Chester Morris

Actor

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Also Known As

Chester Brooks Morris

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

February 16, 1901

Died

September 11, 1970

Cause of Death

Barbiturate Overdose

Filmography

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The Great White Hope (1970)

The She-Creature (1956)

Dr. Carlo Lombardi

Unchained (1955)

Warden Kenyon J. Scudder

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)

Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)

Blind Spot (1947)

Jeffrey Andrews

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Blondie Johnson (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Still Five Cents?

Blondie Johnson (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Stop Being So Ambitious

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Great White Hope (1970)

The She-Creature (1956)

Dr. Carlo Lombardi

Unchained (1955)

Warden Kenyon J. Scudder

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)

Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)

Blind Spot (1947)

Jeffrey Andrews

The Phantom Thief (1946)

Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)

A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)

Boston Blackie, also known as Cyrus Peyton

One Way to Love (1945)

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945)

Rough, Tough and Ready (1945)

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)

Double Exposure (1944)

Secret Command (1944)

One Mysterious Night (1944)

Gambler's Choice (1944)

High Explosive (1943)

The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)

After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)

Boston Blackie, also known as Horatio Black

Aerial Gunner (1943)

Confessions of Boston Blackie (1942)

Wrecking Crew (1942)

I Live on Danger (1942)

Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)

Canal Zone (1942)

"Hardtack" Hamilton

Meet Boston Blackie (1941)

Boston Blackie [also known as Horatio Black]

No Hands on the Clock (1941)

Humphrey Campbell

Wagons Westward (1940)

David Cook/Tom Cook

Girl from God's Country (1940)

Jim Holden, previously known as Dr. Gary Currier

Marines Fly High (1940)

Blind Alley (1939)

Thunder Afloat (1939)

[Richard] "Rocky" Blake

Pacific Liner (1939)

Doc [Tony] Craig

Five Came Back (1939)

Smashing the Rackets (1938)

Sky Giant (1938)

Law of the Underworld (1938)

Flight from Glory (1937)

I Promise to Pay (1937)

The Devil's Playground (1937)

Moonlight Murder (1936)

Three Godfathers (1936)

They Met in a Taxi (1936)

Frankie and Johnnie (1936)

Counterfeit (1936)

John Joseph Madden

Society Doctor (1935)

Dr. [Bill] Morgan

Public Hero No. 1 (1935)

Princess O'Hara (1935)

Embarrassing Moments (1934)

I've Been Around (1934)

Gift of Gab (1934)

The Gay Bride (1934)

Office Boy [also known as Jimmie Burnham]

Let's Talk It Over (1934)

Infernal Machine (1933)

King for a Night (1933)

"Bud" ["Kid" Williams]

Golden Harvest (1933)

Blondie Johnson (1933)

Danny [Curley Jones]

Tomorrow at Seven (1933)

Breach of Promise (1932)

Cock of the Air (1932)

Lieutenant Roger Craig

Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Bill Legendre, Jr.

The Miracle Man (1932)

John Madison [Morgan also known as Doc]

Sinners in the Sun (1932)

The Bat Whispers (1930)

Detective Anderson/The Bat

The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)

Sgt. Grischa Paprotkin

The Big House (1930)

[John] Morgan [also known as John Everett]

The Divorcee (1930)

Second Choice (1930)

She Couldn't Say No (1930)

Playing Around (1930)

The Show of Shows (1929)

Fast Life (1929)

Woman Trap (1929)

The Road to Yesterday (1925)

Loyal Lives (1923)

The Beloved Traitor (1918)

An Amateur Orphan (1917)

Cast (Special)

The Fliers (1965)

Knight's Gambit (1964)

A String of Beads (1961)

Cast (Short)

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939)

Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Red-Headed Woman - Behind-the-Scenes Stills

Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Red-Headed Woman (1932), starring Jean Harlow and Chester Morris.

