--- name: "Vic Morrow" canonical: "https://film.one/person/vic-morrow" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 February 1929" died: "23 July 1982" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T21:39:19.550466+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Vic Morrow Actor. Born 14 February 1929 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 23 July 1982. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 February 1929, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 23 July 1982 - **Active:** 1960–1977 - **Also known as:** Victor Morozoff - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 57 (1), 1970s 83 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Morrow, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607558/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83810 ## Biography Vic Morrow, also credited as Victor Morozoff, was an American actor. Born Victor Morozoff on 14 February 1929 in the Bronx, New York City, he died on 23 July 1982 in California. He made his screen debut in *Blackboard Jungle* (1955) and appeared in films including *King Creole* (1958) and *The Bad News Bears* (1976). Morrow gained prominence as Sergeant Chip Saunders in the television series *Combat!* (1962–1967). He took guest and supporting roles in series such as *Bonanza*, *Mission: Impossible*, *Roots* (1977), *Charlie's Angels* and *Hawaii Five-O*, and in films including *Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry* (1974). He was married to screenwriter and actress Barbara Turner from 1957 to 1964; they had two daughters, including actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. Morrow died in a helicopter accident during filming of *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Roots* (1977), Fi1m 83, as Ames — [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md) - *Cimarron* (1960), Fi1m 57, as Wes Jennings — [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md) ## Complete filmography (90) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Death In Hollywood* (1990), Actor - *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), as Bill - *1990: The Bronx Warriors* (1982), as Hammer - *The Last Shark* (1981), as Ron Hamer - *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Police Sergeant Jordan - *Humanoids from the Deep* (1980), as Hank Slattery - *The Secret of Lost Valley* (1980), Director - *B.A.D. Cats* (1980), series, Actor - *The Littlest Hobo* (1979), series, as Sam Powers - *Paris* (1979), series, as Julius Wellman - *The Last Convertible* (1979), series, as Chief Lonborg - *Stone* (1979), as Morgan Teckington - *The Seekers* (1979), series, as Leland Pell - *The Evictors* (1979), as Jake Rudd - *Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar* (1979), as Arioch - *Message from Space* (1978), as General Garuda - *Wild and Wooly* (1978), as Warden Willis - *Curse of the Black Widow* (1977), as Lt. Gully Conti - *Lucan* (1977), series, Director - *The Hostage Heart* (1977), as Steve Rockewicz - *The Man with the Power* (1977), as Paul - *The Ghost of Cypress Swamp* (1977), as Tom Stone - *Hunter* (1977), series, Actor - *Roots* (1977), series, as Ames — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md) - *Tom Sawyer* (1976), as Injun Joe - *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Director - *Captains and the Kings* (1976), series, as Tom Hennessey - *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Harry Stearns - *Treasure of Matecumbe* (1976), as Spangler - *The Bad News Bears* (1976), as Roy Turner - *The Night That Panicked America* (1975), as Hank Muldoon - *The Babysitter* (1975), as Vic · Stunts - *Bronk* (1975), series, Actor - *Death Stalk* (1975), as Leo Brunner - *Funeral for an Assassin* (1974), as Michael Cardiff - *The California Kid* (1974), as Sheriff Roy Childress - *Dirty Mary Crazy Larry* (1974), as Capt. Everett Franklin - *The Take* (1974), as Manso - *Nightmare* (1974), as Detective Rausch - *The Evil Touch* (1973), series, Director - *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor - *The Weekend Nun* (1972), as Chuck Jardine - *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, Actor - *The Glass House* (1972), as Hugo Slocum - *River of Mystery* (1971), as Phil Munger - *Travis Logan, D.A.* (1971), as Travis Logan - *A Step Out of Line* (1971), as Joe Rawlins - *A Man Called Sledge* (1970), as Gold Guard Scout (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay - *The Immortal* (1970), series, Actor - *Dan August* (1970), series, as Steve Harrison - *McCloud* (1970), series, Actor - *The Bold Ones: The New Doctors* (1969), series, as Dr. William Ritter - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Edward Heron - *Target: Harry* (1969), as Harry Black - *Mannix* (1967), series, as Eric Latimer - *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *Deathwatch* (1966), Director, Writer, Producer - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Porter Bent, John Stahl - *Combat!* (1962), series, as Sergeant Chip Saunders · Director - *The New Breed* (1961), series, as Belman - *Target: The Corruptors!* (1961), series, Actor - *Portrait of a Mobster* (1961), as Dutch Schultz - *Posse from Hell* (1961), as Crip - *Cimarron* (1960), as Wes Jennings — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md) - *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor - *The Barbara Stanwyck Show* (1960), series, as Leroy Benson - *The Tall Man* (1960), series, as Skip Farrell - *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Collier, Vince Shirer - *Johnny Ringo* (1959), series, as Bill Stoner - *Wichita Town* (1959), series, Actor - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Ab Brock, Lassiter - *The Lawless Years* (1959), series, Actor - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, as Johnny Cotton - *Naked City* (1958), series, as David Greco - *God's Little Acre* (1958), as Shaw Walden - *King Creole* (1958), as Shark - *Hell's Five Hours* (1958), as Burt Nash - *Trackdown* (1957), series, as Stony Buckram - *The Restless Gun* (1957), series, as Wes Singer - *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Joe Rovi - *Men in War* (1957), as Cpl. Zwickley - *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor - *Tribute to a Bad Man* (1956), as Lars Peterson - *It's a Dog's Life* (1955), as Wildfire (voice / uncredited) - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Benny Mungo - *Blackboard Jungle* (1955), as Artie West - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Joseph F. 'Joey' Diamond - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Ted - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Lieutenant Mikhail Loptev ## Gallery - ![Vic Morrow](https://film.one/media/person/468952/gallery-aca6823520cd.jpg) Vic Morrow — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Vic_Morrow_in_1971.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Sal Mineo (left-in a guest-starring role) and Vic Morrow as Chip Saunders from the television program Combat!. (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/468952/gallery-ac45f271813b.jpg) Photo of Sal Mineo (left-in a guest-starring role) and Vic Morrow as Chip Saunders from the television program Combat!. (1965) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Sal_Mineo_Vic_Morrow_Combat_1965.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Arthur Hill as Owen Marshall and guest star Vic Morrow from the television series Owen Marshall:Counselor at Law. (1971)](https://film.one/media/person/468952/gallery-77c91db735cc.jpg) Photo of Arthur Hill as Owen Marshall and guest star Vic Morrow from the television series Owen Marshall:Counselor at Law. (1971) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Arthur_Hill_Vic_Morrow_Owen_Marshall_1971.jpg/1280px-Arthur_Hill_Vic_Morrow_Owen_Marshall_1971.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Photo of Rick Jason and Vic Morrow from the premiere of the television program Combat. (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/468952/gallery-babfb74fbbd6.jpg) Photo of Rick Jason and Vic Morrow from the premiere of the television program Combat. (1962) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Rick_Jason_Vic_Morrow_Combat_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Vic Morrow](https://film.one/media/person/468952/gallery-91bdb42b74c9.jpg) Vic Morrow — Image via TMDB - ![Vic Morrow](https://film.one/media/person/468952/gallery-54c0232bcfc7.jpg) Vic Morrow — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/vic-morrow