Born in New York City to a multicultural family, Morgan was the youngest of eleven children and earned a place at Cornell University, where he joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and sang in the Glee Club before turning to the stage. Adopting the name Morgan from his birth surname, he debuted in the 1914 production Mr. Wu and later garnered praise for parts such as Count Carlo Boretti in The Lulla…
