Background
Morse is the son of actors Barry Morse and Sydney Sturgess and brother of Melanie Morse MacQuarrie.
Morse is the son of actors Barry Morse and Sydney Sturgess and brother of Melanie Morse MacQuarrie.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist
His career began on Canadian Broadcasting Company television and with numerous stage performances in Canada and the United States. He made his United States of America television debut in 1959 with Ingrid Bergman in the critically acclaimed film The Turn of the Screw. This was the first teleplay to be broadcast in color on the National Broadcasting Company network.
He made his London West End debut in the original production of Joe Orton"s What The Butler Saw at the Queen"s Theatre in 1969 with Sir Ralph Richardson, Stanley Baxter, and Coral Browne.
Morse appeared as "Bosie" in the North American premiere of Bernard and Bosie: A Most Unlikely Friendship by Anthony Wynn alongside his father, Barry Morse ("Bernard"). A noted voice artist, Hayward Morse has recorded hundreds of audio books, including the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Harold Robbins, Bernard Cornwell, Jackie Collins, Arthur C. Clarke, and Mickey Spillane.
He received a scholarship at the age of 16 to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, receiving the prestigious "Silver Medal" award upon graduation. He received a Best Supporting Actor Antoinette Perry "Tony" award nomination for his performance in Simon Gray"s Butley on Broadway, starred in the first stage production of The Rocky Horror Show, the Bristol Old Vic production of Oscar Wilde"s Lady Windermere"s Fan, and has appeared in many of William Shakespeare"s plays internationally.
