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Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, and director. He was best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in a celebrated comedy sketch on Sid Caesar 's Your Show of Shows (1954).
Howard Morris. Actor: The Andy Griffith Show. Comedic actor Howard ("Howie") Jerome Morris, of Jewish heritage, was born in The Bronx, New York, on September 4, 1919. This short, quicksilver comic of TV's "Golden Age" also went on to possess one of the finest vocal instruments for animation.
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Howard Morris. Actor: The Andy Griffith Show. Comedic actor Howard ("Howie") Jerome Morris, of Jewish heritage, was born in The Bronx, New York, on September 4, 1919. This short, quicksilver comic of TV's "Golden Age" also went on to possess one of the finest vocal instruments for animation.
- September 4, 1919
- May 21, 2005
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May 23, 2005 · Prolific actor, writer, director and producer Howard Morris died on Saturday, May 21, at age 85. Morris’ son David announced his father’s passing online at www.ernestt.com, a website devoted to Ernest T. Bass, the eccentric, hill-dwelling bumpkin Morris played in five episodes of The Andy Griffith Show in 1963 and ’64.
May 25, 2005 · Howard Morris, a character actor in the Golden Age of television best known for his work with Sid Caesar and for his brief, memorable role as the manic hillbilly poet Ernest T. Bass on "The...
May 24, 2005 · Howard Morris, the comedic actor who provided memorable support for Sid Caesar on the landmark “Your Show of Shows” in the 1950s and later played rock-throwing hillbilly Ernest T. Bass on “The...
May 24, 2005 · Howard Morris, the character actor known for everything from cartoon voices and "The Andy Griffith Show" to musicals and Shakespeare, died May 21 at age 85, according to The Los Angeles Times.
