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John Chester Brooks Morris 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.
Birth Name
John Chester Brooks Morris
Born
Saturday, 16 February 1901
Died
Friday, 11 September 1970
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Gambler | 2005 |
| Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles | Self | 2005 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| American Masters | Bill Legendre Jr. | 1986 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| The Great White Hope | Pop Weaver | 1970 |
| Gentle Ben | Elsmore | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | George Deeker | 1967 |
| Coronet Blue | Dr. Michael Wilson | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Gambler | 2005 |
| Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles | Self | 2005 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| American Masters | Bill Legendre Jr. | 1986 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| The Great White Hope | Pop Weaver | 1970 |
| Gentle Ben | Elsmore | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | George Deeker | 1967 |
| Coronet Blue | Dr. Michael Wilson | 1967 |
| Mr. Broadway | Orin Kelsey | 1964 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
| Get the Message | Self | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Blaine Davis | 1963 |
| Espionage | Harry Kemp | 1963 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Major Whitman | 1963 |
| East Side/West Side | Walt McGill | 1963 |
| The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Frankie Morrison | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself / Self | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Andrew Hines / Charles Richardson | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Walter Tyson | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Tom Monahan | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Judge Philip Benning / District Attorney Brent / Captain Peters | 1961 |
| A String of Beads | Walter Harmon | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Mr. Hull / Emmett McNeill | 1960 |
| Candid Camera | Self | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Albert Dewitt | 1960 |
| Diagnosis: Unknown | Capt. Max Ritter / Detective Max Ritter / Detective Lieutenant Max Ritter / Captain Ritter | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Swanson | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Hugh Clements | 1959 |
| Pursuit | Moody | 1958 |
| Naked City | Frank Manfred | 1958 |
| Frontier Justice | Frank Simmons | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself / Self | 1957 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist / Self | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Frank Simmons | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Warden | 1956 |
| The She-Creature | Dr. Carlo Lombardi | 1956 |
| Appointment with Adventure | Lt. Kizer | 1955 |
| Unchained | Kenyon Scudder / Kenyon J. Scudder | 1955 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Henry Vining | 1953 |
| Omnibus | The Battler (segment "The Battler") | 1952 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Guest | 1952 |
| Gang Busters | Host | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self - Contestant | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | The Dansker | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Tony | 1951 |
| Tales of Tomorrow | 1951 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Lefty | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Actor | 1950 |
| Cameo Theatre | Merlini | 1950 |
| Starlight Theatre | Ed Kennedy | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Self - Guest Host / Col. Bobo Nolan | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| 20 Questions | Self | 1949 |
| Cavalcade of Stars | Self - Guest Actor | 1949 |
| Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1949 |
| Suspense | Edwards | 1949 |
| Studio One | Warden Garry / Sam Benson / Jack Sparling / Jack Feeney | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| Trapped by Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie / Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | Dawson | 1947 |
| Blind Spot | Jeffrey Andrews | 1947 |
| Boston Blackie and the Law | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1946 |
| The Phantom Thief | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1946 |
