George Morfogen (March 30, 1933 – March 8, 2019) was an American stage, film and TV

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. He is known for playing Bob Rebadow in the

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show '' Oz'', and for his role as Stanley Bernstein in the original '' V'' miniseries. He was of

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descent.

Biography

He appeared at the Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn and at the

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Westside Theatre in Heinrich von Kleist's play, '' The Prince of Homburg''. The play was videotaped for the

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series, ''

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'', and later released as a DVD. A chapter in Davi Napoleon's book, '' Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater'' describes the rehearsal process and the production. Morfogen was lifelong friends with director

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, and was best man for Bogdanovich at his 1962 wedding to

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. Morfogen acted in five films directed by Bogdanovich: '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972), '' Daisy Miller'' (1974), ''

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'' (1981; also producer), '' Illegally Yours'' (1988; also co-producer), and ''

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'' (2014). He worked off-screen on several other Bogdanovich movies; Morfogen was dialogue coach on '' At Long Last Love'' (1975), and associate producer on '' Saint Jack'' (1979) and ''

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'' (1985). In 2001 he reprised his role as Bob in the Off-Broadway premiere of ''Uncle Bob'', by

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, who wrote the role with Morfogen in mind. Gale Harold, followed by

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, played the character of Josh, Bob's nephew. The production, which was directed by Courtney Moorehead and produced by Steven Sendor, had 114 performances at The SoHo Playhouse. He was a teacher at

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. He died on March 8, 2019, 22 days before his 86th birthday. He was survived by his husband Gene Laughorne. They were partners for 51 years.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Interview with Off-Center
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