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Robert Morse

Acting

Born May 18, 1931 · Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.

Died April 20, 2022

Also known as Bobby Morse

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Robert Morse (May 18, 1931 – April 20, 2022) was an American actor and singer best known as the star of both the 1961 original Broadway production, for which he won a Tony Award, and the 1967 film adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and as Bertram Cooper in the critically acclaimed AMC dramatic series Mad Men (2007–2015). He won his second Tony Award for playing Truman Capote in the 1989 production of the one-man play Tru. He reprised his role of Capote in an airing of the play for American Playhouse in 1992, winning him a Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Morse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1993
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1990
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Musical · 1962
  • Theatre World Award · 1958
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Musical · 1973 · nominated
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  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Musical · 1960 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 1959 · nominated

Filmography35 titles

The Don Knotts Show

as Self

Reading Rainbow

1983as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Legend of Korra

2012as Governor of Yi (voice)

Mad Men

2007as Bertram Cooper

Tiny Toon Adventures

1990as Goopy Geer (voice)

Night Gallery

1969as Roger Blacker

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Len

Superman: The Animated Series

1996as Desaad (voice)

American Crime Story

2016as Dominick Dunne

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans

2019as Santa Claus (voice)

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Marc Faber

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Sofia the First

2013as Marshak (voice)

Minions & More 1

2022as Herman (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys

1998as Jake (voice)

The Matchmaker

1958as Barnaby Tucker

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Monchhichis

as Moncho (voice)

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Stephen Shaw

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1967as Finch

Teen Titans Go!

2013as Santa Claus (voice)

Jack Frost

1979as Jack Frost (voice)

The Proud and Profane

1956as Casualty

The Loved One

1965as Dennis Barlow

Great Performances

1971as Self

The Emperor's New Clothes

1987as The Tailor

Suddenly Susan

1996as Uncle Bert

Naked City

1958as Richy Wilkin

The Stingiest Man in Town

1978as Young Scrooge (voice)

The Boatniks

1970as Ensign Garland

Here Come the Munsters

1995as Grandpa

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

1967as Jonathan

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez

2012as Burt

Calendar Girl Murders

1984as Nat Couray