Chester Morris

John Chester Brooks Morris () adalah aktor panggung, film, radio, dan televisi berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Dia telah bermain di beberapa film prestisius di awal kariernya, dan dinominasikan di ajang penghargaan Academy Award. Chester Morris adalah aktor yang paling dikenang yang pernah berperan sebagai Boston Blackie, seorang penjahat yang menjadi detektif, dalam
a criminal-turned-detective, dalam serial film Blackie dasawarsa 1940-an.

 Kehidupan awal 
jmpl|kiri|Morris and Mae Marsh in The Beloved Traitor (1918)
Chester Morris yang memiliki nama asli John Chester Brooks Morris lahir di New York City, salah satu putera dari empat bersaudara dari aktor Teater Broadway William Morris dan komedian panggung Etta Hawkins. Morris keluar dari sekolah dan mengawali kariernya di Teater Broadway pada usia 15 tahun, bermain dalam karya Lionel Barrymore berjudul The Copperhead. Dia mengawali debutnya di ranah perfilman melalui film bisu bergenre drama komedi An Amateur Orphan (1917).

Setelah tampil di beberapa prouksi Broadway awal dasawarsa 1920-an, Morris bergabung dengan orangtuanya, saudara perempuannya, dan dua saudara laki-lakinya, Gordon dan Adrian (yang juga menjadi aktof film), dalam sirkuit vaudeville. Keluarga ini bermain dalam sebuah sketsa komedi berjudul "The Horrors of Home". Morris pentas keliling bersama keluarganya selama dua tahun sebelum kembali ke Broadway dengan menerima peran dalam naskah The Home Towners (1926) dan Yellow (1927). Selagi tampil dalam pertunjukan tahun 1927 berjudul Crime, Morris di ditemukan oleh agen pemandu bakat dan menandatangani kontrak untuk bermain film.

 Sebagai aktor teater 

jmpl|thumbtime=1:12|Public Hero No. 1 trailer (1935)
 Date Title Role Notes February 18 – June 1918   Shubert Theatre, New York City September 22 – October 1918 Thunder  Criterion Theatre, New York City December 12, 1921 – April 1922  Carey Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York City September 22 – October 1922   Times Square Theater, New York City January 23 – February 1923 Extra  Longacre Theatre, New York City August 23 – October 1926   Hudson Theatre, New York City September 21, 1926 – January 1927 Yellow  National Theatre, New York City February 22 – August 1927 Crime  Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, New York City February 20 – May 1928 Whispering Friends  Hudson Theatre, New York City September 26 – October 1928 Fast Life  Ambassador Theatre, New York City September 5 – October 23, 1954   Cort Theatre, New York CityTouring to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago February 27 – July 19, 1958 Blue Denim  Playhouse Theatre, New York City November 17, 1960 – May 20, 1961 Advise and Consent  Cort Theatre, New York City September 7, 1965 – May 21, 1966   Helen Hayes Theatre, Henry Miller's Theatre and Belasco Theatre, New York City

 Filmografi 

 Year Title Role Notes 1917  Dick 1918  Dan 1923  Loyal Lives  1925  Extra at party 1929 Alibi  Nominee, Academy Award for Best Actor 1929 Fast Life  1929 Woman Trap  1929  Cast member 1930 Second Choice  1930 Playing Around  1930 She Couldn't Say No  1930   1930  Ted 1930   1930   1931 Corsair  1932 Cock of the Air  1932   1932 Sinners in the Sun  1932 Red-Headed Woman  1933 Blondie Johnson  1933 Infernal Machine  1933 Tomorrow at Seven  1933 Golden Harvest  1934 Gift of Gab Himself 1934  Office Boy, also known as Jimmie Burnham 1934 Society Doctor  1935 Public Hero No. 1  1935 Pursuit Mitchell 1936 Three Godfathers Bob 1936 Moonlight Murder  1936 Frankie and Johnnie  1937 I Promise to Pay  1937 Flight From Glory Smith  1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero Himself Short subject 1938 Law of the Underworld  1938 Sky Giant   1938 Smashing the Rackets  1939 Pacific Liner  1939 Blind Alley  1939 Five Came Back  1939 Thunder Afloat  1940   1941 Meet Boston Blackie  1941 No Hands on the Clock  1941 Confessions of Boston Blackie  1942 Alias Boston Blackie  1942 I Live on Danger  1942 Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood   1942 Wrecking Crew  1943 Tornado  1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie  1943 Aerial Gunner  1943   1944 Gambler's Choice  1944 Secret Command  1944 One Mysterious Night  1944 Double Exposure  1945 Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion  1945 Boston Blackie's Rendezvous  1946   1946   1946 Boston Blackie and the Law   1947 Blind Spot  1948 Trapped by Boston Blackie  1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture  1955 Unchained  1956   1970  

 Sebagai aktor televisi 
 Year Title Role Notes 1951 Starlight Theatre Ed Kennedy Episode: "Act of God Nonwithstanding" 1952 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars The Dansker Episode: "Billy Budd" 1952 Lux Video Theatre Lefty Episode: "Welcome Home, Lefty" 1953 Omnibus The Battler Segment: "The Battler" 1955 Appointment with Adventure Lt. Kizer Episode: "Time Bomb" 1957 The Red Skelton Hour Tony Episode: "Clem's Fish Market" 1957 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Frank Simmons Episode: "Black Is for Grief" 1957 Playhouse 90 Warden Episode: "Child of Trouble" 1958 Pursuit Mood Episode: "Tiger on a Bicycle" 1959 The United States Steel Hour Henry Vining Episode: "Whisper of Evil" 1960 The Play of the Week Swanson Episode: "Morni 1960 Diagnosis: Unknown Detective Lieutenant Ritter 3 episodes 1960 Rawhide Hugh Clements Episode: "Incident on the Road to Yesterday" 1961 Naked City Frank Manfred Episode: "Make-Believe Man" 1961 Checkmate Albert Dewitt  Episode: " Portrait of a Man Running" 1961 Ben Casey Walter Tyson Episode: "An Expensive Glass of Water" 1962 Eleventh Hour Frankie Morrison Episode: "Along About Late in the Afternoon" 1964 Espionage Harry Kemp Episode: "Castles in Spain" 1964 East Side/West Side Walt McGill Episode: "The Name of the Game" 1964 Mr. Broadway Orin Kelsey Episode: "Don't Mention My Name in Sheboygan" 1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Major Whitman Episode: "The Fliers" 1967 Coronet Blue Dr. Michael Wilson Episode: "A Time to Be Born" 1968 Cimarron Strip George Deeker Episode: "Without Honor" 1969 Gentle Ben Elsmore Episode: "Busman's Holiday"

 Penampilan di radio 
 Year  Program  Notes 1944 Boston Blackie  Star of NBC series broadcast June 23 – September 15 1945 Old Gold Comedy Theatre  Boy Meets Girl 1952 Philip Morris Playhouse  Each Dawn I Die 

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