Morgans in films, television and good company
On screen
52 appearances since 1950, and a gallery of famous faces beside a Morgan.
- 52appearances
- 47famous faces
- 1950–2026years covered
Morgans turn up on screen more often than you would think! The best list is kept by my friend Lorne Goldman’s GoMoG: Ed Herman’s “Morgans at the Movies”, built from sightings that viewers sent in, and a gallery called “Celebs in a Mog”. GoMoG, Morgans at the Movies, GoMoG, Celebs in a Mog
I have put each car in my own words below, and the originals have the fuller stories. These are sightings, not a checked record, so a year or a model may be a viewer’s best guess. Spotted another? Tell me, and I will pass it on.
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Films and television
In order of year. Where the page itself raises a doubt, it is noted.
1950’s
- 1950
Orphée Film
A flat-radiator drophead coupé drives the poet to a police interview.
- 1957
The Happy Road Film
A three-wheeler passes in a street scene.
1960’s
- 1961
The Green Helmet Film
A Plus 4 flashes past in the racing sequence at Sebring; who drove it is an open question.
- 1965
Do Not Disturb Film
A Morgan Roadster, in a film the page finds otherwise disappointing.
- 1966
Munsters Go Home Film
Herman Munster races a Morgan.
- 1966
Brigadoon Television
The opening scene features a racing-blue Plus 4.
- 1967
In Like Flint Film
Flint drives up to the airport in a yellow Morgan.
- 1967
The Trip Film
Peter Fonda drives a drophead coupé through the Hollywood Hills at the start. The car belonged to Chuck Lowry and is still his widow’s.
- 1968
The Secret of Boyne Castle (Guns in the Heather) Film
A three-wheeler appears.
- 1968
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit Film
Kurt Russell drives a little red Morgan that tows the horse trailer.
- 1969
Unser Doktor ist der Beste Film
A 1964 Plus 4 appears.
1970’s
- 1971
Haathi Mere Saathi Film
A 1937 Morgan is the hero’s transport.
- 1976
Silent Movie Film
Mel Brooks bought a four-seater for the film, and sold it afterwards. The dolly that lifted its front end was used again for The War of the Roses.
- 1977–1983
The Professionals Television
A red Plus 8 is glimpsed in one episode.
1980’s
- 1980
To Serve Them All My Days Television
A 1922 De Luxe three-wheeler, whose owner taught the actors to drive it on the BBC set. It disappears after a car crash in the story.
- 1980
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Television
A young agent buys a Plus 4 roadster and uses it for a stake-out in the rain.
- 1982
The World According to Garp Film
A 4/4 owned by the producer Itzy Atkins.
- 1982–1987
Fame Television
In one episode the music professor is taught to drive in a Morgan.
- 1985–1986
Dempsey and Makepeace Television
A Morgan Plus makes an appearance in the fourth episode.
- 1987
Have His Carcase Television
A 1933 Super Sports three-wheeler.
- 1987
Matlock: The Billionaire Television
A character on trial for murder drives an ivory Morgan roadster.
- 1988
Lair of the White Worm Film
The husband drives a Plus 8.
- 1989
The War of the Roses Film
Three Morgans were used: one as it was before restoration, one restored, and a rolling hulk that was “crushed” on a dolly. The writer had owned a Morgan.
GoMoG gives the year as 1984; the film came out in 1989.
1990’s
- 1991
The Golfer (Den ofrivillige golfaren) Film
A Plus 8 appears on the way to the golf course.
- 1992
Pole to Pole Television
Michael Palin makes the journey in a Morgan 4/4.
- 1993
JFK: Reckless Youth Television
The young Kennedy, played by Patrick Dempsey, drives a flat-radiator Morgan.
- 1993
Splitting Heirs Film
A yellow Plus 8 is “destroyed” by a bomb.
- 1994
Another Woman Television
The car now owned by GoMoG’s webmaster appears in it.
- 1994
Rosamunde Pilcher: Das Ende eines Sommers Film
A lawyer drives a British racing green Plus 8 with a red interior.
- 1994
My Girl 2 Film
A Plus 4 drophead coupé makes an appearance.
- 1997
Dream for an Insomniac Film
A scene is played on the bonnet of a two-tone silver and blue Morgan.
- 1997
Preaching to the Perverted Film
A blue Plus 8 appears about halfway through.
