by Hal Erickson
biography
Morgan Farley made his first Broadway appearance in 1918 as one of the supporting players in Booth Tarkington's Seventeen. He gained prominence in the 1920s, starring in such stage productions as Candida and An American Tragedy. After a brief flurry of film activity in 1929-1930, he returned to the stage where he remained until interrupting his career to serve in WWII. Back in films as a character actor and dialogue coach in 1946, Morgan Farley went on to essay minor roles in such films as Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar (1953), in which he was seen in the expository part of Artimedorus. He made his last screen appearance in 1967.
