Hayward B. Morse
- Actor
Hayward Morse began his career as a child actor with work in a number
of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television productions, and
numerous stage performances in Canada and the USA, including the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He made his U.S. television debut in
1959 with Ingrid Bergman in the critically acclaimed and premiere NBC
color production of
The Turn of the Screw (1959).
At the age of 16 he was accepted on a scholarship to the prestigious
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and worked extensively
in British regional theatre until making his West End debut in the
original production of 'Joe Orton''s "What The Butler Saw" with Sir
Ralph Richardson. Since then he
has appeared in many stage, television, radio, and film productions in
Britain and abroad, including
The Agency (1980) with
Robert Mitchum and
Death Wish 3 (1985). He received a
Best Supporting Actor 'Tony' award nomination for his performance in
'Simon Gray''s "Butley" on Broadway, was in the
first version of "The Rocky Horror Show", and has appeared in many of
Shakespeare's plays internationally. Hayward has performed hundreds of
audio books recordings, including the works of
Jackie Collins and
Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous With
Rama". In recent years, he has concentrated his work on the stage in
England and Europe, with numerous credits to his name.
