Scream Actor C.W. Morgan Dead at 72: Daughter Shares Emotional Tribute

C.W. Morgan, the actor who played Hank Loomis in 1996’s Scream, has died at 72. According to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner records, he died August 30, with his cause of death listed as deferred pending a final determination. Born June 8, 1954, in Bisbee, Arizona, Morgan built a career across film and television, with credits including Metro, The Last of His Tribe, and The Last Express.

To Scream fans, though, he’ll always be Billy Loomis’s father. Hank’s affair with Sidney Prescott’s mother set the Loomis family’s collapse in motion, and that fallout became part of the fuel behind Billy’s killing spree. It’s a brief role with an outsized legacy, the kind of detail that makes the original film hold up.

Morgan’s daughter shared a tribute on social media, writing,“Losing you has left the biggest hole in my heart. I miss you endlessly already.”She added,“Life will never be the same without you and your poorly timed jokes that I inherited from you.”The Scream franchise continues on: Scream 7 arrived in February, and Scream 8 is in development. What’s your favorite underrated moment from the original Scream?