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Chester Morris

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American actor (1901-1970)

United StatesActorsLived 1901 to 1970 · aged 69
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John Chester Brooks Morris was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and received an Academy Award nomination for Alibi (1929).

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Photos 10

Morris and Mae Marsh in The Beloved Traitor (1918)Morris and Mae Marsh in The Beloved Traitor (1918)Morris and his wife Lillian in 1943Morris and his wife Lillian in 1943

Filmography 40

The Divorcee1930 · ★ 6.2
The Big House1930 · ★ 6.6
Red-Headed Woman1932 · ★ 6.6
Alibi1929
Five Came Back1939
The She-Creature1956
The Great White Hope1970
The Bat Whispers1930
Three Godfathers1936
Blondie Johnson1933
Corsair1931
Secret Command1944
Blind Alley1939
Complicated Women2003
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle1935
Meet Boston Blackie1941
Pacific Liner1939
Alias Boston Blackie1942
One Mysterious Night1944
Tomorrow at Seven1933
Blind Spot1947
Sinners in the Sun1932
Playing Around1930
The Gay Bride1934
Embarrassing Moments1934
Public Hero Number 11935
Tornado1943
No Hands on the Clock1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie1941
A Close Call for Boston Blackie1946
Woman Trap1929
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous1945
Thunder Afloat1939
Society Doctor1935
The Miracle Man1932
Aerial Gunner1943
Sunday Night at the Trocadero1937
I Live on Danger1942
After Midnight with Boston Blackie1943
The Big Parade of Comedy1964

124 credits on file

Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
The Mike Douglas Show1961
Robert Montgomery Presents1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956
Rawhide1959
Dr. Kildare1961
The Red Skelton Show1951
Ben Casey1961
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
Studio One1948
Naked City1958
Route 661960
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
Lights Out1949
Suspense1949
Checkmate1960
Tales of Tomorrow1951
Cimarron Strip1967
Kraft Suspense Theatre1963
Lux Video Theatre1950
Espionage1963
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
Gang Busters1952
Play of the Week1959

In their orbit 3

Connected to Chester 6

Keith RichardsAlso in Aerial Gunner (1943)Carole LombardAlso in Sinners in the Sun (1932)Sterling HollowayAlso in Blondie Johnson (1933)Robert MontgomeryAlso in The Divorcee (1930)Irving ThalbergAlso in The Big House (1930)Barry FitzgeraldAlso in Pacific Liner (1939)

About this person

John Chester Brooks Morris was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and received an Academy Award nomination for Alibi (1929). Morris is remembered for portraying Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-detective, in the eponymous film series of the 1940s.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1970 · aged 69
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25 languages

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