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Moritz Amsterdam (December 14, 1908 – October 28, 1996) was an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He played Buddy Sorrell on CBS 's The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961 to 1966. [1]
Morey Amsterdam. Actor: The Dick Van Dyke Show. Born in Chicago, Morey Amsterdam started in Vaudeville at the age of 14, as a straight man for his piano-playing brother. His father, a concert violinist who worked with the Chicago Opera and the San Francisco Symphony, wanted Morey to pursue a career in classical music however Morey had other plans.
- Actor, Producer, Writer
- December 14, 1908
- 45 sec
- October 27, 1996
Morey Amsterdam. Actor: The Dick Van Dyke Show. Born in Chicago, Morey Amsterdam started in Vaudeville at the age of 14, as a straight man for his piano-playing brother. His father, a concert violinist who worked with the Chicago Opera and the San Francisco Symphony, wanted Morey to pursue a career in classical music however Morey had other plans.
- December 14, 1908
- October 27, 1996
Oct 29, 1996 · Morey Amsterdam, 87, best known for playing a wise-cracking joke writer on television's "Dick Van Dyke Show," died yesterday in Los Angeles. Mr. Amsterdam, who had just returned from a two-week...
Oct 29, 1996 · Morey Amsterdam, the wisecracking comedian who began telling jokes in vaudeville, thrived in the heyday of radio and lasted into the era of television on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show,'' died...
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By Staff. Oct 29, 1996. Morey Amsterdam, the comic actor best known as the wisecracking television writer on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," died of a heart attack Monday. He was in his 80s.
Nov 4, 1996 · The versatile comedian Morey Amsterdam was a writer, lyricist, producer and supreme jokester, but he is best known for his creation of the character Buddy Sorrell in the fondly remembered...
