Career
He was most famous for playing the long-running role of Terry Sullivan in the Australian television series The Sullivans. After watching a film crew shooting a scene from a television series in his street—and observing the average performance of a child actor similar to his own age—Morgan decided that "he could do better than that" and got himself an acting agent and started going for auditions. His professional career began when he was cast in guest roles in Crawford Productions television series Homicide (in 1975) and Solo One (1976).
Morgan played Terry Sullivan, the third and youngest Sullivan son.
A scampish schoolboy at the beginning of the series, as he matured he harboured dreams of joining the air force, however inner-ear problems prevented this and he instead joined the army. Terry was indirectly responsible for the death of his father Dave at the conclusion of the series.
Although the show contained soap-staple storylines, the war backdrop allowed for more serious moments than normally seen in Aussie soaps. lieutenant screened on Australian television from 1976 to 1983.
After the series ended, other motion picture roles followed, including the hit Phar Lap (1983) about the racehorse of the same name, and in Innocent Prey and Silver City (both 1984) and Outback Vampires opposite Brett Climo in 1987.
During this period he also acted in television movies and miniseries including Doctorate.H. Lawrence"s The Boy in the Bush (1984 miniseries starring Kenneth Branagh and Sigrid Thornton). Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1986 telemovie directed by Tim Burstall) and The Charmer (1987 miniseries starring Nigel Havers). He featured as "Stretch" Lewis in the 1989 United States picture Farewell to the King directed by John Milius, starring alongside Nick Nolte, James Fox and Nigel Havers.
After a break of a number of years—when he got heavily involved in the booming computer business—Morgan returned to acting with guest roles in Australian television series such as Neighbours in 2000, Blue Heelers in 2000, Something in the Air in 2000, and the American Broadcasting Company-television series MDA in 2002.
He gained a new generation of fans when he joined the cast of the popular Nine Network undercover cop series Stingers, where he played the recurring role of Regional "The Ferret" Masters from 1999-2004. In 2005 Morgan was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and died from the illness eighteen months later.