Morton Downey, Jr.

Known for

Acting

Born

December 9, 1932

Birthplace

Los Angeles, California, USA

Died

March 12, 2001 (aged 68)

Biography

Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program The Morton Downey Jr. Show.

Best known work

Predator 2

1990

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Saturday Night Live

1975

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

1992

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

Meet Wally Sparks

1997

WWE WrestleMania V

1989

Driving Me Crazy

1991

Monsters

1988

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

2013

Filmography

2020
Manufacturing Ignorance
as Himself (archive footage)
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #5: Haunted Lives
as Self
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2013
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
as Self (archive footage)
2005
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Palmer's Pick-Up
as Dick Cash
1997
Meet Wally Sparks
as Morton Downey, Jr.
1996
Hollywood: The Movie
as Carlton
1995
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
as Himself
1993
Diagnosis: MurderTV
as Carl Burke (1 episode)
1992
The Silencer
as Michael Keating
1992
Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger
as Big Chuck
1992
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
as Orrin Price
1992
Hollywood Cabaret The Movie
as Carlton
1991
Driving Me Crazy
as Taj
1991
Legal Tender
as Mal Connery
1990
Predator 2
as Tony Pope
1990
Thanksgiving Day
as Dr. Saul Minion
1989
Tales from the CryptTV
as Horton Rivers (1 episode)
1989
WWE WrestleMania V
as Himself
1988
MonstersTV
as Ray Bright (1 episode)
1986
WWF Wrestling ChallengeTV
as Self (1 episode)
1978
Born Again
as Classroom Guard
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
as Self (uncredited) (1 episode)