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James Morrison Biography (1954-)

Full name, James Paige Morrison; born April 21, 1954, in Bountiful, UT; father, an office manager; married Riad Galayini (an actress, producer, cinematographer, director, and writer), November, 1995; children: Seamus. Addresses: Contact: c/o Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 West 500 N., Salt Lake City,UT. E-mail: fireweed\@spectraldesign.com.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, writer, director

Birth Details

April 21, 1954

Bountiful, Utah, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Pope, A Cry of Players, Anchorage, AK, between 1972-1974
• Hero, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anchorage, between 1972-1974
• Troilus, A Tiger at the Gates, Anchorage, between 1972-1974
• Jesus Christ, Godspell, Anchorage, between 1972-1974
• A Man for All Seasons, Anchorage, between 1972-1974
• Five Finger Exercise, Theatre 138, Salt Lake City, UT, 1974
• Jack, Jack, or the Submission, Direct Theatre, New York City, 1975
• Noon, Direct Theatre, 1975
• Bullshot Crummond, Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, between 1976-1977
• The Sign of Four, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between 1978-1980
• A Christmas Carol, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between 1978-1980
• Diamond Studs, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between 1978-1980
• The Taming of the Shrew, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between1978-1980
• Curse of the Starving Class, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
• Death of a Salesman, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
• Disco World, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
• Scapino, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
• She Stoops to Conquer, Theatre 40, Los Angeles, 1982
• Greek, Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles, 1982
• Cloud Nine, Los Angeles Stage Company West, Los Angeles, then Cricket Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, both 1983
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1983
• Still Life, Salt Lake Acting Company, Traverse Theatre, EdinburghFestival, Edinburgh, Scotland, then Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, and Riverside Studio, London, all 1984
• Time and Chance, Cricket Theatre, 1985
• The Foreigner, Burt Reynolds's Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter, FL, 1986
• Tarantula, Powerhouse Theatre, Los Angeles, 1986
• Julius Caesar, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1986
• Richard II, Old Globe Theatre, 1986
• I'm Not Rappaport, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, 1986
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, 1987
• Pinder, El Salvador, Gnu Theatre, Los Angeles, 1988
• Down the Road, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, CA, 1989
• Twelfth Night, La Jolla Playhouse, 1990
• Rug Merchants of Chaos, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1991
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1992
• Winter's Tales '94, McCarter Theatre, 1994
• The Mai, McCarter Theatre, 1996
• The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Tamarind Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 1998
• Fool for Love, McCarter Theatre, 1999
• Major Tours
• The Fantasy Factory, Alaska Repertory Theatre Company, between 1978-1980
• Stage Director
• The Holy Ghostly, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1976-1977
• Wolves, Salt Lake Acting Company, between 1980-1981
• The Foreigner, Salt Lake Acting Company, 1987
• Greater Tuna, Salt Lake Acting Company, 1989
• Abundance, Salt Lake Acting Company, 1992
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Joey Moscini, General Hospital, 1991
• Lieutenant Colonel Tyrus Cassius "T. C." McQueen, Space: Above and Beyond (also known as Space: 2063), Fox, 1995
• Colonel Tim Devon, Freedom, 2000
• Miniseries
• Green Beret, Fatal Vision, NBC, 1984
• Bradley, North and South II (also known as North and South: Book II), ABC, 1986
• Movies
• Elliot, Last Flight Out, NBC, 1990
• Lieutenant Brill, Good Cops, Bad Cops (also known as The Cops Are Robbers and Good Cops, Bad Cops: The Biggest Heist in History),NBC, 1990
• Handsome man, Where Are My Children?, ABC, 1994
• Peter, White Dwarf, Fox, 1995
• Senator Paul Saxon, Shadow of Doubt (also known as Reasonable Doubt), Cinemax, 1998
• Episodic
• Steven Rose, "All in a Day's Work," Monsters, syndicated, 1988
• L.A. Law, NBC, 1991
• Mr. Lejeune, "Hurricane--August 17, 1969," Quantum Leap, 1991
• Ned Travis, "Mustangs," Walker, Texas Ranger, 1994
• Brian, "Adventures in Paradise: Part 2," Frasier, NBC, 1994
• James Horn, "Dead Letters," Millennium, 1996
• Lewis, "Infiltration," Prey, ABC, 1998
• Lewis, "Transformations," Prey, ABC, 1998
• Lewis, "Veil," Prey, ABC, 1998
• Lloyd Nichols, "Murder at the Finish Line," Diagnosis Murder, CBS,1998
• Will Cook, "The Root of All Evil," Profiler, 1998
• Agent Carter, "Shadow Play," Seven Days, UPN, 1998
• Peter Callan, "Boomtown," Nash Bridges, CBS, 1999
• Dr. Wieder, "Theef," The X-Files, Fox, 2000
• Simian Nye/Troy Manheim, "$4.95 a Minute," The Others, NBC, 2000
• Made television debut as Gary the cat burglar in "Zippers," an episode ofAutoman; appeared as Steven Cayden in "Love Hurts," an episode of Houston Knights; as father of the dying child in "Doogie Howser Has Leftthe Building," Doogie Howser, M.D.; and as Assistant District AttorneyChet Fields, "Hitwoman," The Marshal; also appeared in episodes of Brooklyn South, Jesse Hawkes, Once a Hero, and Werewolf.
• Other Television Appearances
• Captain Horster, An Enemy of the People (special), PBS, 1990
• Paul Whitaker, Without Warning, 1994
• Dr. Gordon Wayne, The Wonder Cabinet (pilot), Fox, 1999
• Film Appearances
• Jonathan, Unfinished Business, American Film Institute, 1987
• Construction sign man by bus stop, Falling Down, Warner Bros., 1993
• Desert Cross, 1994
• Bernie, Abilene, Independent Artists, 1999
• Film Work
• Director, Parking (short film), 1996
• Radio Appearances
• Julius Caesar, BBC, 1995
• William Bradford Huie, Ruby McCollum, National Public Radio, 1997
• Bill Starbuck, Rainmaker, National Public Radio, 2000
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• Idle Wheels, Salt Lake Acting Company, 1986
• Lester and the Argonauts, Mojo Ensemble, Los Angeles, 1993
• Parking, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, 1994
• False Bravado, Lex Theatre, Hollywood, 2000
• "A Reason for Feathers" (staged reading), Winterfest 2000, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2000
• Author of Dwelling in the Land of Nod (also known as DRED),performed in a reading at Playwrights' Lab, Sundance Institute, in the 1980s.
• Short Films
• Parking, 1996
• Nude Descending, 1997
• Other Writings
• Author of Fog Slow to Clear, a book of poems and prose.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Drama-Logue, February, 1996, p. 7.
• Starlog, May, 1996 .

Electronic:

• Life of an Actor, http://www.lifeofanactor.com.