Chester Morris
Sign in to saveAmerican actor (1901–1970)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1901-02-16
- Died
- 1970-09-11
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Southern folklore quarterly
- College English
- Imaginative literature
- Imaginative literature; fiction, drama, poetry
- Autoconditioning
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Chester Morris (born John Chester Brooks Morris; February 16, 1901 – September 11, 1970) was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Chester Morris is best remembered today for portraying Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-detective, in the modestly budgeted Boston Blackie film series of…
Known for
- Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)1972
- The Great White Hope — Pop Weaver1970
- Cimarron Strip1967
- The Big Parade of Comedy — Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)1964
- Kraft Suspense Theatre — Blaine Davis1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Major Whitman1963
- Espionage — Harry Kemp1963
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
- A String of Beads — Walter Harmon1961
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 149
- Total plays
- 4,443
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- User Acceptance of Information Technology: Toward A Unified View1
· 2003 · cited 29,679x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 22,509x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,518x
- STRING v11: protein–protein association networks with increased coverage, supporting functional discovery in genome-wide experimental datasets
· 2018 · cited 15,385x
- Society and the Adolescent Self-Image
· 1965 · cited 15,156x
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Key dates
- Born
- 16 February 1901
- Died
- 11 September 1970
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Morris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Bucks County
- Father
- William Morris
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Chester Morris in Corsair.jpg
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Connections
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1901 births1970 deaths20th-century American male actorsAmerican male child actorsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male radio actorsAmerican male silent film actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsAmerican vaudeville performersBarbiturates-related deathsDrug-related deaths in Pennsylvania