The Actors Fund of Canada on Tuesday marked the death of cofounder Barry Morse with kind words about his legacy on and off the screen. Morse — best known to TV viewers as the relentless Lt. Gerard from the ABC series The Fugitive — died at age 89 in London on Saturday, and was one of the last surviving founders of the Toronto-based charity, which provides financial aid to workers in film, TV and on stage.

The British-born actor ‘had a long and remarkable career on stage, screen and radio, and made an enormous contribution through his humanitarian and charitable work,’ said AFC president Graham Hartley, in a statement. ‘The organization that he helped launch has given thousands of his colleagues in the entertainment industry new hope.’

Morse had more than 100 credits on the big and small screen, going back to the early 1940s, and appeared on series including The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train and Space: 1999.

The AFC is marking its 50th anniversary this year. It was founded in May 1958 by Morse, Donald Davis, Barbara Hamilton, Jane Mallett and William Needles, who is now the final surviving cofounder.