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Victor "Vic" Morrow (né Morozoff; February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor.He came to prominence as one of the leads of the ABC drama series Combat! (1962–1967), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series.
On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes [2] in Valencia, California, United States during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie.The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were on the ground, and injured the six helicopter passengers.
Series leads Rick Jason and Vic Morrow were unimpressed by Pirosh's pilot, and Morrow pondered quitting the show, fearing it would damage his career. [1] Between completion of the pilot and greenlighting a full season, Seligman and ABC made several changes, including dropping some characters and altering others.
During the filming of the "Time Out” segment directed by Landis on July 23, 1982, at 2:20 a.m., actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (Chinese: 陳欣怡; pinyin: Chén Xīnyí, age 6) died in an accident involving a Bell UH-1 helicopter being used on the set. The two child actors were hired in ...
Her father, Vic Morrow (born Victor Morozoff), was an actor, and her mother, Barbara Turner, was a screenwriter. [3] [4] Her parents divorced when she was two. [5] Leigh's birth name was Jennifer Leigh Morrow. She changed her surname early in her acting career, taking the middle name "Jason" in honor of actor Jason Robards, a family friend
Vic Morrow as Roy Turner, coach of the Yankees, who is competitive and aggressive. Joyce Van Patten as Cleveland, league manager, who favors Roy and the Yankees. Ben Piazza as Bob Whitewood, city councilman and lawyer who sued the league to allow the Bears (in particular, his son) to play, and who convinces (and pays) Buttermaker to coach the team.
Turner was married to actor and frequent collaborator Vic Morrow.The actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is their daughter, as well as a 2nd daughter named Carrie Morrow. Turner and Morrow separated when Leigh was two years old.
Rick Jason and Luise Rainer in Combat! (1965) Rick Jason and Vic Morrow in Combat! (1962) Later, MGM was searching for an actor to replace Fernando Lamas in the 1953 movie Sombrero and gave the role to Jason, who was earlier released from Columbia Pictures.