Francis Morgan Farley (October 3, 1898 â€" October 11, 1988) was an
American actor on the stage and in films and television.His theatrical
career began in 1918 in the stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's
Seventeen. He recreated the role of Joe Bullitt in Orson Welles's
Mercury Theatre on the Air adaptation of the story that aired October
16, 1938. He gained a whole new generation of followers as a result of
his guest spots on the original Star Trek series in the 1960s in the
episodes "The Return of the Archons" and "The Omega Glory". In 1967 he
appeared as Paco on the TV western series The Big Valley in the
episode titled "Days of Grace." Morgan Farley also appeared in Barnaby
Jones; episode titled, "See Some Evil...Do Some Evil"
(4/8/1973).Farley played a large number of mostly small parts in
movies, television and Broadway, including the church minister in High
Noon. He also served in World War II.He was an out actor and was an
activist in the early movement to gain civil and equal rights for
homosexual Americans. He was a member of the board of ONE, Inc., the
first public organization and publication (ONE Magazine). His
contribution is covered in a book by Joseph Hansen on ONE Magazine's
main editor, Don Slater, titled A Few Doors West of Hope, published by
the Homosexual Information Center. (Information on HIC can be found on
the website; tangentgroup.org)
American actor on the stage and in films and television.His theatrical
career began in 1918 in the stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's
Seventeen. He recreated the role of Joe Bullitt in Orson Welles's
Mercury Theatre on the Air adaptation of the story that aired October
16, 1938. He gained a whole new generation of followers as a result of
his guest spots on the original Star Trek series in the 1960s in the
episodes "The Return of the Archons" and "The Omega Glory". In 1967 he
appeared as Paco on the TV western series The Big Valley in the
episode titled "Days of Grace." Morgan Farley also appeared in Barnaby
Jones; episode titled, "See Some Evil...Do Some Evil"
(4/8/1973).Farley played a large number of mostly small parts in
movies, television and Broadway, including the church minister in High
Noon. He also served in World War II.He was an out actor and was an
activist in the early movement to gain civil and equal rights for
homosexual Americans. He was a member of the board of ONE, Inc., the
first public organization and publication (ONE Magazine). His
contribution is covered in a book by Joseph Hansen on ONE Magazine's
main editor, Don Slater, titled A Few Doors West of Hope, published by
the Homosexual Information Center. (Information on HIC can be found on
the website; tangentgroup.org)
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