Chester MorrisJohn Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 - September 11, 1970) was an American actor. Born in New York City, the son of actor William Morris, Morris is most famous for his role in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s, but his film career began in 1917 in An Amateur Orphan. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for 1929's Alibi, but perhaps his finest role is in the early prison film The Big House, which was a huge success and propelled his career. Morris's career began to fade in the 1950s, and he only appeared in three films from 1948 until his final role in 1970's The Great White Hope. Soon after appearing in that film, he was found dead in New Hope, Pennsylvania of a drug overdose. He had been appearing in a stage production of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial at the Bucks County Playhouse at the time of his death. This page about Chester Morris includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Chester Morris News stories about Chester Morris External links for Chester Morris Videos for Chester Morris Wikis about Chester Morris Discussion Groups about Chester Morris Blogs about Chester Morris Images of Chester Morris |
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He had been appearing in a stage production of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial at the Bucks County Playhouse at the time of his death. In addition to authoring This Life (1980) and The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (2000), Poitier has also served as the Bahamian ambassador to Japan since April of 1997. Soon after appearing in that film, he was found dead in New Hope, Pennsylvania of a drug overdose. He acted in the first run of "Raisin in the Sun" on Broadway in 1959, and in its Hollywood adaptation in 1961. Morris's career began to fade in the 1950s, and he only appeared in three films from 1948 until his final role in 1970's The Great White Hope. His other films include:. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for 1929's Alibi, but perhaps his finest role is in the early prison film The Big House, which was a huge success and propelled his career. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2002. Born in New York City, the son of actor William Morris, Morris is most famous for his role in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s, but his film career began in 1917 in An Amateur Orphan. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field and was the first African-American actor to win this award. John Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 - September 11, 1970) was an American actor. He was born in Miami, Florida and grew up on Cat Island in the Bahamas. Sidney Poitier (born February 20, 1927) is an American actor. 1958: Foreign: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones. 1958: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones. 1963: Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field. 1964: Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field. 1992: Sidney Poitier. 1995: Sidney Poitier. 2000: Sidney Poitier, The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn. 2001: Sidney Poitier. Rick Harris, John Runnette (producers) & Sidney Poitier for The Measure of a Man. Grammy Awards of 2001
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a film about an inter-racial romance and a white liberal's reaction to it. His on-screen singing voice was provided by opera singer Robert McFerrin, father of Bobby McFerrin. Porgy and Bess, based on the famous opera, in the title role of Porgy along side Dorothy Dandridge as Bess. The Defiant Ones, for which he won the British Academy Award for Best Actor in 1958. |