MSN is reporting the death of actor Morgan Paull on 17 July 2012. No cause of death has yet been released, but he had been suffering from stomach cancer. Born 15 December 1944, he began acting on the stage, appearing on Broadway and then in California, where “he was spotted by Franklin J. Schaffner and cast in his 1970 epic Patton, alongside George C. Scott.”
He played Holden in Ridley Scott’s modern sf classic Blade Runner (1982), and “became the director’s sidekick on set after suggesting he hire Daryl Hannah to play replicant Pris in the film and fire Sean Young. Scott agreed with Paull on the former and famously ignored him on the Young advice, casting the actress as Harrison Ford’s love interest in the movie.”
Paull’s other genre roles include: Uncle Sam (1996), a five-part story arc on Challenge of the GoBots (1985), Beyond Westworld (1980), Fade to Black (1980), The Swarm (1978), The Fantastic Journey (1977), and Stowaway to the Moon (1975).
Beyond acting, he “was a long-time union official in Hollywood, serving on the Screen Actors Guild board of directors and co-founding Actors Working for an Actors’ Guild with close friend Charlton Heston.” He was also a Hollywood talent agent.
He is survived by his fourth wife, Jenny Elam, two daughters, and a grandchild.