Jay Morley (July 14, 1890 – November 9, 1976), was an American actor, active in silent films.

Career

Morley began his acting career in a traveling vaudeville act and performed in dramas with stock theater companies for five years. He had success in silent films, but retired at the beginning of the sound era to serve as sheriff of Malibu. He returned to films and television in the early 1950s.

Filmography

* ''The Man Who Tried to Forget'' (1913) * ''Elsie Venner'' (1914) * ''The Getaway'' (1914) * ''The City'' (1914) * ''Man to Man'' (1914) * ''The Best Man'' (1914) * ''The School Teacher at Angel Camp'' (1914) * ''In the Background'' (1915) * ''What Money Will Do'' (1915) * ''The Discontented Man'' (1915) * ''The Taunt'' (1915) * ''The Red Virgin'' (1915) * ''When the Wires Crossed'' (1915) * ''The Emerald God'' (1915) * ''The Lonely Fisherman'' (1915) * ''A Night in Old Spain'' (1915) * ''Margie of the Underworld'' (1915) * ''The Death Web'' (1915) * ''The Palace of Dust'' (1915) * ''The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke'' (1915) * ''Meg o' the Cliffs'' (1915) * ''When a Queen Loved O'Rourke'' (1915) * ''The Legend of the Poisoned Pool'' (1915) * ''With Stolen Money'' (1915) * ''The Road to Paradise'' (1915) * ''Saved from the Harem'' (1915) * ''The Convict King'' (1915) * ''The Lost Bracelet'' (1916) * ''The Old Watchman'' (1916) * ''The Little Sister of the Poor'' (1916) * ''Two News Items'' (1916) * ''A Modern Paul'' (1916) * ''The Repentant'' (1916) * ''At the Doors of Doom'' (1916) * ''A Sister to Cain'' (1916) * ''The Return of James Jerome'' (1916) * ''One of the Pack'' (1916) * ''The Candle'' (1916) * ''The Beggar King'' (1916) * ''The Half Wit'' (1916) * ''By Right of Love'' (1916) * ''Their Mother'' (1916) * ''Who Knows?'' (1917) * ''Loyalty'' (1917) * ''Humility'' (1918) * '' Blindfolded'' (1918) * ''

An Alien Enemy ''An Alien Enemy'' is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Louise Glaum, Mary Jane Irving and Thurston Hall.Slide p.85 Cast * Louise Glaum as Neysa von Igel / Frau Meyer * Mary Jane Irving as Fräulein B ...

'' (1918) * ''

Ace High Allied Command Europe Highband, better known as ACE High, was a fixed service NATO radiocommunication and early warning system dating back to 1956. After extensive testing ACE High was accepted by NATO to become operational in 1964/1965. The fr ...

'' (1918) * ''

Todd of the Times ''Todd of the Times'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Eliot Howe and starring Frank Keenan, Charles A. Post, and Aggie Herring Agnes Herring (February 4, 1876 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress. She a ...

'' (1919) * ''The Usurper'' (1919) * '' The Busher'' (1919) * ''

The Little Boss ''The Little Boss'' is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by David Smith and produced by Vitagraph Studios. The story and screenplay were by Rida Johnson Young, and it starred Bessie Love and Wallace MacDonald. The film is ...

'' (1919) * ''

Over the Garden Wall ''Over the Garden Wall'' is an American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network. The series centers on two half-brothers who travel across a mysterious forest to find their way home, encountering a variet ...

'' (1919) * ''

A Fighting Colleen ''A Fighting Colleen'' is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by David Smith and produced by Vitagraph Company of America. It stars Bessie Love and Charles Spere. The film is presumed lost. Plot Alannah Malone (Love), an Irish ...

'' (1919) * ''The Invisible Hand'' (1920) * '' Pegeen'' (1920) * ''Telemachus, Friend'' (1920) * '' The Green Flame'' (1920) * ''The Woman Untamed'' (1920) * ''The Roads We Take'' (1920) * ''The Call Loan'' (1920) * ''Fighting Fate'' (1921) * ''

The Honor of Rameriz ''The Honor of Rameriz'' (often incorrectly referred to with the correct spelling of ' Ramirez': ''The Honor of Ramirez'') is a 1921 American silent short Western film produced by Cyrus J. Williams and distributed by Pathé Exchange. It was d ...

