William Morris

Morris, William (1861–1936), actor. The Bostonian began his career at the Boston Museum, then performed for Augustin Daly and toured with Helena Modjeska and Mrs. Fiske. His noteworthy roles included the bank thief William Prescott in Men and Women (1890), the idealistic plant manager Ruben Warner in The Lost Paradise (1891), and Lt. Hawksworth in The Girl I Left Behind Me (1893). Subsequently he toured for over a decade as leading man in several shows. In later years Morris was a prominent character actor who remained active until the early 1930s.