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Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, and director. He was best known for his role in ''
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'' as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in a celebrated comedy sketch on Sid Caesar's '' Your Show of Shows'' (1954). He did voices for television shows such as ''
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'' (1962–1965), '' The Jetsons'' (1962–1987), '' The Atom Ant Show'' (1965–1966), and '' Garfield and Friends'' (1988–1994).


Life and career

Morris was born to a
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family in
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, the son of Hugo and Elsie (née Theobald) Morris. His father was a rubber company executive. Morris attended
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on a dramatic arts scholarship. During
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, he was assigned to a
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Special Services unit where he was the First Sergeant. Maurice Evans was the company commander and
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and Werner Klemperer were soldiers in the unit. Based in
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, the unit entertained American troops throughout the Pacific. He came to prominence in appearances on Sid Caesar's '' Your Show of Shows'' (a live
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series appearing weekly in the United States, from 1950 to 1954). In April 1954, Morris joined Caesar and Carl Reiner in "This Is Your Story," an 11-minute takeoff on Ralph Edwards's '' This Is Your Life''. Morris claimed it was his favorite sketch role. As ''
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'' and Hollywood.com, among others.
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tweeted in 2014, "Saw this Sid Caesar sketch when I was a kid. It made me want to make people laugh." Billy Crystal later called it a defining early influence: "That's how I used to go to bed. I'd grab my dad's leg, and he'd drag me to bed like Sid Caesar." The sketch can be viewe
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Morris enters at the 4:14 mark. He also appeared twice in 1957 in episodes of the short-lived NBC comedy/
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''The Polly Bergen Show''. He notably played the wily and over-the-top
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character Ernest T. Bass on ''
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''. Also, he played George, the TV mechanic in the episode, "Andy and Helen Have Their Day." (He had lampooned southern accents while in the army at
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, North Carolina.) He starred in one of the more comical early hour-long '' Twilight Zone'' episodes, " I Dream of Genie." Other roles included that of Elmer Kelp in '' The Nutty Professor'', a movie studio clerk in the short film '' Star Spangled Salesman'', and an art appraiser in an episode of '' The Dick Van Dyke Show''. He also appeared in several Broadway shows including the highly regarded 1960 revival of '' Finian's Rainbow'' as Og the leprechaun opposite Bobby Howes as Finian. He played the role of Schmidlap in '' Way... Way Out'' and appeared in the movie, '' Boys' Night Out'' (1962).


Voice acting

Morris was first heard in animated cartoons in the early 1960s. He and Allan Melvin teamed up for a 50-episode King Features Syndicate series, '' Beetle Bailey'', for which he and Melvin co-wrote a number of episodes. He provided the voices for
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's Academy Award-winning ''
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'', about a four-year-old boy who was drafted into the Army. Beginning in 1962, Morris played a variety of voices in many
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series including '' The Jetsons'' as Jet Screamer who sang the "Eep opp ork ah ah!" song, (said to be Morris' first work for Hanna-Barbera) and ''
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''. He was the original voice of Atom Ant and provided the voice of Mr. Peebles in '' The Magilla Gorilla Show'', teaming up again with Allan Melvin who performed the voice for Magilla. In another series, Morris was heard as the voice of Breezly Bruin which was similar in tone with the Bill Scott vocalization of Bullwinkle. Morris had a disagreement with
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prior to production of the 1966–1967 season of ''Magilla Gorilla'' and ''Atom Ant'' and all of his voices were recast, mostly using
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. Years later, the two men reconciled and Morris was back doing those voices and others. He also lent his voice to Forsythe "Jughead" Jones on Filmation's series '' The Archies'' through the life of the franchise, 1968–1977. Moreover, he was the voice of Leonard Blush, "The Masked Singer" - he had a skin condition - as well as the regular voice of the Mount Pilot radio station's host on ''
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''. Morris also voiced the characters Professor Icenstein and Luigi La Bounci in the animated series '' Galaxy High''. He voiced Mayor McCheese and later the Hamburglar (taking over for Larry Storch in 1986) in McDonaldland ad campaign for
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, which Morris also directed. He provided the voice of Wade Duck in the '' U.S. Acres'' segments of '' Garfield and Friends'', and voiced Webbly in '' Bobby's World'' and Flem in '' Cow & Chicken''. Morris supplied the voice of the
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in TV commercials for
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from 1967 through 1992 (saying the tagline, "I hate Qantas"), and voiced "
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" in the
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featurettes ''
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'' and ''
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''. Also in 1989, he voiced a French gangster cat named Monte De Zar (Fat Cat's Cousin) in an episode of Disney's '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' episode "Le Purrfect Crime".


