Garrett Isaac Morris was born on February 1,1937 and is an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer.
38 Facts About Garrett Morris
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Garrett Morris was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on The Jeffersons.
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Garrett Morris had a starring role as Earl Washington on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, from 2011 to 2017.
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Garrett Morris is known for his role in the sitcom Martin as Stan Winters, from 1992 to 1995, and the film Cooley High.
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Garrett Morris played Slide in Car Wash, and Carl in The Census Taker.
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Garrett Morris was born on February 1,1937, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in the poverty-stricken Gert Town neighborhood in its 17th Ward.
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In 1960 Garret Garrett Morris recorded South African Freedom Songs with Pete Seeger and Guy Carawan for Folkways Records.
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Garrett Morris had a small role as a police sergeant in The Anderson Tapes and was a cast member in the short lived CBS sitcom, Roll Out.
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Garrett Morris appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film Cooley High.
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Garrett Morris has appeared in numerous television shows and films since the early 1970s, but is best known as one of the original cast members of NBC's Saturday Night Live.
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One of Garrett Morris' best known characters on SNL was the Dominican baseball player Chico Escuela.
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In 1976, Garrett Morris appeared in the film Car Wash, playing the role of Slide the bookmaker.
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In 1983 and 1984, Garrett Morris appeared in five episodes of The Jeffersons, playing a character named Jimmy.
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Garrett Morris starred in the 1984 film The Census Taker, a 1984 black comedy directed by Bruce R Cook.
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In 1986, Garrett Morris began playing a regular occasional character, "Arnold 'Sporty' James", on the NBC cop drama Hunter, starring Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer.
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Garrett Morris continually appeared as "Sporty" on Hunter through 1989.
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Garrett Morris appeared in the 1992 horror comedy Severed Ties starring Oliver Reed.
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On Howard Stern's radio show on July 20,1995, Garrett Morris said the culprit was imprisoned not for the shooting, but for parole violations for other crimes.
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In prison, inmates who happened to be fans of Garrett Morris teamed up and beat up the robber in revenge.
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At the time of the shooting, Garrett Morris was starring on Martin as Martin's first boss, Stan Winters.
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Garrett Morris' shooting rendered him temporarily unable to continue in the role; he was written out of the show by having the character become a national fugitive.
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The scene where he is about to undergo plastic surgery was shot on the hospital bed Garrett Morris occupied while recuperating from the 1994 assault.
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Garrett Morris made a final appearance as Stan during the show's third season, walking with a cane due to Morris' real injuries, but the reason given for Stan was that he had crashed his car during a police chase.
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Garrett Morris had regular roles on Diff'rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, Hill Street Blues, 227, and Roc.
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Garrett Morris appeared in an episode of Who's the Boss, "Sam's Car", playing the role of Officer Audette.
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Garrett Morris was a regular cast member on The Jamie Foxx Show, playing Jamie's uncle, Junior King, for the show's entire run.
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In 1998, Garrett Morris appeared as himself in the fourth episode of the fifth season of the TV series, Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
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In 2002, Garrett Morris made a cameo appearance on an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Brittany Murphy.
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In 2006, Garrett Morris reprised his role as "Headmaster of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing" in a cameo on the TV series Family Guy, in the episode "Barely Legal".
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Garrett Morris operated and was the host of his own comedy club, The Downtown Comedy Club in downtown Los Angeles.
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Garrett Morris declared February 9,2007, Garrett Morris Day and named The Downtown Comedy Club the official club of Los Angeles.
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In 2010, Garrett Morris appeared in a television commercial for Miller Lite.
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The commercial takes a light-hearted look at a family relationship with Garrett Morris playing the grandfather, PopPop, and Weaver as his grandson.
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Since summer 2010, Garrett Morris has appeared in an ad for Orbit gum in the United States.
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In 2011, Garrett Morris had a cameo role as a Catholic priest on the episode "Three Boys" on the Showtime series Shameless.
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Garrett Morris was cast as Earl in the CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, which premiered on September 19,2011.
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In 2015, Garrett Morris appeared in a cameo in Ant-Man, referencing an old SNL sketch in which he played the first live-action incarnation of the character.
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In 2018, Garrett Morris appeared in the NBC show This Is Us.