# Jon Morrison

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{{short description|Scottish actor}}
{{about||the Major League Baseball outfielder|Jon Morrison (baseball)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
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'''Jon Morrison''' is a Scottish actor who has appeared in many plays, films and television series since the early 1970s, including ''[The Bill](/source/The_Bill)'', ''[Bergerac](/source/Bergerac_(TV_series))'', ''[Taggart](/source/Taggart)'' and ''[Vera](/source/Vera_(TV_series))''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1dea57|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927114717/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1dea57|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2020|title=Jon Morrison|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=12415|title=Jon Morrison|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref>

His best-known parts have been in the [Peter McDougall](/source/Peter_McDougall) plays ''[Just Another Saturday](/source/Just_Another_Saturday)'' (1975), about sectarianism in Glasgow, and ''The Elephants' Graveyard'' (1976), both with [Billy Connolly](/source/Billy_Connolly) and both part of [BBC](/source/BBC)'s ''[Play for Today](/source/Play_for_Today)'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/442522/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Just Another Saturday (1975)|website=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b711382ee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230043234/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b711382ee|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2018|title=The Elephants' Graveyard (1976)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> He also featured in [Gary Oldman](/source/Gary_Oldman)'s ''[Nil by Mouth](/source/Nil_by_Mouth_(film))'' (1997)and [Ken Loach's](/source/Ken_Loach) ''[Sweet Sixteen](/source/Sweet_Sixteen_(2002_film))<ref>https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt0313670/?ref_=fn_t_1</ref>''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/nil-by-mouth-v154961/cast-crew|title=Nil by Mouth (1997) – Gary Oldman {{pipe}} Cast and Crew {{pipe}} AllMovie|publisher=AllMovie}}</ref>

Morrison portrayed DC Kenny Lockhart in the [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) detective series ''Vera'', from the start of the programme in 2011 up to and including the final series in 2025.

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==External links==
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