Biography
Steven Neil Gilborn (July 15, 1936 – January 2, 2009) was an American actor and educator. He portrayed Harold Morgan on Ellen.
Gilborn was born in New Rochelle, New York. He attended Swarthmore College, where he was awarded a bachelor's degree in English and earned a Ph.D. in dramatic literature from Stanford University in 1969, where his dissertation provided a psychoanalytic perspective on the plays of the 19th-century French dramatist Émile Augier.Before becoming an actor, Gilborn was a professor of humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and faculty adviser to the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. He also taught at Stanford University, Columbia University and at the University of California, Berkeley. He was married to American landscape photographer Karen Halverson.
Gilborn guest-starred in a number of notable television series, including Columbo (4 episodes), Perfect Strangers, Boy Meets World, The Golden Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Touched by an Angel, JAG, ER, The West Wing, Matlock, L.A. Law, The Practice, Law & Order, NYPD Blue and The Wonder Years.
He had a recurring role in the sitcom Ellen (as "Harold Morgan", Ellen's father). Another notable recurring role was his three-episode stint as "Mr. Collins", Kevin Arnold's algebra teacher on The Wonder Years. Film credits include "Mr. Phillips" in The Brady Bunch Movie and the hotel owner in Joyride.
Gilborn died at age 72 on January 2, 2009, of cancer at his home in North Chatham, New York.
Filmography
all 70
TV Shows 42
Movies 28
Voice 2
Damages (2007)
Out of Practice (2005)
Social Guidance (2005)
Complete Savages (2004)
The Kiss (2003)
Still Standing (2002)
Without a Trace (2002)
8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002)
Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002)
Coastlines (2002)
The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
According to Jim (2001)
Evolution (2001)
Reunion (2001)
Nurse Betty (2000)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
The West Wing (1999)
Family Law (1999)
Judging Amy (1999)
Get Real (1999)
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
Two Guys and a Girl (1998)
Joyride (1997)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Private Parts (1997)
The Practice (1997)
Her Costly Affair (1996)
Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
The Late Shift (1996)
Dunston Checks In (1996)
JAG (1995)
Murder One (1995)
Safe (1995)
NewsRadio (1995)
Unhappily Ever After (1995)
Family Album (1994)
ER (1994)
Chicago Hope (1994)
Ellen (1994)
Grandpa's Funeral (1994)
Boy Meets World (1993)
Heartbeat (1993)
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
Hearts Afire (1992)
Melrose Place (1992)
The Torkelsons (1991)
Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
Teech (1991)
Absolute Strangers (1991)
He Said, She Said (1991)
The Danger Team (1991)
The Dreamer of Oz (1990)
Law & Order (1990)
Dream On (1990)
Blossom (1990)
Brand New Life (1989)
Deadline: Madrid (1988)
The Wonder Years (1988)
Anna (1987)
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
L.A. Law (1986)
Doubletake (1985)
The Golden Girls (1985)
Vamping (1984)
Kate & Allie (1984)
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
Knots Landing (1979)
Columbo (1971)
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GenderMale
Birthday1936-07-15
Deathday2009-01-02 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Rochelle, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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