Howard Morris

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Howard "Howie" Morris (born September 4, 1919 in New York City , New York - † May 22, 2005 in Hollywood , Los Angeles , California ) was an American comedian in film and television .

Life

His career began when Morris met Carl Reiner in a radio workshop. They were together in the troop support , where they performed Hamlet and Macbeth for Maurice Evans during World War II . Ironically, Howard was Carl Reiner's sergeant while Reiner was playing this. Then they performed the stage musical Call Me Mister together .

They joined Sid Caesar's writing team in his classic sketch shows in the 1950s. After his successful work in the Second Series , Morris sought his own identity and tried his hand as an actor , director and speaker .

Since the early 1960s he was part of the speaking team for the Hanna-Barbera productions. He spoke hundreds of votes for the Feuersteins , The Jetsons , Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! , Garfield and Friends, and other well-known animated series that he starred in various adaptations of the comics. He also spoke Atom Ant .

He showed his talent in some comedy films , for example Sexy! (1962) with Kim Novak , The Crazy Professor (1963) and The Moon Calf (1966), both with Jerry Lewis , Mel Brooks Höhenkoller (1978) and The Crazy History of the World (1981). He played the eccentric grouchy Ernest T. Bass on the Andy Griffith Show . He was so popular in the role that he had to come back after three seasons.

Morris directed the pilot episode of the television series Mini-Max in 1965 . Even with the sitcoms of Danny Thomas and Andy Griffith , he was director. After directing comedies like Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), The Man in Mammi's Bed ( With Six You Get Eggroll , 1968), and Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water (1969), Morris directed commercials and appeared here and there until the 1990s. In 1972 he directed several McDonald’s commercials and starred Ronald McDonald , the Hamburglar, Mayor MacCheese, etc.

Morris was married and divorced five times. He died on May 21 or 22, 2005 (his son says Monday the 22nd) at his home in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

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SURNAME Morris, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morris, Howie (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comedian in film and television
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 2005
Place of death Hollywood , Los Angeles , California