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Howard Morris

Comedic actor Howard Jerome Morris was best known for playing poetry-spouting hillbilly Ernest T. Bass on the Andy Griffith Show. In the 1950s, he joined a comedy sketch group including Carl Reiner and Imogene Coca on several TV variety shows such as Admiral Broadway Review, Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, as well as providing voices for several animated characters including Hamburglar, Flem, Big Moose, Beetle Bailey and Atom Ant.


Aliases
  • Howie Morris
English
  • Born In New York City, New York, USA
  • Born September 4, 1919
  • Died May 21, 2005
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Alice of Wonderland in Paris

1966
as The Frowning Prince / King (segment "The Frowning Prince") / Grand Wizard (voice)

Boys' Night Out

1962
as Howard McIllenny

Dying Young

1991
as Voice on Jetsons (voice)

High Anxiety

1977
as Professor Lilloman

History of the World: Part I

1981
as Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

2012
as Self (archive footage)

Life Stinks

1991
as Sailor

Munro

1961
as Narrator / General / Soldiers (voice)

Portrait of a Showgirl

1982
as Wally Gordon

Splash

1984
as Dr. Zidell

Star Faries

1985
as Dragon Head #1 (voice)

The Nutty Professor

1963
as Mr. Elmer Kelp

Transylvania Twist

1989
as Marinas Orlock

Way... Way Out

1966
as Schmidlap

Director

Movie Don't Drink the Water 1969
Movie Goin' Coconuts 1978
Movie The Beatrice Arthur Special 1980
Movie Who's Minding The Mint? 1967
Movie With Six You Get Eggroll 1968