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.