Chester Morris
Born: 1901-02-16 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1970-09-11
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1970
- The Great White Hope as Pop Weaver
1967
1964
- The Big Parade of Comedy as Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Major Whitman
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Blaine Davis
- Espionage as Harry Kemp
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Dr. Kildare as Tom Monahan
- Ben Casey
- A String of Beads as Walter Harmon
1960
- Route 66 as Mr. Hull
- Checkmate as Albert DeWitt
- Diagnosis: Unknown
- The Computer Comes to Marketing as Oscar
1959
- Rawhide as Hugh Clements
- Play of the Week as Swanson
1958
- Naked City as Frank Manfred
- Pursuit as Moody
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- Child of Trouble as Warden
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Frank Simmons
- The She-Creature as Dr. Carlo Lombardi
1955
- Unchained as Kenyon Scudder
1952
- Gang Busters as Host
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Tony
- Tales of Tomorrow
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as The Dansker
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- Lux Video Theatre as Lefty
- Cameo Theatre as Merlini
1949
- Suspense as Edwards
- Lights Out
- Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1948
- Studio One as Jack Feeney
- Trapped by Boston Blackie as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1947
- Blind Spot as Jeffrey Andrews
1946
- The Phantom Thief as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
- Miss Susie Slagle's as Paul (uncredited)
- One Way to Love as Barry Cole
- A Close Call for Boston Blackie as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton
- Boston Blackie and the Law as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1945
- Boston Blackie's Rendezvous as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
- Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
- Rough, Tough and Ready as Brad Crowder
1944
- Secret Command as Jeff Gallagher
- One Mysterious Night as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
- Double Exposure as Larry Burke
- Gambler's Choice as Ross Hadley
1943
- The Chance of a Lifetime as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
- Aerial Gunner as Foxy Pattis
- After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Boston Blackie
- Tornado as Pete Ramsey
- High Explosive as Buzz Mitchell
1942
- Canal Zone as 'Hardtack' Hamilton
- Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood as Boston Blackie
- Alias Boston Blackie as Boston Blackie
- I Live on Danger as Jeff Morrell
- Wrecking Crew as Duke Mason
1941
- Meet Boston Blackie as Boston Blackie
- Confessions of Boston Blackie as Boston Blackie
- No Hands on the Clock as Detective Humphrey Campbell
1940
- The Marines Fly High as Lt. Jim Malone
- Wagons Westward as David Cook / Tom Cook
- Girl from God's Country as Jim Holden / Dr. Gary Currier
1939
- Five Came Back as Bill Brooks
- Blind Alley as Hal Wilson
- From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- Pacific Liner as Doctor Craig
- Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga as Himself (uncredited)
- Thunder Afloat as 'Rocky' Blake
1938
- Smashing the Rackets as Jim "Socker" Conway
- Law of the Underworld as Gene Fillmore
- Sky Giant as Kenneth 'Ken' Stockton
1937
- Devil's Playground as Robert Mason
- Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Chester Morris
- I Promise to Pay as Eddie Lang
- Flight from Glory as Paul Smith
1936
- Counterfeit as John Joseph Madden
- They Met in a Taxi as Jimmy Donlin
- Three Godfathers as Robert 'Bob' Sangster
- Moonlight Murder as Steve Farrell
- Frankie and Johnnie as Johnnie Drew
1935
- Society Doctor as Dr. Morgan
- Public Hero Number 1 as Jeff Crane
- Pursuit as Mitch Mitchell
- Pirate Party on Catalina Isle as Pirate Captain (uncredited)
- Princess O'Hara as Vic Toledo
- I've Been Around as Eric Foster
1934
- The Gay Bride as Jimmie 'Office Boy' Burnham
- Embarrassing Moments as Jerry Randolph
- Gift of Gab as Doyle
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- Let's Talk It Over as Mike McGann
1933
- Blondie Johnson as R. Burton "Danny" Jones
- Golden Harvest as Chris Martin
- Infernal Machine as Robert Holden
- King for a Night as Bud Williams
- Tomorrow at Seven as Neil Broderick
1932
- Red-Headed Woman as William 'Bill' / 'Willie' Legendre Jr.
- The Miracle Man as John 'Doc' Madison
- Sinners in the Sun as Jimmie Martin
- Breach of Promise as James Pomeroy
- Cock of the Air as Lt. Roger Craig
1931
- Corsair as John Hawks
1930
- Second Choice as Don Warren
- The Divorcee as Ted
- The Big House as John Morgan
- The Bat Whispers as Detective Anderson
- Playing Around as Nickey Solomon
- She Couldn't Say No as Jerry Casey
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Sergeant Grischa
1929
- The Show of Shows as Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
- Fast Life as Paul Palmer
- Woman Trap as Ray Malone
- Alibi as Chick Williams