Byron Morrow

Byron Morrow was an American actor who spent much of his career playing authority figures, often in uniform, on television and in film. Born in Chicago, he performed in theater productions while serving in the Army during World War II, then began appearing on screen in the late 1950s and made some 200 appearances over the next 35 years. His television work stretched from Peter Gunn to Father Dowling Mysteries in 1991. He played a judge seven times on Perry Mason and took the role of Admiral Chester Nimitz in the pilot of Baa Baa Black Sheep, and he appeared twice on Star Trek as admirals, including the first admiral in that series. He also appeared without credit as Mr. Jameson, a poker player in the train scene of The Sting.