Clarence "Clay" Morrow
| Clay Morrow | |
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| First appearance | "Pilot" (episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance | "Aon Rud Persanta" (episode 6.11) |
| Created by | Kurt Sutter |
| Portrayed by | Ron Perlman |
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| Nickname(s) | Clay |
| Occupation |
outlaw motorcyclist gun runner co-owner of Teller-Morrow Automotive Repair (1972-2013) |
| Title | soldier (1967-1972) Vice President (1991-1993) President (1993-season 4) |
| Spouse(s) | Gemma Teller Morrow (1993- 2013, dissolved) |
| Children | Jax Teller (stepson, deceased) |
| Relatives |
Tara Knowles (stepdaughter-in-law, deceased) Abel Teller (step-grandson) Thomas Teller (step-grandson) |
Clarence "Clay" Morrow was a fictional character in the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. He is played by Ron Perlman. He is the former International President of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, but is also something of a vigilante as he does everything in his power to ensure that drug dealers and rapists stay out of his town. However, during the fourth season, Clay involves the club with a number of drug dealings with the cartel for his own protection and greed, wavering in his allegiance, and gradually reveals himself to be one of the story's antagonists. He is 6' 2" and has a number of tattoos, most notably a Grim Reaper on his upper right arm and a Paratrooper tattoo on his upper left, along with the words "Death From Above" indicating that he served as a paratrooper in a military unit. He also wears a golden pin of the same symbol on his kutte. This symbol is often confused with the US Army Parachutist badge. The Paratrooper symbol that Clay wears is an unofficial symbol, and would serve to indicate service, particularly combat service, as a paratrooper, and consists of a skull, with wings coming from the bottom of the skull, and curving up to meet the top of the skull. Given that his and Gemma Teller's machinations are the driving source of conflict throughout the story, it can be argued that both he and Gemma are the series' main antagonists.
Morrow, of Irish descent, was born in 1949 but is not a native of Charming, California. He is one of the original "First 9" members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, formed in 1967, but was not a founding member. Of the first nine, he was the youngest and one of only three who were not war veterans. He did later go on to serve in the military, however, joining the US Army as an Airborne qualified Infantryman in 1969 and was deployed to Vietnam until 1972 (commemorated by a tattoo on his left arm and the paratrooper pin on his vest). When he returned from service, he remained a member of the club and opened the Teller-Morrow Automotive Repair shop with John Teller, the club President and his best friend. Whilst serving as the Vice President during the early 1990s, he was responsible for a number of murders during the SAMCRO-Mayan War, including that of Lowell Harland, Sr., a mechanic at the auto shop who became an ATF informant.
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