Chester Morris
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday16 February 1901
Died11 September 1970 (age 69)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits118
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.
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
The Great White Hope
1970 · Pop Weaver
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Blaine Davis
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Major Whitman
Espionage
1963 · Harry Kemp
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Tom Monahan
A String of Beads
1961 · Walter Harmon
Route 66
1960 · Mr. Hull
Route 66
1960 · Emmett McNeill
Checkmate
1960 · Albert DeWitt
Diagnosis: Unknown
1960
The Computer Comes to Marketing
1960 · Oscar
Play of the Week
1959 · Swanson
Rawhide
1959 · Hugh Clements
Pursuit
1958 · Moody
Naked City
1958 · Frank Manfred
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
Child of Trouble
1957 · Warden
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Frank Simmons
The She-Creature
1956 · Dr. Carlo Lombardi
Unchained
1955 · Kenyon Scudder
Gang Busters
1952 · Host
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · The Dansker
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Tony
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Lefty
Cameo Theatre
1950 · Merlini
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Col. Bobo Nolan
Lights Out
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949 · Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Suspense
1949 · Edwards
Suspense
1949
Studio One
1948 · Jack Feeney
Studio One
1948 · Jack Sparling
Studio One
1948 · Sam Benson
Studio One
1948 · Warden Garry
Trapped by Boston Blackie
1948 · Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Blind Spot
1947 · Jeffrey Andrews
Boston Blackie and the Law
1946 · Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
The Phantom Thief
1946 · Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946 · Paul (uncredited)
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