Howard Morris

Howard Jerome "Howie" Morris was an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and director, who, for Disney, provided the original voice of Gopher in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. After his retirement, Michael Gough took over the role. He also voiced Sir Paunch in the Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Too Many Cooks" (in which he was miscredited as "Howard Norris"), Maltese de Sade in the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Le Purrfect Crime", Djinni in the DuckTales episode "Master of the Djinni", King Amok in the TaleSpin episode "The Road to Macadamia", and portrayed Dr. Zidell in the 1984 Touchstone Pictures film Splash and Leo Zellman in The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.
Morris was born in the Bronx, New York, and attended New York University on a dramatic arts scholarship. During World War II, he was assigned to a United States Army Special Services unit where he was the First Sergeant, alongside fellow actors , , and . After the war, he decided to continue performing and came into prominence with appearances on 's NBC show .
While appearing in films, such as (1963), , , , and , Morris was best known for playing Ernest T. Bass in the CBS sitcom . He also appeared on other shows, including , , , , , , , , and . A well-known voice actor, he voiced Forsythe "Jughead" Jones in , Wade Duck in , Flem in the series , as well as characters in various productions, like , , , , , , Atom Ant, and .
==Roles==
GopherWinniethepooh.png|Gopher(1966–1968)
Howard morris in Splash.JPG|Dr. Zidell(Splash)
AdventuresOfTheGummiBears-TooManyCooks-SirPaunch.png|Sir Paunch(Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
454820-vlcsnap 00160 super.jpg|Djinni(DuckTales)
Maltese de Sade.jpg|Maltese de Sade(Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers)
King Amok.jpg|King Amok(TaleSpin)
Leo Zellman.jpg|Leo Zellman(The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit)
==Trivia==
*His portrayal of Ernest T. Bass would later be seen as the inspiration for the character Ernest P. Worrell.
*He was considered to voice Bagheera in The Jungle Book.
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