Dennis Morgan
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Dennis Morgan (born Earl Stanley Morner, December 20, 1908 – September 7, 1994) was an American actor-singer. He used the acting pseudonym Richard Stanley before adopting the name under which he gained his greatest fame.
Morgan started working at MGM as Stanley Morner. His best roles were in Mama Steps Out (1937) and Song of the City (1937), but he mostly did small parts. Morgan signed with Paramount billed as Richard Stanley. He was in several films in 1938 and 1939, including Men With Wings (1938).
At Warner Bros. Morgan was billed as Dennis Morgan and was finally given lead roles in B movies such as Waterfront (1939) and No Place to Go (1939). In 1940 he was promoted to A movies. His best parts were in Kitty Foyle (1940) (on loan to RKO), Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), and God is My Co-Pilot. He was often paired with Jack Carson. After Morgan's contract with Warner ended in 1952 he appeared in sporadic television guest roles. He retired from film work in 1956.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.646 |
| Birthday | 1908-12-20 |
| Place of Birth | Prentice, Wisconsin, USA |
| Also Known As | Earl Stanley Morner, Stanley Morner, Richard Stanley, |
1939
The Return of Doctor X
6/52
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multip...
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The Return of Doctor X
1949
It's a Great Feeling
5.9/27
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and...
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It's a Great Feeling
1942
Captains of the Clouds
6.5/25
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
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Captains of the Clouds
1945
Christmas in Connecticut
7/147
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse...
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Christmas in Connecticut
1943
The Hard Way
6.6/19
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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The Hard Way
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.1/33
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
1942
In This Our Life
6.7/46
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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In This Our Life
1944
Hollywood Canteen
7.3/26
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...
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Hollywood Canteen
1950
Perfect Strangers
6.2/6
Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from the...
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Perfect Strangers
1941
Affectionately Yours
4.75/4
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.
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Affectionately Yours
1952
This Woman Is Dangerous
5.7/21
A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesi...
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This Woman Is Dangerous
1940
Kitty Foyle
6.5/42
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
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Kitty Foyle
1942
Wings for the Eagle
5.7/6
Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.
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Wings for the Eagle
1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
7/7
Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds himself flying transport planes over The Hump into Ch...
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God Is My Co-Pilot
1955
Pearl of the South Pacific
6.4/10
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has mad...
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Pearl of the South Pacific
1940
Flight Angels
4.3/3
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norv...
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Flight Angels
1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl
5.4/5
The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub next door...
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The Time, The Place and The Girl
1955
The Gun That Won the West
4/5
In the late 1880s, Colonel Carrington and his command are assigned the job of constructing a chain of forts in the Sious Indian territory of Wyoming....
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The Gun That Won the West
1949
The Lady Takes a Sailor
4.3/6
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters...
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The Lady Takes a Sailor
1968
Rogue's Gallery
6/1
A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.
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Rogue's Gallery
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
5.6/5
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buyin...
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Bad Men of Missouri
1937
Mama Steps Out
6/1
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.
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Mama Steps Out
1950
Pretty Baby
6/4
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
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Pretty Baby
1952
Cattle Town
6.7/3
The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.
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Cattle Town
1944
The Road to Victory
5.5/2
Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosper...
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The Road to Victory
1943
The Desert Song
5.9/8
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
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The Desert Song
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5/2
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1947
Cheyenne
6.8/8
Slick gambler James Wylie (Dennis Morgan) is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison sentence if he poses as a bandit. His missi...
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Cheyenne
1941
Kisses for Breakfast
5.5/2
A newlywed develops amnesia and can't remember his wife.
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Kisses for Breakfast
1944
The Very Thought of You
6.2/9
Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora, two young women who work in a parachute factory.
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The Very Thought of You
1936
I Conquer the Sea!
0/0
1936 was a different world in Newfoundland - the bigotry and the unexpected ending will give you plenty to talk about and think about in this forgotte...
