Read Morgan
Read Lawrence Morgan (born January 30, 1931) is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing the role of Sergeant Hapgood Tasker in the American western television series "The Deputy". Life and career. Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended at the University of Kentucky, where he played basketball. After attending for two years there, Morgan pursued an acting career. He also was involved in bodybuilding getting himself some "tough character" roles. Morgan also attended Northwestern University and served in the United States Air Force for two years, pushing aside his acting career plans . Morgan began his acting career in the crime drama television series "The Big Story", in 1949. Later, he joined the cast of the western television series "The Deputy", playing army officer Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, who had blindness in one eye, wearing a eye patch. Morgan also appeared in the Broadway play "Li'l Abner". Morgan then appeared in numerous television programs, as his credits include, "Gunsmoke", "Wagon Train", "The United States Steel Hour", "M Squad", "How the West Was Won", "Laramie", "The Outsider", "The Twilight Zone", "State Trooper" and "Paradise". He also appeared and co-starred in films, such as "Back  to the Future", "Just Between Friends", "The Beach Girls and the Monster", "Dillinger", "Lightning, the White Stallion" and "The New Centurions". Morgan retired in 1994, as his last credit was from the film "Maverick", where he played the role of a "Card Dealer".