Mike James, who go around avenging everyone else's wrongs - or characters like I play in classical theater, who are always avenging their father's deaths.
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- Joe Morton: (about getting to play a bad guy) No, as long as it has a point of view. If there's a reason for this guy to be a bad guy, then that's terrific. I'd love, actually, to play somebody who is really smart and really horrible [laughs].
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