ACTOR BARRY MORSE DIES

ACTOR BARRY MORSE DIES

British actor BARRY MORSE has died following a brief illness. He was 89. Morse, who is best known for his role as a detective in pursuit of a wrongly-accused man in the 1960s TV show The Fugitive, passed away at University College Hospital in London on Saturday (02Feb08). Born in 1918, Morse appeared on the West End stage in various productions before emigrating to Canada in 1951. He then started making regular appearances on stage, radio and television - totalling more than 3,000 roles by the end of his career. But it's his role as Lt. Philip Gerard in The Fugitive, which ran for 120 episodes, that Morse will be best remembered for. His son Hayward Morse says, "He thought it was a good show - well-filmed, well-directed and well-acted. He had nothing disparaging to say about The Fugitive.''