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Barry Morse | 'The Fugitive' nemesis, 89

Barry Morse, 89, who played a detective pursuing the wrongly accused Dr. Richard Kimble in the 1960s TV series The Fugitive, died Saturday in London. Born in London in 1918, Mr. Morse trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and appeared in British repertory and West End theaters before emigrating in 1951 to Canada, where he became a regular on radio and television. In 1963, he was hired by producer Quinn Martin to play Lt. Philip Gerard on The Fugitive. The series ran for 120 episodes over four seasons, teasing audiences with the cat-and-mouse pursuit of Kimble, wrongly accused of murdering his wife, by the implacable Gerard. "He thought it was a good show, well-filmed, well-directed and well-acted," said his son, Hayward. Mr. Morse also played Professor Victor Bergman in the 1970s science-fiction series Space 1999 . In 1966, he was named artistic director of the Shaw theater festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, rescuing it from financial crisis. The actor's Web site estimated he had played more than 3,000 roles on radio, TV, stage and screen over a seven-decade career. - AP

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Barry Morse, 89, who played a detective pursuing the wrongly accused Dr. Richard Kimble in the 1960s TV series

The Fugitive,

died Saturday in London.

Born in London in 1918, Mr. Morse trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and appeared in British repertory and West End theaters before emigrating in 1951 to Canada, where he became a regular on radio and television.

In 1963, he was hired by producer Quinn Martin to play Lt. Philip Gerard on

The Fugitive.

The series ran for 120 episodes over four seasons, teasing audiences with the cat-and-mouse pursuit of Kimble, wrongly accused of murdering his wife, by the implacable Gerard. "He thought it was a good show, well-filmed, well-directed and well-acted," said his son, Hayward.

Mr. Morse also played Professor Victor Bergman in the 1970s science-fiction series

Space 1999

.

In 1966, he was named artistic director of the Shaw theater festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, rescuing it from financial crisis. The actor's Web site estimated he had played more than 3,000 roles on radio, TV, stage and screen over a seven-decade career.

- AP

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