Voice directing

While Morris continued to make himself available for voice and sound effect roles, he also began a new career in voice directing. Among the projects he directed are '' Police Academy'', '' Richie Rich'', '' Bionic Six'', '' Goin' Coconuts'', ''
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'', '' Galaxy High'', '' The Snorks'', '' The Mighty Orbots'', '' Rose Petal Place'', '' The Dogfather'', ''
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'', '' Tom and Jerry: The Movie'', '' Turbo Teen'', '' Little Clowns of Happytown'', ''
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'', and '' Kidd Video''.


Directing and later career

Morris directed some episodes of ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Hogan's Heroes'', '' The Dick Van Dyke Show'', the black and white pilot episode of ''
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'' and later, episodes of '' One Day at a Time'', '' Bewitched'', and single episodes of many other comedy shows. He directed
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in her final film, '' With Six You Get Eggroll'' (1968). Other films he directed were '' Don't Drink the Water'' (1969) and '' Who's Minding the Mint?'' (1967).
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occasionally cast Morris in his films. For example, he played Brooks' mentor
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Dr. Lilloman in the comedy '' High Anxiety'' (1977), the emperor's court spokesman ("Here, wash this!") in '' History of the World, Part I'' (1981), and played a bum named Sailor living in the streets in '' Life Stinks'' (1991). In 1984, he played Dr. Zidell in '' Splash'', a film directed by
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(the two had first worked together on ''
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''). He worked with his old friend and trouping partner Sid Caesar as nervous Jewish tailors in the 1998 movie of
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's '' The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit''. He appeared on "The Love Boat" (S8 E13) as "has been" comedian Billy Banks in a Christmas-themed vignette "Santa, Santa, Santa" which aired on 12/15/1984. In 1986, he reprised his famous role as Ernest T. Bass in the highly-rated television movie '' Return to Mayberry''. In 1989, he guest starred on ''
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''. From 1997 to 1999, he voiced Flem on '' Cow and Chicken''.


Personal life

Morris was married and divorced five times. He was first married to Mary Helen McGowan from 1945 to 1962. He married his second wife, Dolores A. Wylie, later in 1962; the marriage lasted until 1977 when they divorced. He had three daughters and a son, along with three grandchildren.


Death

On May 21, 2005, Morris died of
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, at the age of 85. At his funeral, the "Uncle Goopy" sketch was shown; among the eulogizers was
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, who praised Morris's ability to improvise. He is entombed in Laurel Gardens Wall crypt at
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in Culver City, California.


Filmography


Film

*''
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'' (1961) – narrator *'' Boys Night Out'' (1962) – Howard McIllenny *''
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'' (1962) – Julius *'' The Nutty Professor'' (1963) – Elmer Kelp *'' Loopy DeLoop'' (Habit Rabbit) (1963, Short) – Raymond (voice) *'' Fluffy'' (1965) – Sweeney *''
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'' (1966, Short) –
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(voice) *'' Alice of Wonderland in Paris'' (1966) – The Frowning Prince / King (segment "The Frowning Prince") / Grand Wizard (voice) *'' Way...Way Out'' (1966) – Schmidlap *'' The Big Mouth'' (1967) – Cameo Role (uncredited) *'' With Six You Get Eggroll'' (1968) – Hippie in Police Station (uncredited) *''
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'' (1968, Short) –
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(voice) *'' Don't Drink the Water'' (1969) – Getaway Pilot (uncredited) *''
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'' (1969) – Pedestrian Gag Man in Love Honor and Oh Boy (uncredited) *'' Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies'' (1972) – Franklin 'Frankie' Frankenstein / Wolfgang 'Wolfie' Wolfman / Mummy / "Hauntleroy" (voice) *''Ten from Your Show of Shows'' (1973) *'' The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' (1977) –
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(voice) (archive footage) *'' High Anxiety'' (1977) – Professor Lilloman *'' History of the World, Part I'' (1981) – Court Spokesman (The Roman Empire) *'' Splash'' (1984) – Dr. Zidell *'' Return to Mayberry'' (1986, TV Movie) – Ernest T. Bass *'' End of the Line'' (1987) – Hobo *'' The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound'' (1988, TV Movie) – Mr. Peebles / Chuckling Chipmunk / Governor / Dentist *'' Transylvania Twist'' (1989) – Marinas Orlock *'' Life Stinks'' (1991) – Sailor *'' Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' (1992) – Squawk (voice) *'' I Yabba-Dabba Do!'' (1993, TV Movie) – (voice) *'' Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'' (1993, TV Movie) – Bird (voice) *'' A Flintstones Christmas Carol'' (1994, TV movie) – (voice) *''Lasting Silents'' (1997) – Julius Davis *'' The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit'' (1998) – Leo Zellman