| A Close Call for Boston Blackie | Cyrus Peyton / Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1946 |
| One Way to Love | Barry Cole | 1946 |
| Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | Boston Blackie / Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1945 |
| Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1945 |
| Rough, Tough and Ready | Brad Crowder | 1945 |
| Double Exposure | Larry Burke | 1944 |
| One Mysterious Night | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1944 |
| Secret Command | Jeff Gallagher | 1944 |
| Gambler's Choice | Ross Hadley | 1944 |
| The Chance of a Lifetime | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black | 1943 |
| Tornado | Pete Ramsey | 1943 |
| High Explosive | Buzz Mitchell | 1943 |
| Aerial Gunner | Sgt. 'Foxy' Pattis / Foxy Pattis | 1943 |
| After Midnight with Boston Blackie | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Boston Blackie | 1943 |
| Wrecking Crew | Duke Mason | 1942 |
| Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood | Boston Blackie | 1942 |
| I Live on Danger | Jeff Morrell | 1942 |
| Alias Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie | 1942 |
| Canal Zone | 'Hardtack' Hamilton | 1942 |
| Confessions of Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie | 1941 |
| No Hands on the Clock | Humphrey Campbell / Detective Humphrey Campbell | 1941 |
| Meet Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie | 1941 |
| Girl from God's Country | Jim Holden aka Dr. Gary Currier / Jim Holden / Dr. Gary Currier | 1940 |
| Wagons Westward | Tom Cook / David Cook | 1940 |
| The Marines Fly High | Lt. Jim Malone | 1940 |
| Thunder Afloat | 'Rocky' Blake | 1939 |
| Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga | Self | 1939 |
| From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939 |
| Five Came Back | Bill / Bill Brooks | 1939 |
| Blind Alley | Hal Wilson | 1939 |
| Pacific Liner | Doctor Craig | 1939 |
| Smashing the Rackets | Jim 'Sock' Conway / Jim "Socker" Conway | 1938 |
| Sky Giant | Kenneth 'Ken' Stockton | 1938 |
| Law of the Underworld | Gene Fillmore | 1938 |
| Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Chester Morris | 1937 |
| Flight from Glory | Paul Smith | 1937 |
| I Promise to Pay | Eddie Lang | 1937 |
| Devil's Playground | Robert Mason | 1937 |
| They Met in a Taxi | Jimmy Donlin | 1936 |
| Counterfeit | John Joseph Madden | 1936 |
| Frankie and Johnnie | Johnnie Drew | 1936 |
| Moonlight Murder | Steve Farrell | 1936 |
| Three Godfathers | Bob Sangster / Bob | 1936 |
| Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | Pirate Captain | 1935 |
| Pursuit | Mr. 'Mitch' Mitchell / Mitch Mitchell | 1935 |
| Public Hero Number 1 | Jeff Crane | 1935 |
| Princess O'Hara | Vic Toledo | 1935 |
| I've Been Around | Eric Foster | 1935 |
| Society Doctor | Dr. Morgan | 1935 |
| The Gay Bride | Jimmie 'Office Boy' Burnham / Office Boy | 1934 |
| The Hollywood Gad-About | Self | 1934 |
| Gift of Gab | Doyle | 1934 |
| Embarrassing Moments | Jerry Randolph | 1934 |
| Let's Talk It Over | Mike McGann | 1934 |
| King for a Night | Bud Williams | 1934 |
| Golden Harvest | Chris Martin | 1933 |
| Tomorrow at Seven | Neil Broderick | 1933 |
| Blondie Johnson | Danny Jones / R. Burton "Danny" Jones | 1933 |
| Breach of Promise | James Pomeroy | 1932 |
| Red-Headed Woman | Bill Legendre Jr. / William 'Bill' / 'Willie' Legendre Jr. | 1932 |
| Sinners in the Sun | Jimmie Martin | 1932 |
| The Miracle Man | John 'Doc' Madison | 1932 |
| Cock of the Air | Lt. Roger Craig | 1932 |
| Corsair | John Hawks | 1931 |
| The Bat Whispers | Detective Anderson | 1930 |
| The Big House | John Morgan / Morgan | 1930 |
| The Divorcee | Ted / Ted Martin | 1930 |
| The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Sergeant Grischa / Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin | 1930 |
| She Couldn't Say No | Jerry Casey | 1930 |
| Playing Around | Nickey Solomon | 1930 |
| Embarrassing Moments | Jerry Randolph | 1930 |
| Second Choice | Don Warren | 1930 |
| Show of Shows | Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers | 1929 |
| Woman Trap | Ray Malone | 1929 |
| Alibi | Chick Williams | 1929 |
| The Road to Yesterday | Party Guest | 1925 |
| Loyal Lives | Tom O'Hara | 1923 |
| The Beloved Traitor | Dan | 1918 |
| An Amateur Orphan | Dick | 1917 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1930 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
