Needless to say, I relished the opportunity to highlight a handful of his excellent films and performances available to rent on DVD through Netflix for you here so read on and then add these to your queue.
Even if his presence on-screen lasted only for a few scenes (such as in “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” which I distinctly remember reviewing for my high school paper), I knew that Morse showing up meant something was about to get good.Įager to write the next in a series of spotlight pieces about some of my favorite performers from the era in which I first fell in love with writing about film, when I began making out a list, Morse's name went straight to the top. Yet, born one year before that show hit the air, I first took notice of the Massachusetts native in the mid-’90s when I began to realize that whenever Morse walked into frame as an unexpected addition to a movie's ensemble cast, I sat up a little straighter to see what he was going to bring to the film.Īn actor whose face most film lovers instantly recognize even if they don't recall his name, in my case, when it came to David Morse, one thing was fairly certain early on.
Elsewhere,” upon which he starred alongside Ed Begley Jr., Denzel Washington, Howie Mandell, Mark Harmon, and others.
One of his generation's strongest yet most unsung character actors, for people of a certain age, David Morse is a name that's largely remembered for his role on the smash '80s television series “St.