Chester Morris

Known for

Acting

Born

February 16, 1901

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

September 11, 1970 (aged 69)

Biography

Chester Morris (born John Chester Brooks Morris; February 16, 1901 – September 11, 1970) was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Chester Morris is best remembered today for portraying Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-detective, in the modestly budgeted Boston Blackie film series of the 1940s.

Best known work

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Divorcee

1930

Red-Headed Woman

1932

The Big House

1930

Rawhide

1959

Five Came Back

1939

The Great White Hope

1970

The She-Creature

1956

The Bat Whispers

1930

Alibi

1929

Filmography

2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1970
The Great White Hope
as Pop Weaver
1967
Cimarron StripTV
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreTV
as Blaine Davis (1 episode)
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreTV
as Major Whitman (1 episode)
1963
EspionageTV
as Harry Kemp (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
as Self (1 episode)
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
as Self (2 episodes)
1961
Ben CaseyTV
1961
Dr. KildareTV
as Tom Monahan (1 episode)
1961
A String of Beads
as Walter Harmon
1960
Route 66TV
as Mr. Hull (1 episode), as Emmett McNeill (1 episode)
1960
CheckmateTV
as Albert DeWitt (1 episode)
1960
Diagnosis: UnknownTV
1960
The Computer Comes to Marketing
as Oscar
1959
Play of the WeekTV
as Swanson (1 episode)
1959
RawhideTV
as Hugh Clements (1 episode)
1958
PursuitTV
as Moody (1 episode)
1958
Naked CityTV
as Frank Manfred (1 episode)
1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarTV
as Self (3 episodes)
1957
Child of Trouble
as Warden
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
as Frank Simmons (1 episode)
1956
The She-Creature
as Dr. Carlo Lombardi