- 1998
Beauty Television
The artist drives a 1969 Plus 8 owned by a member of the Morgan club in North Vancouver.
- 1999
Thick as Thieves Television
A Plus 8 is driven in the film; its present owner sent the sighting in.
- 1999
Dangerfield: Tying the Knot Television
The last episode of the series features a 4/4, first shown on 19 November 1999.
2000’s
- 2000
Linda McCartney Television
Paul McCartney is shown driving a green Morgan in the 1960’s; the car used was a 1955 Plus 4.
- 2000
The Right Temptation Film
Kiefer Sutherland drives a white Plus 8.
- 2000
Rated X Television
Charlie Sheen drives a red Plus 4 of 1957 with the high cowl, owned by its present keeper since 1959 and filmed on his road in Ontario.
- 2000
Take a Girl Like You Television
A British racing green Plus 4 four-seater of 1956 plays a supporting part. Its owner says it is chassis 3436.
- 2001
Mike Bassett: England Manager Film
The acting debut of the Aero 8, says GoMoG.
GoMoG says the next entry, San-Antonio (2004), is “the first movie to feature an Aero 8”.
- 2003
Bright Young Things Film
A 1932 Super Sports three-wheeler.
- 2003–
NCIS Television
Dr “Ducky” Mallard drives a 1964 4/4 Series V Competition, and in “Kill Ari” (2005) his own 1954 4/4, which he restored himself.
- 2004
San-Antonio Film
An Aero 8 appears.
- 2004
Midsomer Murders: The Fisher King Television
A red Plus 8 is seen at the start of the mystery.
- 2005
Wallander: Bröderna Television
A Connaught green 4/4 can be spotted.
- 2006
Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs Television
Miss Marple has a 1952 flat-radiator 4/4.
- 2007
Nancy Drew Film
A red Californian Morgan.
- 2007
Suburban Girl Film
The publisher has a blue Plus 8.
- 2008
Radeloos Film
A scene is set in a Dutch Morgan owner’s garage.
2010’s
- 2010
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? Television
A late-model traditional Morgan in British racing green is filmed lovingly from the side as it is driven.
- 2010
18 anni dopo (18 Years Later) Film
Two estranged brothers carry their father’s ashes across Italy in a Morgan four-seater.
2020’s
- 2020
French Exit Film
A model Morgan appears.
Every entry is from Morgans at the Movies (opens in a new tab). GoMoG, Morgans at the Movies
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Good company
GoMoG’s “Celebs in a Mog” shows these people in a Morgan, each with a photograph. It gives no detail and nothing here is checked, so read it as a gallery, not a register of owners.
- Eddie Adams
- Rowan Atkinson
- Brigitte Bardot
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- David Bailey
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Claude Brasseur
- Nicholas Cage
- Johnny Carson
- Jack Casady
- Jay Chou
- Simon Cowell
- Johnny Crawford
- Jeff Dunham
- Jim Davidson
- Catherine Deneuve
- Peter Fonda
- Clark Gable
- Lowell George
- Terry Gilliam
- Bobby Goldsboro
- Thomas Gottschalk
- Richard Hammond
- Sheila Hancock
- Robert Horton
- Whitney Houston
- Queen Noor
- Mick Jagger
- Anna Karina
- Ralph Lauren
- Jay Leno
- Lord March
- Kenneth Mars
- Malcolm McDowell
- Stirling Moss
- Nicholas Parsons
- John Peel
- Peter Revson
- Jonathan Ross
- John Savident
- Ralf and Cora Schumacher
- Peter Sellers
- Jean Shepherd
- Iain Duncan Smith
- General Norman Schwarzkopf
- Julian Lloyd Webber
- Norman Wisdom
See the photographs at Celebs in a Mog (opens in a new tab). GoMoG, Celebs in a Mog
Sources
Where this comes from
Both lists are GoMoG’s. The notes are in my own words.
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GoMoG, Morgans at the Movies
Ed Herman, “Morgans at the Movies” (pages 1 and 2), gomog.com, with additions from GoMoG’s visitors. Checked 13 October 2026.
A list of what viewers have spotted, as they reported it. Years and details are theirs; where a film’s year looks wrong the page says so.
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GoMoG, Celebs in a Mog
“Celebs in a Mog”, gomog.com (webmaster Lorne Goldman). Checked 13 October 2026.
A gallery of photographs and names with no further detail; nothing here is checked.