1. Francis Gregory Alan Morris was an American actor.
14 Facts About Greg Morris
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Greg Morris was best known for portraying Barney Collier on the television series Mission: Impossible and Lieutenant David Nelson on Vega$.
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Bill, Greg Morris was active in college theater and hosted the late afternoon Jazz radio show, "Tea-Time", on the University of Iowa station, WSUI.
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Greg Morris co-produced concerts at the university with a student friend.
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Greg Morris began his television acting career in the 1960s, making guest appearances on numerous TV shows such as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Twilight Zone, Branded, and Ben Casey.
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In 1966, Greg Morris was cast in his most recognizable role as the team electronics expert Barney Collier in the TV series Mission: Impossible.
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Greg Morris returned to the show in 1965 playing Frank "Sticks" Mandalay, a drummer, an army buddy of Rob.
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Greg Morris was then cast as Lieutenant David Nelson of the Las Vegas Metro Police in the ABC TV detective series Vega$, co-starring Robert Urich, Bart Braverman, and Phyllis Davis.
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On March 3,1981, by which point most filming for the season had concluded, Greg Morris was involved in a serious car accident on I-15 near Las Vegas.
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Phil Greg Morris was cast as Grant Collier, the son of Barney.
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Greg Morris was a frequent guest star on Password, Tattletales, and Password Plus in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Shortly before his death in 1996, Greg Morris saw the film version of Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise.
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Greg Morris married his wife Leona Keyes in 1956, and remained married for 40 years until his death in 1996.
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Greg Morris died on August 27,1996, of lung and brain cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 62.