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Robert Alan Morse (May 18, 1931 – April 20, 2022) was an American actor, who starred in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, both the 1961 original Broadway production, for which he won a Tony Award, and its 1967 film adaptation; and as Bertram Cooper in the critically acclaimed AMC dramatic series Mad Men (2007–2015).[1][2][3][4] He won his second Tony Award for playing Truman Capote in the 1989 production of the one-man play Tru. He reprised his role of Capote in an airing of the play for American Playhouse in 1992, winning him a Primetime Emmy Award.

Robert Morse
Morse at PaleyFest in 2014
Born	Robert Alan Morse (1931-05-18)May 18, 1931 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 20, 2022(2022-04-20) (aged 90) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–2022
Spouses	Carole D'Andrea ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1981)​ Elizabeth Cosby Roberts ​ ​ (m. 1989; died 2022)​
Children	5

Early life

Morse was born on May 18, 1931, in Newton, Massachusetts, the second child of May (Silver), a pianist, and Charles Morse, who worked at a record store and managed a chain of movie theaters.[5][6] He was Jewish.[7] He attended a number of different schools until finding his inspiration in Henry Lasker, a music teacher at Newton High School who, according to Morse, "knew what I had burning in me and wanted to express".[8][9] Upon graduation, he left home for New York City to fulfill his ambition of becoming an actor, joining his elder brother Richard who was already studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He received an uncredited role in The Proud and Profane (1956), a film starring William Holden and Deborah Kerr. Soon thereafter, he was cast as Barnaby Tucker in the original Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, launching his career.[10]

Career

Morse earned multiple nominations and wins for Tony, Drama Desk, and Emmy awards over a period of five decades. He is well known for his appearances in musicals and plays on Broadway, as well as roles in movies and television shows. Perhaps best known for his role as young 1960s New York City businessman J. Pierrepont Finch in the 1961 Broadway production and 1967 film version of the Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Morse gained new prominence in the late 2000s for his recurring role of elder 1960s New York City businessman Bertram Cooper on the AMC television show Mad Men.[11]

Having already played Barnaby on Broadway, Morse reprised the role in the 1958 film adaptation of The Matchmaker, this time opposite Shirley Booth. That same year, he won the Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for Say, Darling. In 1959 he received his second Tony nomination, for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance in Take Me Along. What was considered the final step toward full stardom was his performance as J. Pierrepont Finch in the Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. It won him the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 1962,[12] and although he was not named on the award, he contributed to the Grammy Award-winning cast album.[13] He also starred in the 1967 movie version.[10]

In 1964, Morse co-starred in the comedy film Quick, Before It Melts. In 1965, Morse appeared in the black comedy film The Loved One, a movie based on the Evelyn Waugh novel of the same name which satirized the funeral business in Los Angeles, in particular Forest Lawn Cemetery. In 1967, he co-starred in Gene Kelly's A Guide for the Married Man, opposite Walter Matthau. In 1968, he appeared in the comedy Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? opposite Doris Day. In the same year, he appeared in the 1968 television series That's Life, which attempted to blend the musical genre with a situation comedy centered on newlyweds "Robert" and "Gloria" (played by E. J. Peaker).[14] In 1968, he guest-starred on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.[15] In 1987, Morse also appeared in the movie The Emperor's New Clothes, which starred Sid Caesar and was part of the Cannon Movie Tales series.[16]

Morse was in the original Broadway cast of Sugar, a 1972 musical stage adaptation of Some Like It Hot, for which he was nominated for another Tony. He won a Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for his portrayal of Truman Capote in Tru (1989).[17] He starred in the 1976 musical So Long, 174th Street, which was based on the play Enter Laughing. The play received poor reviews and closed quickly. It was his last Broadway role for more than a decade.[6]

In 1992, he recreated his performance for the PBS series American Playhouse and won the Emmy Award as Best Actor in a Miniseries or Special. In 1999, Morse was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame for his long career as a stage actor.[18] In 2002, Morse was cast in the role of the Wizard of Oz in the San Francisco run of the musical Wicked, but quit the show before it opened on Broadway. He was replaced by Joel Grey.[19]

Morse joined other performers, including Marlo Thomas, in creating the 1972 Free to Be... You and Me children's album.[10] He also provided the voice for the cartoon character Howler in Hanna-Barbera's Pound Puppies. He was the voice of Jack in the 1979 animated Rankin/Bass special Jack Frost.[20] In The First Easter Rabbit, also by Rankin/Bass, he was the voice of the main character, Stuffy.[21]

