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Robert Morse
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Actor Born: May 18, 1931 in Newton, MA Biography:Puckish comic actor "Robert Morse" had studied with "Lee Strasberg" before his film debut in 1956's "Proud and the Profane". This bit role led to a Paramount contract, though this early attempt to make Morse a movie star went no further than his re-creation of his stage role in "The Matchmaker" (1958). He went on to show up on TV in a variety of roles (he was a juvenile delinquent on Hitchcock), but was more successful on Broadway, co-starring in the musicals Say Darling and Take Me Along. In "Frank Loesser"'s 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Morse, as the ambitious J. Pierpont Finch, entered Broadway Valhalla when he sang the show's big romantic song "I Believe in You" -- while looking at himself in a mirror. Morse won a Tony award for this performance, and in 1967 reprised the role for the film version. One year later, he co-starred with "E.J.... Full Biography
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