1. Robert Morse earned numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
32 Facts About Robert Morse
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Robert Morse acted in his final stage role in the Broadway revival of the newspaper comedy The Front Page from 2016 to 2017.
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Robert Morse acted in the films The Matchmaker, The Cardinal, and A Guide for the Married Man.
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Robert Morse attained a career resurgence playing Bertram Cooper in the critically acclaimed AMC period drama series Mad Men from 2007 to 2015.
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Robert Morse portrayed Dominick Dunne in the FX limited series The People v O J Simpson: American Crime Story.
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Robert Morse was born on May 18,1931, in Newton, Massachusetts, the second child of May, a pianist, and Charles Robert Morse, who worked at a record store and managed a theater chain.
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Robert Morse attended a number of different schools until finding his inspiration in Henry Lasker, a music teacher at Newton High School who, according to Morse, "knew what I had burning in me and wanted to express".
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Robert Morse received an uncredited role in The Proud and Profane, a film starring William Holden and Deborah Kerr.
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Robert Morse served in the US Navy during the Korean War aboard the USS Black.
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Robert Morse earned multiple nominations and wins for Tony, Drama Desk, and Emmy awards over a period of five decades.
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Robert Morse appeared in musicals and plays on Broadway, as well as in films and television shows.
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Robert Morse made his television debut in the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm in 1954.
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Robert Morse played Bobby in the Otto Preminger directed drama film The Cardinal.
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Robert Morse returned to Broadway playing Ted Snow in the comedic show Say, Darling.
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Robert Morse would go on to receive a Theatre World Award, as well as his first Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play, losing to Charlie Ruggles in The Pleasure of His Company.
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Robert Morse went on to receive his third Tony Award nomination and first win for Best Actor in a Musical.
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Robert Morse reprised the role in the 1967 film adaptation of the same name.
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In 1964, Robert Morse co-starred in the comedy film Quick, Before It Melts.
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Robert Morse was in the original Broadway cast of Sugar, a 1972 musical stage adaptation of Some Like It Hot.
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Robert Morse is an enormously personable stage presence, and he knows it.
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Robert Morse joined other performers, including Marlo Thomas, in creating the 1972 Free to Be.
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Robert Morse provided the voice for the cartoon character Howler in Hanna-Barbera's Pound Puppies.
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Robert Morse appeared in dozens of TV shows, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone.
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Robert Morse starred in the 1976 musical So Long, 174th Street, which was based on the play Enter Laughing.
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In 1987, Robert Morse appeared in the film The Emperor's New Clothes, which starred Sid Caesar and was part of the Cannon Movie Tales series.
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Robert Morse made his return to Broadway portraying author and socialite Truman Capote in the one man show Tru, earning rave reviews for his performance as well as the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show.
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In 1999, Robert Morse was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame for his long career as a stage actor.
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In 2002, Robert Morse was cast as the Wizard of Oz in the San Francisco run of the Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked at the Curran Theatre, and acted opposite Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth.
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Robert Morse quit the show before its Broadway opening and was replaced by Joel Grey.
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Robert Morse was regularly nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series as a result of his performance in 2008,2010,2011,2013, and 2014.
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At the age of 85, Robert Morse returned to Broadway in the 2016 revival of the newspaper comedy The Front Page acting alongside Nathan Lane, John Slattery, John Goodman, and Holland Taylor at the Broadhurst Theatre.
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Robert Morse died at his home in Los Angeles, California, on April 20,2022, at the age of 90.