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Chester Morris
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Actor Born: February 16, 1901 in New York City, NY Death: September 12, 1970 in New Hope, PA Biography:"Chester Morris" was the son of actors "William Morris" and comedienne Etta Hawkins; "Morris"' siblings, "Adrian" and Wilhelmina, later became performers as well. Reportedly in silent films at the age of nine, "Morris"' certified Broadway debut, at 15, was in "Lionel Barrymore"'s The Copperhead; that same year (1917), "Morris" graduated from the New York School of Fine Arts. He billed himself as "the youngest leading man in the country" -- which, at 17, he may very well have been. He was Oscar-nominated for his first talking-picture role in "Alibi" (1929). "Morris" spent the 1930s alternating between tough-guy stuff like "The Big House" (1930) and tux-and-tails assignments in films like "The Divorcee" (1930). From 1940 through 1949, "Morris" starred as Boston Blackie in a lively series of Columbia B-pictures, a role which gave him opportunities to indulge his fondness for elaborate makeups and... Full Biography
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