Morse appeared in dozens of TV shows,[22] including Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone.[23] He also appeared on CBS Radio Mystery Theater.[24]

Beginning in 2007, Morse took on a recurring role in the critically acclaimed AMC dramatic series Mad Men as Bertram Cooper, a founding partner in the advertising agency Sterling Cooper, for which role he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014.[9]

Morse was cast as journalist Dominick Dunne in the critically acclaimed limited series The People v. O.J. Simpson on FX.[25]

At the age of 85, Morse returned to Broadway in the 2016 revival of The Front Page with Nathan Lane, John Slattery, John Goodman, and Holland Taylor at the Broadhurst Theatre.[26]

Personal life and death

Morse was married twice[17] and had five children.[10] He died from heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, California, on April 20, 2022, at the age of 90.[27][6]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre Venue	Ref.
1955–57	The Matchmaker	Barnaby Tucker	Royale Theatre, Broadway Booth Theatre, Broadway	[28]
1958–59	Say, Darling	Ted Snow	ANTA Theatre, Broadway Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway
1959–60	Take Me Along	Richard Miller	Shubert Theatre, Broadway
1961–65	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying[27]	J. Pierrepont Finch	46th Street Theatre, Broadway
1972–73	Sugar	Jerry	Majestic Theatre, Broadway
1976	So Long, 174th Street	David	Harkness Theatre, Broadway
1980	Sugar Babies	Bobby	National Tour USA
1984	Duke		Cherry County Playhouse, Michigan
1985–86	Light Up the Sky		The Old Vic, London
1988	Babes in Toyland	The Toy Maker	California Music Theatre, Los Angeles
1989–90	Tru[27]	Truman Capote	Booth Theatre, Broadway
2003	Wicked	The Wizard	Curran Theatre, San Francisco
2016–17	The Front Page	Mr. Pincus	Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	The Proud and Profane	Casualty	[29]Uncredited
1958	The Matchmaker	Barnaby Tucker	[29]
1963	The Cardinal	Bobby	[29]
1964	Honeymoon Hotel	Jay Menlow	[30]
1964	Quick, Before It Melts	Oliver Cromwell Cannon	[29]
1965	The Loved One	Dennis Barlow	[29]
1967	Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad	Jonathan	[31]
1967	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	J. Pierpont Finch	[29]
1967	A Guide for the Married Man	Edward L. Stander	[29]
1968	Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?	Waldo Zane	[29]
1970	The Boatniks	Ensign Garland	[29]
1987	Hunk	Garrison Gaylord	[29]
1987	The Emperor's New Clothes	Henry	[29]
2002	It's All About You	Dr. Flowers	[32]
2012	The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez	Burt	[33]
2016	Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie	Walter Hoving	[34]
2019	Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans	Santa Claus	Voice [35]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1954	The Secret Storm	Jerry Ames #1	Unknown episodes[30]
1955	Goodyear Television Playhouse	—	Episode: "Man on Spikes"[36]
1956	The Alcoa Hour	Jiya	Episode: "The Big Wave"[36]
1957	Matinee Theatre	Frank Wilson	Episode: "Rain in the Morning"[37]
1959	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Phil	Episode: "Touché"[38]
1959	Play of the Week	Gustave	Episode: "Thieves Carnival"[39]
1960	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Len	Episode: "Hitch Hike"[38]
1960	Play of the Week	Professor Pearson	Episode: "The Velvet Glove"[39]
1961	Shirley Temple's Storybook	Drum Carpenter	Episode: "Rebel Gun"[40]
1961	Naked City	Richy Wilkin	Episode: "Sweet Prince of Delancey Street"[39]
1968	The Jonathan Winters Show	Self	Episode: 12 (13 MAR 1968)[41]
1968–69	That's Life	Robert Dickson	26 episodes[30]
1971	Alias Smith and Jones	Fred Philpotts	Episode: "The Day They Hanged Kid Curry"[42]
1971	Night Gallery	Roger Blacker	Episode: "Marmalade Wine"[31]
1971	Love, American Style		Episode: "Love and the Ledge"[30]
1974	Love, American Style	Everett	Episode: "Love and the Forever Tree"[30]
