Mike Morgan (actor)
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Mike Morgan was a British
actor
. His film acting debut was in the 1957 film comedy Barnacle Bill, which also starred Alec Guinness
.
Morgan played a much larger role in another film with Guinness, The Horse's Mouth
, as Nosey, a sidekick of Guinness' character Gulley Jimson. However, shortly before filming ended, he fell ill with meningitis
and died before the completion of the film. As a result, many of his lines in the film were dubbed by another actor.
He was married to actress Elvi Hale
until his death; she remarried George Murcell
two years later.
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Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. His film acting debut was in the 1957 film comedy Barnacle Bill, which also starred Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai...
.
Morgan played a much larger role in another film with Guinness, The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth (film)
The Horse's Mouth is a 1958 film directed by Ronald Neame and filmed in Technicolor. Alec Guinness wrote the screenplay from the 1944 novel The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary, and also played the lead role of Gulley Jimson, a London artist.-Synopsis:...
, as Nosey, a sidekick of Guinness' character Gulley Jimson. However, shortly before filming ended, he fell ill with meningitis
Meningitis
Meningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. The inflammation may be caused by infection with viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms, and less commonly by certain drugs...
and died before the completion of the film. As a result, many of his lines in the film were dubbed by another actor.
He was married to actress Elvi Hale
Elvi Hale
Elvi Hale is an English actress from Romford, Essex. Born to Anglo-Scandinavian parents, she is perhaps best known for playing Anne of Cleves in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, broadcast in 1970. Hale was nominated for a BAFTA award for most promising film newcomer for her performance in Wendy Toye's...
until his death; she remarried George Murcell
George Murcell
George Murcell was a British character actor. His first wife was Josephine Tweedy whom he married in 1953, and his second was the actress Elvi Hale whom he was married to from 1960 until his death....
two years later.