'' (1921) * '' The Heart of Doreon'' (1921) * ''

Trailin' ''Trailin is a 1921 American silent Western mystery film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, Eva Novak and Bert Sprotte.Solomon, p. 275. Cast * Tom Mix as Anthony Woodbury * Eva Novak as Sally Fortune * Bert Sprotte as John Woodbu ...

'' (1921) * ''The Verdict'' (1922) * ''

In the Days of Buffalo Bill ''In the Days of Buffalo Bill'' is a 1922 American silent Western film serial directed by Edward Laemmle. The film, which consisted of 18 episodes, is currently classified as lost. Cast * Art Acord as Art Taylor * Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bil ...

'' (1922) * '' The Man Who Waited'' (1922) * ''Crimson Gold'' (1923) * '' Out of Luck'' (1923) * ''Rustlin (1923) * ''Face to Face'' (1923) * ''The Wolf Trapper'' (1923) * ''No Tenderfoot'' (1923) * ''The Twilight Trail'' (1923) * ''Waterfront Wolves'' (1924) * ''

Paying the Limit ''Paying the Limit'' is a 1924 silent film melodrama directed by Tom Gibson and starring Ora Carew. A print survives in the Library of Congress. Cast * Ora Carew as Raffles * Helen Nowell as Joan Lowden * Eddie O'Brien as Thunder Lowden * Art ...

'' (1924) * ''

Wanted by the Law ''Wanted by the Law'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring J.B. Warner, Jay Morley and William McCall.Langman, p. 490 Cast * J.B. Warner as Jim Loraine * Jay Morley as Bill Baxter * William Mc ...

'' (1924) * ''

Getting Her Man ''Getting Her Man'' is a 1924 silent film comedy starring Ora Carew. The independent Renown Pictures released the film. A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Ar ...

'' (1924) * ''Three Days to Live'' (1924) * ''

Behind Two Guns ''Behind Two Guns'' is a 1924 American silent Western film, directed by Robert North Bradbury. It stars J. B. Warner, Hazel Newman, and Marin Sais Marin Sais (born Mae Smith; August 2, 1890 – December 31, 1971) was an American actress ...

'' (1924) * '' Reckless Courage'' (1925) * ''

With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail ''With Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail'', alternately called ''Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail'', is a 1926 American silent historical Western film starring Roy Stewart as Buffalo Bill Cody. It was directed by Frank Mattison and produced by Ant ...

'' (1926) * ''

Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness ''Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness'' is a 1926 American silent historical Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Roy Stewart, Kathleen Collins and Edward Hearn.Österberg, p. 93. Cast * Roy Stewart as Daniel Boone * Kathl ...

'' (1926) * ''

With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo ''With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo'' is a 1926 American silent Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia ...

'' (1926) * ''

Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre ''Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre'' (also known as ''With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre'') is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury, and starring Bryant Washburn as Donald, Chief Yowlachie as Si ...

'' (1927) * '' The Mojave Kid'' (1927) * '' The Slingshot Kid'' (1927) * ''

Driftin' Sands ''Driftin' Sands'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bob Steele, Nina Quartero, and William H. Turner. Cast * Bob Steele as 'Driftin' Sands * Nina Quartero as Nita Aliso * William H. Turner as Do ...

'' (1928) * ''Man in the Rough'' (1928) * ''

Trail of Courage ''Trail of Courage'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bob Steele, Marjorie Bonner, and Thomas G. Lingham. Cast * Bob Steele as Tex Reeves * Marjorie Bonner as Ruth Tobin * Thomas G. Lingham as ...

'' (1928) * '' Come and Get It!'' (1929) * ''The Amazing Vagabond'' (1929) * ''Near the Trail's End'' (1931) * ''

The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in ...

'' (1950) – TV series * ''

Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles, California, that stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades east to Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles. It is a major thoroughfare in t ...

'' (1950) * '' Dark City'' (1950) * ''

Mr. Music ''Mr. Music'' is a 1950 film starring Bing Crosby and Nancy Olson, directed by Richard Haydn, and released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the play '' Accent on Youth'' written by Samson Raphaelson. Filming took place from October to Dece ...

'' (1950) * '' The Enforcer'' (1951) * '' A Place in the Sun'' (1951)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morley, Jay 1890 births 1976 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Vaudeville performers People from Port Orange, Florida 20th-century American male actors