Musician, songwriter, and performer. Born July 30th, 1952. He opened his own publishing firm, the Little Shop of Morgansongs, in 1984.
Kristin Morgan , Dennis daughter, appeared with him in My Wild Irish Rose . She was 8 years old at the time.
Born at 11am CST.
In 1943, was originally cast to play Rick Blaine in Casablanca , but made Thank Your Lucky Stars instead.
Dennis and Jack Carson made at least 15 projects together, including Thank Your Lucky Stars and The Hard Way .
Later became an astute businessman, with extensive business holdings.
First under contract to MGM, he subsequently moved to Paramount and then Warner Bros., where he became one of the top movie singers.
Received his big musical film break singing "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" in The Great Ziegfeld . His voice, however, was dubbed by Allan Jones.
Traveled during his early days with an operatic company singing in productions of "Faust" and "Carmen".
Attended Carroll College in Wisconsin and belonged to the college football team. Later studied voice at the Wisconsin Conservatory of music in Milwaukee and the American Conservatory in Chicago.
Appeared in high school plays and the glee club.
His children are named Stanley Morner, Kristin Morgan and James Morner.
Sang "Home is the Sailor" at friend Errol Flynn s funeral (October 1959).
Was a staunch conservative Republican.
At one point he was set to costar with Ann Sheridan in Serenade but the parts eventually went to Mario Lanza and Joan Fontaine.
One of Mr. Morgans most popular films, "Christmas in Connecticut", was released in the British Isles under the rather odd title, "Indiscretion".
During the 1940s, for six consecutive years, Mr. Morgan received more fan mail than any other star (male or female) at Warner Brothers.
During the 1940s, Mr. Morgan was the highest paid actor at Warner Brothers.
In May, 1945, Mr. Morgan received an "honorary Doctor of Fine Arts" from Carroll University (in Wisconsin), - the degree was the first of its kind, conferred by the university in its (then) 100 year history.
In her autobiography, Viveca Lindfors, the Swedish actress who worked with Dennis Morgan, described him as a "divine friend". She added that " he had a glorious voice and was a happy man!" (exclamation point was hers.).
Dennis Morgan was fluent in the Swedish language.
Dennis Morgan was a pall bearer at Jack Carsons funeral, - one of his closest friends.
