Bret Morrison (5 May 1912 – 25 September 1978)[1][2] was an American actor best known as the voice of the mysterious crusader for law and order on radio's The Shadow.

[4] In 1937, he was in the cast of Lucky Girl, a Monday-Friday drama broadcast on WGN in Chicago.

[5] Morrison portrayed the Shadow longer than any other actor, spending 10 years in the role in two separate runs.

He was found slumped over the steering wheel of his parked car on a Hollywood street where he had stopped for shopping after taping an episode of Heartbeat Theater.

It was believed 107-degree temperatures in a Southern California heat wave may have prompted Morrison's heart attack.