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Francis Gregory Alan "Greg" Morris (September 27, 1933 – August 27, 1996) was an American television and movie actor. == Early life and career == Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Morris served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Morris began his acting career in the 1960s making guest appearances on many TV shows such as ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Branded'' and ''Ben Casey''. In 1966, he was cast in his most recognizable role as the electronics expert Barney Collier in the TV series ''Mission: Impossible''. Morris, Peter Lupus, and Bob Johnson were the only actors to remain with the series throughout its entire run. While in college, Morris was active in theater and hosted the late afternoon Jazz radio show, "Tea-Time", on the University of Iowa station, WSUI. He co-produced concerts at the university with a student friend. After Iowa, Greg's first professional stage role was in ''The Death of Bessie Smith''. One of his earliest television roles was a cameo appearance on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' in the episode "That's My Boy?", where Rob becomes convinced that they've taken home the wrong baby from the hospital. The revelation of Morris' character as the other child's father prompted a record setting bout of laughter from the studio audience. In the 1963–1964 season, he appeared on ABC's drama about college life, ''Channing'', starring Jason Evers and Henry Jones. After ''Mission: Impossible'' was cancelled, Morris appeared in movies and made guest TV appearances (1974 -'' The Six Million Dollar Man'' - Episode 1-05 "Little Orphan Airplane") before he was cast as Lt. David Nelson during the second season of the TV series ''Vega$''. After the cancellation of that series in 1981, Morris continued to make guest TV appearances in the next decade, including a few episodes in the short-lived 1980s remake of the ''Mission: Impossible'' TV series, which starred his son Phil Morris, who was cast as Grant Collier, the son of Barney. He also appeared in two episodes of the TV series ''What's Happening!!'' as Lawrence Nelson (father of Dwayne) and in three episodes of ''The Jeffersons'', in which he reprised his role of an electronics expert (although not as Barney Collier) in a comparison sequel of the ''Mission: Impossible'' series. Morris was also a frequent guest star on ''Password'' and ''Password Plus'' in the 1960s and 1970s. Played Diamond Thief when Sanford and son went to Hawaii. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greg Morris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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