Lew Morphy nasceu o 18 de abril de 1904 em Nova Iorque, EUA. Era ator. Foi casado com Althea Cloud, Elsie A. Williams, Kaye e Valarie Krzeczowski. Morreu o 7 de novembro de 1958 em Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA.
On November 7, 1958, Morphy--apparently despondent over the death of his mother and serious financial problems--shot and killed his wife. He then ended up in a physical confrontation with her mother, killing her (possibly accidentally; she hit her head on a coffee table when he pushed her off him). After telephoning a friend, he shot and killed himself.
