George Morfogen

George Morfogen (March 30, 1933 – March 8, 2019) was an American stage, film and TV actor. He is known for playing Bob Rebadow in the HBO show Oz, and for his role as Stanley Bernstein in the original V miniseries.

George Morfogen
Born	March 30, 1933 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died	March 8, 2019 (aged 85) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957-2016
Spouse(s)	Gene Laughorne (? - March 8, 2019) ( his death)

He is of Greek descent.[1]

Early life

He appeared at the Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn and at the off-Broadway Westside Theatre in Heinrich von Kleist's play, The Prince of Homburg.[2] The play was videotaped for the PBS series, Great Performances, 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 appeared in 1988's comedy Illegally Yours as the judge.

In 2001 reprised his role as Bob in the Off-Broadway premiere of “Uncle Bob,” by Austin Pendleton, who wrote the role with Morfogen in mind. Joseph Gordon-Levitt 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 HB Studio.[3] He died on March 8, 2019. He is survived by his husband Gene Laughorne. They were partners for fifty-one years.[1][4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	What's Up, Doc?	Headwaiter
1973	The Thief Who Came to Dinner	Rivera
1974	Daisy Miller	Eugenio
1980	Those Lips, Those Eyes	Sherman Sprat
1980	Times Square	Don Dowd
1981	They All Laughed	Leon Leondopolous
1983	V	Stanley Bernstein	2 episodes
1984	V: The Final Battle		1 episodes
1984	Heartbreakers	Max
1988	Illegally Yours	Judge Norman Meckel
1993	Twenty Bucks	Jack Holiday
1996	The Substance of Fire	Otto the printer
1997-2003	Oz	Bob Rebadow	56 episodes
1998	Charlie Hoboken	Father
2006	Waltzing Anna	Henry
2008	The Marconi Bros.	Grandpa Marconi
2014	She's Funny That Way	Harold Fleet

References

1. "George Morfogen, 'Oz' Actor and Theater Veteran, Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 March 2019.
2. The Prince of Homburg (1976) at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
3. George Morfogen profile, HB Studio
4. "George Morfogen Obituary".

External links

• George Morfogen at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• George Morfogen at the Internet Broadway Database
• George Morfogen at IMDb