Television

*'' Your Show of Shows'' (1950–1954) – various roles *'' Caesar's Hour'' (1954-1957) – various roles *''
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'' (1963) (Season 4 Episode 12: '' I Dream of Genie'') – George P. Hanley *'' Wanted: Dead or Alive'' (1961) (Episode: "Detour") – Clayton Armstrong *''
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'' (1962) (Season 7 Episode 31: "Most Likely to Succeed") - Dave Sumner *'' Thriller'' (1962) (U.S. TV series) (Season 2 Episode 29: "The Lethal Ladies") *''
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'' (1962–1965) – 28 episodes – Doctor / Boy / Pilot / Soldier #1 / Sergeant / Cop / Bird #1 / Mr. Rockhard / Charles / Coach / Cat / Boy #1 / Boy #3 / Rodney Whetstone / Dr. Pilldown / Monkey / Letter Opening Bird / Turtle #2 / Guy in Crowd / Clerk / Kid / Porcupine / The Kissing Burglar / Henry / Cop #1 / Ted Stonevan / Tex Bricker / Filbert / Knitting Kneedle / Chisel Bird / Turtle Butler / Jimmy / Quartz / Member #2 / Member #4 / Ticket Taker / Reporter / Guard / Announcer / Pilot / Traffic Cop / Black Lamb / Eddie / Clam / Turtle / Manager / Customer / Dr. Corset / Brick / Bird / Man #1 / Man #3 / Man #4 / Ollie / Slag / Card Player #2 / Bobby / Announcer / Parrot / Herman / Chimp / Horse / Sam / BirdGeneral / Peter / Al / Mop / Tortoise / Mammoth / Alligator / Detective #2 / Hotrock / Oyster / Traffic Cop #2 / Kid #2 / Monkey #2 / Elmo / Elephant / Lucy / TV Announcer / Cat / Buffalo #3 / Emcee / Bird in Tree / Rockoff / Official / Proprietor / Joe / Tall Detective / Customs Man / Percy / Pa / Slab / Possum / 1st Dinosaur / Attendant / Treasurer / Scotsman / Baggage Monkey / Reggie / Horn Bird / Dragon / Actor / Doc / Jethro Hatrock / Spider / Flower / 'Uncle' / TV Announcer / Weirdly Gruesome / The Kissing Burglar / Slab / Waiter *'' The Jetsons'' (1962–1987) – 14 episodes – Harlan / Bank Security Guard #1 / Traffic Cop / Molecular Motors Video Tailor #2 / Montique Jetson / Nimbus the Great / George's Conscience / Willie / Mr. Tweeter / Emcee / Jet Screamer / Henry Orbit (1 episode) / Boppo Crushstar / CB / Bus Driver *'' The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (1963) (Episode: "The Masterpiece") – Mr. Holdecker *'' Beetle Bailey'' (1963) – Beetle Bailey / General Halftrack / Lieutenant Fuzz / Otto / Chaplain Staneglass / Rocky *''
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'' (1963–1965) (8 episodes) – Ernest T. Bass / Radio Announcer / Leonard Blush / George, the TV Repairman *'' Make Room for Daddy'' (1964) (Episode: "The Leprechaun") – Sean *'' The Magilla Gorilla Show'' (1964–1965) – Mr. Peebles *'' Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse'' (1964–1966) – Mushmouse *'' Breezly and Sneezly'' (1964–1966) – Breezly Bruin *''
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'' (1965) (Season 4 Episode 2: "Lucy and the Golden Greek") – Howie (Lucy's blind date) *'' The Secret Squirrel Show'' (1965) – Additional voices *'' The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo'' (1965) – Prince Valor / Flattop / Egeus / Peter Quince / Demetrius *'' The Atom Ant Show'' (1965–1966) – Atom Ant *'' Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?'' (1966) (TV special) – The
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*'' The Archie Show'' (1968–1978) – Forsythe "Jughead" Jones, "Big Moose" Mason and Dilton Doiley *'' The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park'' (1972) – Hocus / Pocus *'' My Favorite Martians'' (1973) – Tim O'Hara / Bill Brennan / Brad Brennan / Okey / Chump *''
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'' (1978) – Cruise ship passenger / Stand-up comedian *'' The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show'' (1979) – Doctor Dome *'' Legends of the Superheroes'' (1979) (2 TV specials) – The Challenge and The Roast – Dr. Sivana *'' Fantasy Island'' (1980–1983) (2 episodes) *'' Shirt Tales'' (1982) – Shutter McBugg *'' Trapper John, M.D.'' (1982–1984) (5 episodes) – Dr. Jerry Hannigan / Dr. Kauffman *''
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'' (1983) – Additional voices *'' Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls'' (1983) (TV special) – Crazylegs *'' The Yellow Rose'' (1984) (Episode: "Sport of Kings") – Johnny Hogan *'' The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'' (1985) – Bogel / Platypus Duck *''
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'' (1985) (TV special) – Dragon Head #1 *'' Snorks'' (1985) – Additional voices *'' Paw Paws'' (1985–1986) – Trembly Paw *'' The Flintstone Kids'' (1986–1988) – Additional voices *'' Galaxy High'' (1986) – Professor Icenstein / Luigi La Bounci *''
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'' (1986–1993) (4 episodes) – Jughead Jones *'' Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' (1987) – Sir Paunch *''
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'' (1987–1989) – Dr. Von Swine / Happy Jack / Additional voices *'' Little Clowns of Happytown'' – Mr. Pickleherring *'' Popeye and Son'' – Bandini the Genie *''
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'' (1988) (Episode: "Triple-Play/The Circus") – Prankster / Oswald Loomis *'' The New Yogi Bear Show'' (1988) – Additional voices *'' Fantastic Max'' (1988–1989) – Additional voices *'' Police Academy'' (1988–1989) – Sweetchuck *'' Garfield and Friends'' (1988–1994) (121 episodes) – Wade Duck / Fox / Wart / Worm / Wolf / additional voices *'' The Further Adventures of SuperTed'' (1989) – Polka Face *''The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island'' (1989) (Video Short) – Hamburglar / Ben Gunn *''
Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series f ...
'' (1989) (Episode: "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue") – Uncle Ziggy *'' Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone'' (1990) – Dr. Akenhoffer *'' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' (1990) – Maltese de Sade *'' Yo Yogi!'' (1991) – Murray / Additional voices *''
TaleSpin ''TaleSpin'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It first aired in 1990 as a preview-run on The Disney Channel before beginning its main run in syndication later that year as part of the pro ...
'' (1991) – Chief of Mondo Bondo / King Amok / Radio Announcer 2 / 18th Class Postal Clerk *'' Dumb and Dumber'' (1995) – Daddy / Old Man #2 *''
Duckman ''Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man'', commonly known simply as ''Duckman'', is an American adult animated sitcom created and developed by Everett Peck, based on the characters he created in his 1990 one-shot comic book published by Dark Horse Com ...
'' (1996) — Ernest T. Glob *'' Cow and Chicken'' (1997–1999) – Flem / P.A. Announcer / Goon / Man 3 (2) / Man 3 (10) / Paramedic / Cootie Victim 1 / Intercom Voice / Pig / Kid (5) / Peasant (3) / General 1 / Peasant (4) / Kid 3 (4) / Man (6) *''
Baywatch ''Baywatch'' is an American Drama (film and television), drama television series about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii, starring David Hasselhoff. It was created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz ...
'' (1996) – Fella/Arthur *'' I Am Weasel'' (1997–2000) – Additional voices *''
The Wild Thornberrys ''The Wild Thornberrys'' is an American animated series, animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, Steve Pepoon, David Silverman, and Stephen Sustarsic for Nickelodeon. The series portrays the zany hijinks of a family o ...
'' (1999) – Lion #1 / Zebra *'' All Grown Up!'' (2004) – Doctor


