Vic Morrow
Gender: Male
Born: 14th February 1929
Died: 23rd July 1982
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Evil Touch, Combat!, B.A.D. Cats, Roots
Movies: Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Great White, Humanoids from the Deep, Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Night That Panicked America, The California Kid, Bad News Bears, Wild and Wooly, Glass House, 1990: The Bronx Warriors, Cimarron, Target: Harry, Posse from Hell, River of Mystery, Curse of the Black Widow, God's Little Acre, Blackboard Jungle, King Creole, Message from Space, Tribute to a Bad Man, Funeral for an Assassin, Men in War, Treasure of Matecumbe
Victor Harry "Vic" Morrow (February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor whose credits include a starring role in the 1960s TV series Combat!, prominent roles in a handful of other television and cinema dramas, and numerous guest roles on television. He and two children died when a stunt helicopter crashed on them during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie.
Morrow was born in the Bronx, (New York) to a middle class Jewish family, the son of Jean (née Kress) and Harry Morrow, an electrical engineer. When he was 17, Morrow dropped out of high school and joined the U.S. Navy. He married actress Barbara Turner with whom he had two daughters: actress Jennifer Jason Leigh and Carrie Ann Morrow. Morrow's marriage to Barbara lasted seven years and ended in divorce in 1964. He did not remarry until 1975, over a decade later, when he courted Gale Lester (currently Gale Morrow Butler). They were married for five years and were separated just prior to Morrow's death.
Morrow had a falling out with his daughter Jennifer Jason Leigh following his divorce from her mother; Leigh changed her last name as a teenager to avoid being publicly associated with Morrow. They remained
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