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I Conquer the Sea!
1940
River's End
6/4
An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to prove his innocence of murder. Star Dennis Morgan plays t...
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River's End
1947
My Wild Irish Rose
6/6
Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.
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My Wild Irish Rose
1951
Raton Pass
4.8/10
Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia Neal portray a recently married husband and wife,...
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Raton Pass
1956
Uranium Boom
6/2
Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins (Dennis Morgan) and mining engineer Grady Mathews (William Talman) find uranium in the Colorado badlands. While Grady guard...
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Uranium Boom
1948
One Sunday Afternoon
6/2
The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as a dentist who marries patient and loyal Dorothy Ma...
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One Sunday Afternoon
1940
Tear Gas Squad
4.8/6
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
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Tear Gas Squad
1939
No Place to Go
6/1
An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befri...
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No Place to Go
1944
Shine on Harvest Moon
6/4
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
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Shine on Harvest Moon
1938
Men with Wings
6/3
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight....
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Men with Wings
1948
Two Guys from Texas
6/1
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.
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Two Guys from Texas
1940
Three Cheers for the Irish
6.3/3
Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised when he's asked to retire on his 25th anniversary w...
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Three Cheers for the Irish
1944
The Shining Future
4/2
Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosper...
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The Shining Future
1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee
4.8/7
Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the micro...
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Two Guys from Milwaukee
1951
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
4.5/2
The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers of 1933.
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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
1939
Waterfront
6.3/3
A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.
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Waterfront
1946
One More Tomorrow
5.5/4
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party — until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the owne...
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One More Tomorrow
1938
Illegal Traffic
6.7/3
G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is aiding fugitives making a getaway in exchange for the li...
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Illegal Traffic
1937
Song of the City
6/1
A carefree San Francisco bachelor rediscovers life's values when he's rescued from the sea by an Italian fisherman with a wise and earthy family.
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Song of the City
1940
The Fighting 69th
5.4/24
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove hi...
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The Fighting 69th
1974
That's Entertainment!
7.2/59
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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That's Entertainment!
1937
Navy Blue and Gold
5.9/7
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
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Navy Blue and Gold
1940
March On, Marines
2.5/2
Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes th...
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March On, Marines
1948
To the Victor
0/0
An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.
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To the Victor
1947
Always Together
6.7/3
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly...
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Always Together
1938
King of Alcatraz
5.7/3
A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the s...
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King of Alcatraz
1936
Piccadilly Jim
6.5/1
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with L...
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Piccadilly Jim
1947
Blow-Ups of 1947
6.3/3
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.
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Blow-Ups of 1947
1936
Annie Laurie
5/2
In late 18th century Scotland, Annie Laurie and William Douglas love each other, but their clans are on opposite sides of the country's civil war. The...
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Annie Laurie
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
6.2/125
Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.
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The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Suzy
5.818/22
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
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Suzy
1939
Persons in Hiding
3.5/2
During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
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Persons in Hiding
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.1/15
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1939
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
3/1
Dinny and his cowhand friends rescue Laura from a runaway stagecoach after it is robbed by outlaw Pancho Dominguez and his gang. Dinny is attracted to...
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Ride, Cowboy, Ride
1944
I Am an American
5.3/3
The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history.
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I Am an American
1944
Breakdowns of 1944
6.5/2
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
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Breakdowns of 1944
1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
6/1
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.
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Blow-Ups of 1946
1949
Breakdowns of 1949
6/1
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.
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Breakdowns of 1949
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
8/2
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...
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A Star Is Born World Premiere
1948
Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight
1/1
In this short film, four popular songs, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Moonlight Bay", "In the Evening By the Moonlight", and "Shine on Harvest...
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Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight
1946
Okay for Sound
5/1
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 Augus...
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Okay for Sound
1943
Stars on Horseback
0/0
A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel McCrea and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams.
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Stars on Horseback
1947
Hollywood Wonderland
6.7/3
Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.
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