The Big House - Lobby Cards

The Big House - Lobby Cards

Blind Alley - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Blind Alley (1939), starring Ralph Bellamy, Chester Morris, and Ann Dvorak. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Red-Headed Woman - Lobby Cards

Here are a few Lobby Cards from MGM's Red-Headed Woman (1932), starring Jean Harlow and Chester Morris. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

The Gay Bride - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Gay Bride (1934). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Blondie Johnson (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Still Five Cents? Entrance of second-billed Chester Morris as Danny, entering the big-city speak’, noticing the title character (Joan Blondell) and sorta buying her sob story, not recognizing that the cabbie he calls (Sterling Holloway) is her scam partner on her first night in town, early in Blondie Johnson, 1933.

Blondie Johnson (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Stop Being So Ambitious Having earned each other’s respect, Danny (Chester Morris) and new-in-town Blondie (Joan Blondell, in a role written for her by Warner Bros. stalwart Earl Baldwin) pitch his gangster boss Max (Arthur Vinton) on her plan to get a henchman out of a murder charge, then consider further options, in Blondie Johnson, 1933.

Blondie Johnson (1933) -- (Movie Clip) In The Back Room Of A Drug Store Opening with some emotional wallop and Depression evocation, title character Joan Blondell, in her first starring part at Warner Bros., bounces off the welfare agency staff (Charles Dow Clark, Naomi Childers) then rushes home where a family friend (Sam Godfrey) has bad news, in Blondie Johnson, 1933.

Red-Headed Woman (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Husbands Just Love Being Surprised With May Robson as her Aunt Jane, the first appearance by Leila Hyams as Irene, wife of businessman Bill (Chester Morris), whom we know is this very minute being seduced by his brazen new office gal “Red” (Jean Harlow), leading to confrontation, in director Jack Conway’s Red-Headed Woman, 1932.

Red-Headed Woman (1932) -- (Movie Clip) She Doesn't Need To Know Office girl "Red" (Jean Harlow), who's contrived to visit boss Bill (Chester Morris) at home while his wife's away, goes into full seduction mode, in director Jack Conway's Red-Headed Woman, 1932.

Big House, The (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Mushrooms All Over It Director George Hill capturing more of the remarkable scale of the MGM sets in another famous scene, in the mess hall, Butch (Wallace Beery) sowing discontent, the warden (Lewis Stone) intervening, and new inmate Kent (Robert Montgomery) timidly foiling a plot, in The Big House, 1930.

Big House, The (1930) -- (Movie Clip) You're Too Nice A Kid More of MGM’s massive interior sets, derived partly from writer Frances Marion’s visit to San Quentin, our first trip to the yard with new inmate Kent (Robert Montgomery), with the boys playing what looks like a standard trick, DeWitt Jennings the head screw, in The Big House, 1930.

Big House, The (1930) -- (Movie Cilp) First Time In Prison? Dramatic opening, featuring a model prison, into which Kent (Robert Mongtomery) is incarcerated in convincing manner, from MGM's The Big House , 1930, also starring Wallace Beery and Chester Morris.

Divorcee, The (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Any Way She Likes Norma Shearer (as "Jerry"), in an early provocative role, with husband Ted (Chester Morris) discovering she's not so comfortable after all with their "open" marriage, in The Divorcee, 1930.

Five Came Back (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Your Prayers Or Mine? Co-pilot Joe (Kent Taylor) visits marshal Crimp (John Carradine) and his charge Vasquez (Joseph Calleia), gangster Pete (Allen Jenkins) with his boss's son (Casey Johnson) and Peggy (Lucille Ball) with pilot Bill (Chester Morris), en route to Panama in John Farrow's Five Came Back, 1939.

Five Came Back (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Argue! Shortly after the crash, worries in the control room, Pilot Bill (Chester Morris), Professor and Mrs. Spengler (C. Aubrey Smith, Elisabeth Risdon), convict Vasquez (Joseph Calleia), Peggy (Lucille Ball) and marshal Crimp (John Carradine) arguing, in John Farrow's Five Came Back, 1939.

Five Came Back (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Anything But Murder Part of director John Farrow's splendid opening, introducing first Patrick Knowles and Wendy Barrie, then Lucille Ball, C. Aubrey Smith and Elizabeth Risdon, co-pilot Kent Taylor, Allen Jenkins and young Casey Johnson, then pilot Chester Morris, leaving for Panama, in Five Came Back, 1939.

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