Born September 4, 1919, Character Actor Howard Morris!
Howard Morris appeared in over 120 film & TV roles, including Mr. Elmer Kelp in The Nutty Professor (1963), Julius in 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962) & of course — most famously — as ‘mountain man’ Ernest T Bass on The Andy Griffith Show! What a voice!
Ernest T. Bass
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Howard Morris was also the voice of Mr. Peebles (The Magilla Gorilla Show) & Breezly Bruin (The Peter Potamus Show) among others!
Magilla Gorilla and Mr. Peebles (Howard Morris)
Breezly (Howard Morris) & Sneezy
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Lastly Howard Morris directed lots of TV Shows including the pilot for Get Smart, plus the films Who’s Minding the Mint & With Six You Get Eggroll.
Don Adams and Barbara Feldon from TV’s Get Smart (Howard Morris directed the pilot called “Mr. Big” which aired on Sept 18, 1965)
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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub
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Mini but soooo deserved. Such a great talent, often overlooked it seems to me. Loved him on Sid Caesar’s classic shows in the 1950s. I mean, the DVDs I’ve seen of them. I have several collections and Morris is hilarious with the rest of the cast. Great!
Aurora
He has such a distinct voice, I can hear it in my head right now! And I’ve got to laugh!
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Howie Morris was on of the four cast members on the Sid Caesar TV “Your Show of Shows.” Very atheletic. He sometimes grabbed onto Carl Reiner’s leg and stuck there while Reiner walked around trying to stay serious. Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca were the other two cast members.