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A [[Chicago]] native, Morgan attended the [[University of Kentucky]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], where he played for two years on the Kentuckiy Wildcats [[basketball]] team.<ref name=morgan>{{cite web|url=https://www.blockbuster.com/movies/read-morgan.html|title=Hal Erickson, Biography of Read Morgan|publisher=blockbuster.com|accessdate=January 26, 2010}}</ref>  

A [[Chicago]] native, Morgan attended the [[University of Kentucky]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], where he played for two years on the Kentuckiy Wildcats [[basketball]] team.<ref name=morgan>{{cite web|url=https://www.blockbuster.com/movies/read-morgan.html|title=Hal Erickson, Biography of Read Morgan|publisher=blockbuster.com|accessdate=January 26, 2010}}</ref>  

 

In 1950, he began a rigorous diet with regular exercise to accent his physique. One of his first roles was hence as an athletic mountaineer in the [[Broadway]] [[music]]al  play ''Li'l Abner.''<ref name=morgan/> His television debut was in two episodes of ''The United States Steel Hour'' as a young wrestler named "Joey" (1956-1957).<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604968|title=Read Morgan|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref> He later played a skindiver named Kelly Randall in the episode "Beached" of [[ABC]]''s ''Adventures in Paradise..''<ref name=morgan/>​

In 1950, he began a rigorous diet with regular exercise to accent his physique. One of his first roles was hence as an athletic mountaineer in the [[Broadway]] [[music]]al  play ''Li'l Abner.''<ref name=morgan/> His television debut was in two episodes of ''The United States Steel Hour'' as a young wrestler named "Joey" (1956-1957).<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604968|title=Read Morgan|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref> He later played a skindiver named Kelly Randall in the episode "Beached" of [[ABC]]''s ''Adventures in Paradise..''<ref name=morgan/>​

 

==Television westerns==​

==Television westerns==

Morgan appeared in numerous television westerns, before and after ''The Deputy,'' as Bob Kenyon in the episode "Jebediah Bonner" of ''The Restless Gun'' (1958), and as Clint Casey in the 1959 episode "The Barrier" of NBC's ''Riverboat.'' In 1959, he appeared as Jeff Peters in "The Little Man" episode of ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]''. In 1958-59, he made guest appearances in two episodes of the syndicated crime series, ''State Trooper.'' In 1959, he appeared as "Charlie" in the episode, "The General Must Die," about a foiled attempt to assassinate the Union Army [[Genera]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] in the NBC western series, ''Laramie.'' In 1961, he appeared on ''Coronado 9'' as "Mark Sidon" in the episode "Flim Flam."<ref name=imdb/>​

Morgan appeared in numerous television westerns, before and after ''The Deputy,'' as Bob Kenyon in the episode "Jebediah Bonner" of ''The Restless Gun'' (1958), and as Clint Casey in the 1959 episode "The Barrier" of NBC's ''Riverboat.'' In 1959, he appeared as Jeff Peters in "The Little Man" episode of ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]''. In 1958-59, he made guest appearances in two episodes of the syndicated crime series, ''State Trooper.'' In 1959, he appeared as "Charlie" in the episode, "The General Must Die," about a foiled attempt to assassinate the Union Army [[Genera]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] in the NBC western series, ''Laramie.'' In 1961, he appeared on ''Coronado 9'' as "Mark Sidon" in the episode "Flim Flam."<ref name=imdb/>​

 

In 1960, he was cast as Clayton in the episode "A Gun for Willie" of the CBS anthology series, ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.'' That same year, he appeared as Jesse Hobbs in "Sundance and Usless" on [[CBS]]'s ''Hotel de Paree,'' with Earl Holliman. In 1961, he played Hob Tyler in the episode "The Jodie Tyler Story" of Audie Murphy's NBC series, ''Whispering Smith.'' In 1962, he portrayed Ed Squires in "Good Old Uncle Walt" on NBC's ''The Wide Country.'' From 1959-63, he guest starred three times on another western, ''Wagon Train.''<ref name=imdb/>​

In 1960, he was cast as Clayton in the episode "A Gun for Willie" of the CBS anthology series, ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.'' That same year, he appeared as Jesse Hobbs in "Sundance and Usless" on [[CBS]]'s ''Hotel de Paree,'' with Earl Holliman. In 1961, he played Hob Tyler in the episode "The Jodie Tyler Story" of Audie Murphy's NBC series, ''Whispering Smith.'' In 1962, he portrayed Ed Squires in "Good Old Uncle Walt" on NBC's ''The Wide Country.'' From 1959-63, he guest starred three times on another western, ''Wagon Train.''<ref name=imdb/>​

 

In 1965, he played a sheriff in "The Way to Kill a Killer" on ABC's ''The Big Valley.'' That same year, he appeared on NBC's ''Bonanza'' as Tad Blake in the episode "The Ballerina." He appeared twice on NBC's ''The Virginian'' and four times on NBC's ''Laramie,''' and three times on ABC's ''Alias Smith and Jones.'' In 1966, he appeared as Cal in the episode "An Unfamiliar Tune" of ''A Man Called Shenandoah.'' In 1967, he played a medicine man in the episode "Spirit Woman" of the series ''Custer'' and as Jess Daly in "The Last Wolf" of CBS's ''Cimarron Strip.'' In 1979, he guest starred on the ABC series, ''How the West Was Won'' in the role of Morton in the episode entitled  "The Slavers."<ref name=imdb/>​

In 1965, he played a sheriff in "The Way to Kill a Killer" on ABC's ''The Big Valley.'' That same year, he appeared on NBC's ''Bonanza'' as Tad Blake in the episode "The Ballerina." He appeared twice on NBC's ''The Virginian'' and four times on NBC's ''Laramie,''' and three times on ABC's ''Alias Smith and Jones.'' In 1966, he appeared as Cal in the episode "An Unfamiliar Tune" of ''A Man Called Shenandoah.'' In 1967, he played a medicine man in the episode "Spirit Woman" of the series ''Custer'' and as Jess Daly in "The Last Wolf" of CBS's ''Cimarron Strip.'' In 1979, he guest starred on the ABC series, ''How the West Was Won'' in the role of Morton in the episode entitled  "The Slavers."<ref name=imdb/>​