1. Dennis Morgan used the acting pseudonym Richard Stanley before adopting the name under which he gained his greatest fame.
36 Facts About Dennis Morgan
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Dennis Morgan was of Swedish descent on his father's side.
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Dennis Morgan enrolled at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, as a member of the 1930 graduating class.
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Dennis Morgan was awarded the Carroll College Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1983.
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Dennis Morgan joined a troupe of performers at the State Lake Theatre in Chicago, and toured the midwest in Faust.
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Dennis Morgan landed a job as a featured singer in the Empire Room of the famous Palmer House hotel in Chicago.
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Dennis Morgan remained in Chicago as a radio announcer at the NBC Radio affiliate in Milwaukee, and went on to broadcast Green Bay Packers football games.
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In 1936, after relocating to Los Angeles, Dennis Morgan began appearing in films.
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Dennis Morgan signed a contract with MGM as "Stanley Morner".
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Dennis Morgan was billed as "Stanley Morner" in Suzy and could be seen in Piccadilly Jim, and Old Hutch.
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Dennis Morgan was given supporting roles in Mama Steps Out and Song of the City but went back to small parts in Navy Blue and Gold.
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Dennis Morgan then signed with Paramount, who billed him as "Richard Stanley".
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Dennis Morgan was in Men with Wings, King of Alcatraz, Illegal Traffic, and Persons in Hiding.
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Dennis Morgan was given the lead in a B picture, Waterfront, followed by No Place to Go and The Return of Doctor X with Humphrey Bogart.
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Dennis Morgan was promoted to "A" films with The Fighting 69th, supporting James Cagney and Pat O'Brien.
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Dennis Morgan supported Priscilla Lane in Three Cheers for the Irish and went back to "B"s for Tear Gas Squad, Flight Angels, and River's End.
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Dennis Morgan's career received a boost when RKO borrowed him to play Ginger Rogers's love interest in Kitty Foyle, a big hit.
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Dennis Morgan supported Cagney again in Captains of the Clouds and Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland in In This Our Life.
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Dennis Morgan co-starred with Ann Sheridan in Wings for the Eagle and Ida Lupino in The Hard Way.
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Dennis Morgan had the lead in some big Warners musicals: Thank Your Lucky Stars, full of cameos from Warner stars; The Desert Song ; Shine On, Harvest Moon, with Sheridan.
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Dennis Morgan was in The Very Thought of You and cameoed in Hollywood Canteen.
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Dennis Morgan had the lead in God Is My Co-Pilot and Christmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck.
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Dennis Morgan was teamed with fellow Wisconsinite Jack Carson in One More Tomorrow.
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Dennis Morgan was back with Carson for Two Guys from Texas then made One Sunday Afternoon with Janis Paige.
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Dennis Morgan made The Lady Takes a Sailor then Perfect Strangers with Rogers and Pretty Baby with Betsy Drake.
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Dennis Morgan made a Western Raton Pass, and a musical Painting the Clouds with Sunshine.
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Dennis Morgan supported Joan Crawford in This Woman Is Dangerous.
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Dennis Morgan reported for work as scheduled, made the film for Smith, and collected his customary salary.
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Dennis Morgan appeared in sporadic television guest roles in the 1950s, including the ABC religion anthology series, Crossroads, in the 1955 episode "The Gambler" and as Senator-designate Fairchild in an episode of the dramatic anthology series Stage 7, titled "Press Conference" in 1955.
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Dennis Morgan made films for Columbia's low-budget producer Sam Katzman, The Gun That Won the West and Uranium Boom and went to RKO for Pearl of the South Pacific.
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Dennis Morgan was cast as Dennis O'Finn in the 1958 episode "Bull in a China Shop" on Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Dennis Morgan performed with the Milwaukee Symphony and on the summer stage circuit.
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Dennis Morgan married Lillian Vedder in Marshfield, Wisconsin on September 7,1933.
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Dennis Morgan was a staunch Republican and a member of the Sierra Vista Presbyterian Church in Oakhurst, California.
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Dennis Morgan dedicated Two Strike Park on July 4,1959, named for his belief that "a kid forced to play in the streets, with no place to play, already has two strikes against him".
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Dennis Morgan raised funds for the park, at 5107 Rosemont Avenue, by "organizing exhibition baseball games featuring celebrity friends and professional athletes".