Read Lawrence Morgan was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing the role of Sergeant Hapgood Tasker in the American western television series The Deputy.

The Deputy is an American Western television series starring Henry Fonda and Allen Case that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1961. Fonda portrayed Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Case played Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.