It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that George Morfogen has passed away at the age of 85 years old. His death was announced by his family in a New York Times obituary. No cause was disclosed, but donations in his memory can be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation. He is survived by his husband Gene Laughorne.
Morfogen was known for his role as Stanley Bernstein in the 1983 V miniseries and its follow up V: The Final Battle. Later he starred as Bob Rebadow in the ground breaking TV series Oz. He also appeared at the Chelsea Theatre Center of Brooklyn and at the off-Broadway Westside Theatre in Heinrich von Kleist’s play, The Prince of Homburg. 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 newphew. The production, which was directed by Courtney Moorehead and produced by Steven Sendor, had 114 performances at The SoHo Playhouse.
Remembering Rutger Hauer – All Those Moments Will Be Lost like Tears in The Rain Born Rutger Oelsen Hauer on 23rd January 1944 in Breukelen in the Netherlands during the Read more
Richard Herd has added his talents to the mix of nearly every film and tv star in the last fifty-ish years. It is easier to do a list of the Read more
Richard Erdman – A character actor’s character actor Richard Erdman was born on June 1st 1925, he was an actor and director and was considered a successful character actor with Read more
Reni Santoni was born on April 21st 1939 in New York City. Growing up he briefly played professional baseball and originally planned on being a sports journalist but then began Read more
Is there life out there? Finally, we know. Because they are here. Alien spacecraft with humanlike passengers have come to Earth. They say they come in peace for food and Read more
In The Cold of the Night is an ultra-stylized, DePalma-esque, neo-noir erotic thriller from cult filmmaker Nico Mastorakis (Island of Death, Blind Date), and stars Jeff Lester (Star Trek IV), Read more
Peter Mayhew - Farewell to the First Wookie When I was just 8 years old, my Dad took me to see a little-known film called Star Wars. I was mesmerised Read more
Paul Darrow was a British actor best known for his role as Kerr Avon in the British Sci-Fi series Blake’s 7. Born Paul Valentine Birkby on May 2nd 1941 Darrow Read more
Nadja Regin – From Serbia With Love Nadja Regin appeared in two Bond films, From Russia With Love as the lonely girlfriend of MI6 station boss Ali Kerim Bey and Read more
Max Wright – The Co-Star upstaged by an Inanimate Object Best known for being Willie Tanner, the father of the family that took in ALF, George Edward Maxwell Wright, better Read more
V and Beastmaster star Marc Singer has joined the cast of Arrow as General Matthew Shrieve. In the DC comics universe, Shrieve is the human leader of the “Creature Commandos,” a military Read more
Marc Singer was born on January 29th 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. His parents both had a strong interest in music. His father Jacques Singer, Read more
We remember Larry DiTillio - The Fan-Boys' Writer Born Lawrence G DiTillio on 15th February, 1948, little is known of his upbringing but it wasn’t until in to his 20’s Read more
In 1998 the internet was a new sensation that was taking the world by storm. We could not get enough of that dial-up action! Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect, Trial Read more
Judy Geeson was Born in Arundel, Sussex, on 10th September 1948. At the age of ten years old her family moved to London and soon enrolled Judy and sister Sally Read more
John Quarmby – The Health Inspector Will See You Now Basil John Quarmby was an understated actor but was most famous for his role as Mr Carnegie, the Health Inspector Read more
John Dierkes was born on February 10th 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Later he attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and after graduation worked as an economist Read more
Jane Badler was born on December 31st 1953 in Brooklyn, New York and gained fame as an actress and singer. Badler first appeared on the CULT FACTION radar when she made an Read more
It is Cult Faction's sad duty to announce that Jan-Michael Vincent passed away back on February 10th 2019 after suffering cardiac arrest while a patient at a North Carolina hospital Read more
Ismael Manny "East" Carlo was born on January 29, 1942) in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, and was later raised in Spanish Harlem. At the age of 17 years old he Read more
Brett Summers
Founded Cult Faction in 2014. Some would describe him as a teacher, writer, dream weaver, and visionary... some would not...
More Stories
Johnston McCulley
Jack “The King” Kirby
Yaphet Kotto – The Alien, Running Man, Bond Villain Actor