As director

*'' The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (1963–1965) – 5 episodes – The Ballad of the Betty Lou / A Nice, Friendly Game of Cards / Scratch My Car and Die / The Return of Edwin Carp / The Case of the Pillow *''
The Andy Griffith Show ''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The series ...
'' (1964) – 8 episodes – Barney's Bloodhound / The Darling Baby / Andy and Helen Have Their Day / Three Wishes for Opie / Otis Sues the County / My Fair Ernest T. Bass / Barney's Physical / Family Visit *''
Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
'' (1965) – episode – Mr. Big *'' The Patty Duke Show'' (1965) *'' Bewitched'' (1965–1966) – 3 episodes - We're in for a Bad Spell / Junior Executive / Prodigy *'' Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–1967) – 14 episodes *''A Secret Agent's Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari'' (1965) – TV movie *''Good Old Days'' (1966) — TV movie *'' Laredo'' (1966) – episode – That's Noway, Thataway *'' Who's Minding the Mint?'' (1967) *'' With Six You Get Eggroll'' (1968) *'' Don't Drink the Water'' (1969) *''
Laverne & Shirley ''Laverne & Shirley'' is an American television sitcom that ran for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of ''Happy Days'', ''Laverne & Shirley'' stars Penny Marshall and Cindy Wi ...
'' (1977) – episode – Frank's Fling *'' Goin' Coconuts'' (1978) *'' The Beatrice Arthur Special'' (1980) – TV movie *''
The Love Boat ''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977, to May 24, 1986. In addition, three TV movies aired before the regular series pre ...
'' (1981) – Season 4 Episode 14 From Here to Maternity / Jealousy / The Trigamist *'' Trapper John, M.D.'' (1985–1986) – 2 episodes – Billboard Barney & Life, Death and Dr. Christmas


References


External links

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Miller, Stephen. "Howard Morris, 85, Comic Actor and Voiceover Artist," ''The New York Sun'', Monday, May 23, 2005.
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