Biography

October 16, 1951 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

January 26, 2022 · Los Angeles, California, USA (arteriosclerosis cardiovascular disease)

Calvin Morgan Stevens

1.78 m

Morgan's father died when he was only nine, and his mother was left to raise three children alone, which meant she had to sell their much-loved family home. Knowing how much his mother missed that house, Morgan managed to buy it back for her after he became an actor.

Six months after graduation, Calvin Morgan Stevens (his nickname is Chuck) came to Hollywood and began looking for acting work under the name Morgan Stevens. He didn't expect to find roles right away, and he says one reason he decided to come to the West Coast instead of returning to New York is that "I figured I'd rather starve in the sun!" To his surprise, in less than six months he got his first role, in the starring role in a pilot for the proposed revival of the Peyton Place series.

He didn't decide to become an actor until he was already at college studying advertising. But he was unhappy with his major subject so he took a year off and joined the Coast Guard to think things over for a while. While he was stationed near New York City, he went to see a lot of shows on and off-Broadway, and became very interested in acting, and when he returned for his senior year at the University of Tennessee, he switched subjects and got his degree in theatre arts.

When he was younger, he enjoyed playing football and softball, loved skiing and was a very good horseman. He also went skydiving and scuba diving.

He always wore a medallion portraying St. Genesius, the patron saint of actors, which was given to him years ago by a girl he was in love with, as a good luck charm when he decided to go into acting.