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John Chester Brooks Morris
Chester Morris
Acting
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Great White Hope
as Pop Weaver
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
A String of Beads
as Walter Harmon
The Computer Comes to Marketing
as Oscar
Child of Trouble
as Warden
The She-Creature
as Dr. Carlo Lombardi
Unchained
as Kenyon Scudder
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
TV Shows
Cimarron Strip
1 ep.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Major Whitman · 1 ep.
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Blaine Davis · 1 ep.
Espionage
as Harry Kemp · 1 ep.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1 ep.
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 2 ep.
Dr. Kildare
as Tom Monahan · 1 ep.
Ben Casey
1 ep.
Route 66
as Emmett McNeill · 1 ep.
Checkmate
as Albert DeWitt · 1 ep.