Robert Morse

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Robert Morse (born May 18, 1931 in Newton , Massachusetts ) is an American theater and film actor .

Live and act

Even in high school , Robert Morse took part in school performances as an actor and director. As a professional actor, he made his debut in 1949 with the role of Gabey in the musical On the Town . Then he went to New York City . At first he got by with jobs as a salesman and lighting technician in Manhattan . He served four years in the US Navy and took part in the Korean War. He then studied acting in a course organized by the American Theater Wing as part of the GI Bill of Rights .

An agent noticed him while working as a light double on the Show Name That Tune . It was through him that Morse got his first film role, a small appearance in the war melodrama Also Heroes Can Cry , in which he did not appear in the credits. The agent also brokered a meeting with theater director Tyrone Guthrie , who then cast him in the role of Barnaby Tucker in the Broadway comedy The Matchmaker . Morse played this part from 1955 to 1957 at the Booth Theater in New York and then in the film of the same name by Joseph Anthony . From this point on he was continuously on stage and in front of the camera, where he was more successful as a theater actor.

For his second Broadway appearance as Ted Snow in the musical Say, Darling , Morse received a Theater World Award and was nominated for a Tony Award for the first time . The latter succeeded again the following year with the musical Take Me Along , in which he was co-starred while Jackie Gleason and Eileen Herlie (1918-2008) played the leading roles. From 1961 Morse took on the central role of J. Pierrepont Finch in the Pulitzer Prize- winning musical comedy How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying . In the following year, this earned him his first Tony Award in the category Best Actor in a Musical . Morse also won prizes such as the Drama Desk Award and another Tony nomination for the following lead role in the musical Sugar , an adaptation of Some Like It Hot . He finally had his last Broadway role in 1990 as a solo actor in Jay Presson Allen's play Tru , where he played Truman Capote . For this he was awarded a Tony Award for the second time.

Morse's larger film roles included that of Ed Stander in the comedy Leitfaden für Seitensprünge (1967), where he plays alongside Walter Matthau . The following year, he and Doris Day took on the leading roles in Where Were You When The Lights Goed Out? . From the 1970s Morse was mainly seen as a guest actor in television series. In 1992 the Broadway play Tru was filmed for television as part of the American Playhouse PBS series . Morse also took on the (only) role of Capote and won an Emmy in the category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special . At the age of 76, when Morse already considered his acting career to be over, he was offered the recurring role of Bertram Cooper in the television series Mad Men . This decision came from the inventor of the series, Matthew Weiner , who, in the course of his research in the 1960s, had looked at, among other things, the guide to infidelities and thus “discovered” Morse. From 2007 to 2015, he was a permanent member of the series and was nominated three times for an Emmy in the category Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series . In 2016 Morse played the supporting role of journalist Dominick Dunne in the first season of the American Crime Story series , which is about the criminal case against OJ Simpson .

Morse was married to the dancer and theater actress Carole D'Andrea from 1960 to 1981 . From this marriage three daughters were born, including the actress Robin Morse (* 1963). In 1989, Morse married Elizabeth Roberts, with whom he had two more children.

Theater appearances (selection)

Filmography (selection)

  • 1958: The Matchmaker
  • 1963: Hotel for lovers (Honeymoon Hotel)
  • 1965: Death in Hollywood (The Loved One)
  • 1965: O father, poor father, mother hangs you in the closet and I'm very sick (Oh dad, poor Dad, Mamma's hung you in the closet and i'm feeling so sad)
  • 1967: Guide to infidelities (A Guide for married man)
  • 1966: How to succeed in business without really trying
  • 1968: Where were you when the lights went out? (Where were you when the lights went out)
  • 1968–1969: That's Life (TV series, 26 episodes)
  • 1969: The Boatniks
  • 1971: Alias ​​Smith and Jones ( aka Smith and Jones , TV series, an episode)
  • 1984: Calendar Girl Murders
  • 1986–1987: Pound Puppies (TV series, 25 episodes)
  • 1987: Emperor's new clothes
  • 1987: Hunk
  • 1993: Wild Palms (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1995: A Munsters (Here come the Munsters)
  • 2000: City of Angels
  • 2007-2015: Mad Men (TV series, 74 episodes)
  • 2016: Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (TV movie)
  • 2016: American Crime Story (TV series, 6 episodes)

Awards / nominations

Web links

Commons : Robert Morse  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Michael Buckley: Stage to Screens: Robert Morse of "Mad Men", plus "Ugly Betty" Producer Marco Pennette. In: Playbill , July 30, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ Past Recipients theatreworldawards.org. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Search  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. tonyawards.com. Retrieved February 22, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tonyawards.com  
  4. ↑ a b Robert Morse emmys.com. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ Carole D'Andrea biography caroledandrea.com. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ Robert Morse nndb.com. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Morse, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Newton , Massachusetts, United States