Jay Morley (July 14, 1890 – November 9, 1976),[1] was an American actor, active in silent films.

Morley began his acting career in a traveling vaudeville act[2] and performed in dramas with stock theater companies for five years.

[1] He had success in silent films, but retired at the beginning of the sound era to serve as sheriff of Malibu.

[3] He returned to films and television in the early 1950s.

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