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
- Lights Out
- Suspense as Edwards
- 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
- A Close Call for Boston Blackie as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton
- The Phantom Thief as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
- Miss Susie Slagle's as Paul (uncredited)
- Boston Blackie and the Law as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
- One Way to Love as Barry Cole
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
- After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Boston Blackie
- Aerial Gunner as Foxy Pattis
- Tornado as Pete Ramsey
- High Explosive as Buzz Mitchell
1942
- Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood as Boston Blackie
- I Live on Danger as Jeff Morrell
- Alias Boston Blackie as Boston Blackie
- Canal Zone as 'Hardtack' Hamilton
- Wrecking Crew as Duke Mason
1941
- No Hands on the Clock as Detective Humphrey Campbell
- Confessions of Boston Blackie as Boston Blackie
- Meet Boston Blackie as Boston Blackie
1940
- Wagons Westward as David Cook / Tom Cook
- The Marines Fly High as Lt. Jim Malone
- Girl from God's Country as Jim Holden / Dr. Gary Currier
1939
- Five Came Back as Bill Brooks
- Pacific Liner as Doctor Craig
- Blind Alley as Hal Wilson
- Thunder Afloat as 'Rocky' Blake
- From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga as Himself (uncredited)
1938
- Law of the Underworld as Gene Fillmore
- Smashing the Rackets as Jim "Socker" Conway
- Sky Giant as Kenneth 'Ken' Stockton
1937
- I Promise to Pay as Eddie Lang
- Devil's Playground as Robert Mason
- Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Chester Morris
- Flight from Glory as Paul Smith
1936
- Three Godfathers as Robert 'Bob' Sangster
- Counterfeit as John Joseph Madden
- They Met in a Taxi as Jimmy Donlin
- Moonlight Murder as Steve Farrell
- Frankie and Johnnie as Johnnie Drew
1935
- Pirate Party on Catalina Isle as Pirate Captain (uncredited)
- Public Hero Number 1 as Jeff Crane
- Society Doctor as Dr. Morgan
- Pursuit as Mitch Mitchell
- Princess O'Hara as Vic Toledo
- I've Been Around as Eric Foster
1934
- Gift of Gab as Doyle
- The Gay Bride as Jimmie 'Office Boy' Burnham
- Let's Talk It Over as Mike McGann
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- Embarrassing Moments as Jerry Randolph
1933
- Golden Harvest as Chris Martin
- Infernal Machine as Robert Holden
- Blondie Johnson as R. Burton "Danny" Jones
- 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
- Cock of the Air as Lt. Roger Craig
- Breach of Promise as James Pomeroy
1931
- Corsair as John Hawks
1930
- The Big House as John Morgan
- The Divorcee as Ted
- Playing Around as Nickey Solomon
- The Bat Whispers as Detective Anderson
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Sergeant Grischa
- Second Choice as Don Warren
- She Couldn't Say No as Jerry Casey
1929
- The Show of Shows as Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
- Woman Trap as Ray Malone
- Alibi as Chick Williams
- Fast Life as Paul Palmer