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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 16, 1901
Died
September 11, 1970
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- John Chester Brooks Morris
Chester Morris
0.6 Popularity
Biography
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 the 1940s.
Known For
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.2
Pop Weaver
The Great White Hope
1970
5.5
Cimarron Strip
1967
6.3
Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
5.3
Blaine Davis
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
🎬
5.7
Major Whitman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
7.5
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.4
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.6
Ben Casey
1961
Credits
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
The Great White Hope
as Pop Weaver
1970
6.2
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
1964
6.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Blaine Davis
1963
5.3
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Major Whitman
1963
5.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Tom Monahan
1961
5.5
A String of Beads
as Walter Harmon
1961
0.0
Route 66
as Mr. Hull
1960
6.3
Route 66
as Emmett McNeill
1960
6.3
Checkmate
as Albert DeWitt
1960
4.1
Diagnosis: Unknown
1960
5.0
🎬
The Computer Comes to Marketing
as Oscar
1960
0.0
Play of the Week
as Swanson
1959
0.0
Rawhide
as Hugh Clements
1959
7.2
🎬
Pursuit
as Moody
1958
0.0
Naked City
as Frank Manfred
1958
5.5
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Child of Trouble
as Warden
1957
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Frank Simmons
1956
6.0
The She-Creature
as Dr. Carlo Lombardi
1956
4.1
Unchained
as Kenyon Scudder
1955
0.0
🎬
Gang Busters
as Host
1952
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as The Dansker
1951
7.2
The Red Skelton Show
as Tony
1951
7.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Lefty
1950
6.3
🎬
Cameo Theatre
as Merlini
1950
0.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Col. Bobo Nolan
1950
5.6
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1949
5.6
Suspense
as Edwards
1949
4.9
Suspense
1949
4.9
Studio One
as Jack Feeney
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Jack Sparling
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Sam Benson
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Warden Garry
1948
5.0
Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1948
6.5
Blind Spot
as Jeffrey Andrews
1947
4.6
Boston Blackie and the Law
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1946
6.0
The Phantom Thief
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1946
5.3
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton
1946
4.9
One Way to Love
as Barry Cole
1946
7.0
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1945
4.7
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1945
5.5
Rough, Tough and Ready
as Brad Crowder
1945
0.0
Double Exposure
as Larry Burke
1944
5.5
One Mysterious Night
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1944
5.9
Secret Command
as Jeff Gallagher
1944
6.8
Gambler's Choice
as Ross Hadley
1944
5.8
The Chance of a Lifetime
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
1943
6.2
Tornado
as Pete Ramsey
1943
5.5
High Explosive
as Buzz Mitchell
1943
5.7
Aerial Gunner
as Foxy Pattis
1943
4.4
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
1943
5.6
Wrecking Crew
as Duke Mason
1942
5.5
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
as Boston Blackie
1942
5.0
I Live on Danger
as Jeff Morrell
1942
5.7
Alias Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
1942
5.4
Canal Zone
as 'Hardtack' Hamilton
1942
5.5
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
1941
6.1
No Hands on the Clock
as Detective Humphrey Campbell
1941
4.9
Meet Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
1941
6.3
Girl from God's Country
as Jim Holden / Dr. Gary Currier
1940
0.0
Wagons Westward
as David Cook / Tom Cook
1940
6.0
The Marines Fly High
as Lt. Jim Malone
1940
4.8
Thunder Afloat
as 'Rocky' Blake
1939
5.9
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Himself (uncredited)
1939
3.5
Five Came Back
as Bill Brooks
1939
6.2
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
0.0
Blind Alley
as Hal Wilson
1939
5.7
Pacific Liner
as Doctor Craig
1939
5.2
Smashing the Rackets
as Jim "Socker" Conway
1938
5.5
Sky Giant
as Kenneth 'Ken' Stockton
1938
4.7
Law of the Underworld
as Gene Fillmore
1938
5.5
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Chester Morris
1937
3.8
Flight from Glory
as Paul Smith
1937
5.5
I Promise to Pay
as Eddie Lang
1937
5.5
Devil's Playground
as Robert Mason
1937
5.8
They Met in a Taxi
as Jimmy Donlin
1936
5.5
Counterfeit
as John Joseph Madden
1936
6.0
Frankie and Johnnie
as Johnnie Drew
1936
5.0
Moonlight Murder
as Steve Farrell
1936
4.2
Three Godfathers
as Robert 'Bob' Sangster
1936
6.9
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
as Pirate Captain (uncredited)
1935
5.6
Pursuit
as Mitch Mitchell
1935
6.0
Public Hero Number 1
as Jeff Crane
1935
6.2
Princess O'Hara
as Vic Toledo
1935
6.0
I've Been Around
as Eric Foster
1935
2.7
Society Doctor
as Dr. Morgan
1935
6.3
The Gay Bride
as Jimmie 'Office Boy' Burnham
1934
5.8
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
1934
5.0
Gift of Gab
as Doyle
1934
1.0
Embarrassing Moments
as Jerry Randolph
1934
0.0
Let's Talk It Over
as Mike McGann
1934
0.0
King for a Night
as Bud Williams
1933
6.2
Golden Harvest
as Chris Martin
1933
5.0
Tomorrow at Seven
as Neil Broderick
1933
6.0
Infernal Machine
as Robert Holden
1933
0.0
Blondie Johnson
as R. Burton "Danny" Jones
1933
5.8
🎬
Breach of Promise
as James Pomeroy
1932
0.0
Red-Headed Woman
as William 'Bill' / 'Willie' Legendre Jr.
1932
6.5
Sinners in the Sun
as Jimmie Martin
1932
4.6
The Miracle Man
as John 'Doc' Madison
1932
5.7
Cock of the Air
as Lt. Roger Craig
1932
6.5
Corsair
as John Hawks
1931
4.2
The Bat Whispers
as Detective Anderson
1930
6.5
The Big House
as John Morgan
1930
6.6
The Divorcee
as Ted
1930
6.2
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as Sergeant Grischa
1930
6.7
She Couldn't Say No
as Jerry Casey
1930
0.0
Playing Around
as Nickey Solomon
1930
4.3
Second Choice
as Don Warren
1930
0.0
The Show of Shows
as Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
1929
5.5
Woman Trap
as Ray Malone
1929
4.8
Fast Life
as Paul Palmer
1929
0.0
Alibi
as Chick Williams
1929
6.0