Garrett Morris

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Birthday: February 1, 1937

The long, prolific but doubtlessly personally frustrating career of Garrett Morris offers some sobering lessons about the often problematic position of the African American character player in mainstream entertainment. As one of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players during the glory days of NBC's landmark youth-oriented comedy-variety series, "Saturday Night Live" (1975-80), Morris found fame and fortune but little respect. His on-air antics were deemed demeaning and stereotypical by many members of the black community. Eddie Murphy, hi…more

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Actor

Little Richard
Carl
Maid For Each Other
Harold Brown
Things We Did Last Summer
The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody
Frank
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
Argyle

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Career Milestones

2001
Reteamed with the Polish brothers for "Jackpot", playing the road manager of a country singer
1998
Had pivotal role in the independent "Twin Falls Idaho", written by and starring the Polish brothers
1995
Appeared as himself on the premiere of The WB sitcom "The Wayans Brothers"; returned two months later playing Uncle Leon
1995
Cast as a regular on The WB sitcom "Cleghorne!"; played the protagonist's overbearing postal worker father Sidney
1995
Reprised the role of Stan Winters for a guest shot on "Martin"