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Garrett Isaac Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an American actor. He was part of the original cast and was the first black cast member of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984).
Nov 16, 2002 · Garrett Issac Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an American comedian and actor from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was part of the original cast of Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris was a church-choir singer from his youth, trained at the Juilliard School of Music, and...
Garrett Morris is an American actor and writer who appeared in Saturday Night Live (1975) and other TV shows and movies. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1937 and has a Bachelor of Music degree from Dillard University.
- January 1, 1
- 1.73 m
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Samantha Vincenty
- 5 min
- Gilda Radner, the very first cast member of SNL. Gilda Radner appears in a Season 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Gilda Radner was the first Saturday Night Live performer ever cast.
- Dan Aykroyd. Dan Aykroyd appears in a Season 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Like Radner, Dan Aykroyd performed with The Second City Toronto in the years before SNL.
- Chevy Chase. Chevy Chase appears in a Season 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Chevy Chase had written for National Lampoon and comedy duo the Smothers Brothers before becoming a Not Ready for Prime Time Player.
- Garrett Morris. Garrett Morris appears in Season 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. The eldest of the original cast and Saturday Night Live’s first Black cast member, Garrett Morris’s pre-SNL experience involved more singing than acting: Trained at Julliard, he’d performed on Broadway and with notable artists like the Harry Belafonte Folk Singers.
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Feb 1, 2024 · The first Black cast member on Saturday Night Live celebrates his Hollywood honor on his birthday. Morris reflects on his career, from singing with Harry Belafonte to playing the translator for the hard of hearing.
