Howard Morris
Biography
Howard Morris, an American actor, comedian, and director, was born in the Bronx, New York, and studied dramatic arts at New York University on a scholarship. He gained notice on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, where he played Uncle Goopy in an 11-minute sketch from 1954. He became known for his role as Ernest T. Bass in The Andy Griffith Show. He appeared in films such as The Nutty Professor (1963), Boys' Night Out (1962), and Way... Way Out (1966), and later in Mel Brooks's High Anxiety (1977) and Life Stinks (1991). He voiced Gopher in the Winnie the Pooh featurettes and Squawk in Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992). He also directed films including Who's Minding the Mint? (1967) and Don't Drink the Water (1969), and directed episodes of several television comedies. He died in 2005.
85years old at death
- Born The Bronx
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Howard Jerome Morris and Howie Morris
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 32 years1962 to 1994
Genres
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A change of course
During World War II, Morris served as First Sergeant in a United States Army Special Services unit based in Honolulu that entertained American troops throughout the Pacific.
A role that slipped away
Morris provided the original voice for Atom Ant and voiced Mr. Peebles in The Magilla Gorilla Show. Before the 1966-1967 season, he had a disagreement with Joseph Barbera, and his voices were recast, mostly with Don Messick.
Beyond film
Morris provided the voice of the koala in Qantas TV commercials from 1967 through 1992, and in those ads he said the tagline "I hate Qantas".
Behind the camera
Morris directed Doris Day in With Six You Get Eggroll, which came out in 1968 and was her final film.
Howard Morris movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh1977 Animation, Family, Musicalas Gophervoice
IMDb rating 7.543K votes
Most often with
Wolfgang Reitherman directed three of these films, Mel Brooks two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Sebastian Cabot's page
Wolfgang ReithermanDirector, 3 films, 1966 to 1977
All films by Wolfgang Reitherman
All films by Mel Brooks
Also three films together2 more actors
- Barbara LuddyThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) and Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
- Ralph WrightThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) and Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Howard Morris's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$191 million
6 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 6 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$82M43.1% of the total
- 2$70M36.6% of the total
- 3$31M16.3% of the total
- 4$4.1M2.1% of the total
- 5$3.6M1.9% of the total
- 6$4K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.