1976	The First Easter Rabbit	Young Stuffy	Voice, Television movie[29]
1978	The Stingiest Man in Town	Young Scrooge	Voice, Television movie[43]
1978	Fantasy Island	Barney Shore	Episode: "The Island of Lost Women"[44]
1979	Jack Frost	Jack Frost (voice)	Television movie[30]
1982	All My Children	Harry the Bookie	Episode: "20 July 1982"[39]
1982	The Good Book	Host / Narrator / Saloon Indian	Television pilot[45]
1983	Monchhichis	Moncho	Voice, 13 episodes[46]
1983	One Day at a Time	Frank Sampson	Episode: "Worried Heart"[30]
1983	Masquerade	—	Episode: "Pilot"[47]
1984	Calendar Girl Murders	Nat Couray	Television movie[48]
1984	The Fall Guy	Sky Kelly	Episode: "Rabbit's Feet"[47]
1984	The Dukes of Hazzard	Dewey Hogg	Episode: "How to Succeed in Hazzard"[30]
1984	Tales of the Unexpected	Stephen Shaw	Episode: "Sauce for the Goose"[49]
1985	Murder, She Wrote	Marc Faber	Episode: "Broadway Malady"[30]
1985	Trapper John, M.D.	Honest Wayne McIntyre	Episode: "A False Start"[30]
1985	The Twilight Zone	Cupid	Episode: "Ye Gods"[39]
1986	You Again?	Officer Morton	Episode: "The Lush Life"[50]
1986–87	Pound Puppies	Howler	Voice, 25 episodes[30]
1990	Masquerade	—	Television movie[47]
1991	ProStars	Additional Voices	Unknown episodes[51]
1992	Tiny Toon Adventures	Goopy Geer	Voice, Episode: "Two-Tone Town"[30]
1992	American Playhouse	Truman Capote	Episode: "Tru"[38]
1993	Wild Palms	Chap Starfall	3 episodes[52]
1995	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Dootch	Voice, Episode: "Where Have All the Monsters Gone?"[20]
1995	Here Come the Munsters	Grandpa	Television movie[31]
1997	Rugrats	Mr. Koch	Voice, Episode: "Faire Play"[30]
1997	Superman: The Animated Series	Desaad	Voice, Episode: "Father's Day"[30]
1997	Union Square	Santa Claus	Episode: "Jack Gets a Hot Tip"[53]
1998	Suddenly Susan	Uncle Bert	Episode: "The Thanksgiving Episode"[30]
1999	The Wild Thornberrys	Jake	Voice, Episode: "Two's Company"[30]
2000	City of Angels	Edwin O'Malley	14 episodes[30]
2006	I Did Not Know That	Nick Rabinowitz	Television movie[54]
2007–15	Mad Men	Bertram Cooper	58 episodes[38]
2007	Jeff Ltd.	Ron	Episode: "Too Many Hens in the Foxhouse"[55]
2014	Sofia the First	Marshak / Gnuckles	Voices, 2 episodes[56]
2014	The Legend of Korra	Governor	Voice, Episode: "After All These Years"[57]
2015–21	Teen Titans Go!	Santa Claus	Voice, 10 episodes[44][38]
2016	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Dominick Dunne	[44]
2016	Animals	Old Phil	Voice, Episode: "Flies."[44]
2019	Corporate	Terry Sales	Episode: "The One Who's There"[44]

Video games

• Prototype 2 (2012) – Doctor Anton Koening (voice)[58]

Awards and nominations

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1959	Best Featured Actor in a Play	Say, Darling	Nominated	[59]
1960	Best Actor in a Musical	Take Me Along	Nominated
1962	Best Actor in a Musical	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Won
1973	Best Actor in a Musical	Sugar	Nominated
1990	Best Actor in a Play	Tru	Won

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1969	Outstanding Variety Series	That's Life	Nominated	[60]
1993	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Tru	Won
2008	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Mad Men	Nominated
2010			Nominated
2011			Nominated
2013			Nominated
2014			Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	Mad Men	Nominated	[60]
2010			Nominated
2011			Won
2013			Nominated

References

External links

• Robert Morse at the Internet Broadway Database
• Robert Morse at IMDb 
• Robert Morse at Playbill Vault
• Robert Morse discography at Discogs

На других языках

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[de] Robert Morse

Robert Morse (* 18. Mai 1931 in Newton, Massachusetts; † 20. April 2022 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Theater- und Filmschauspieler. Er war zweifacher Tony-Preisträger; zu seinen bekanntesten Rollen zählen die Hauptfigur in dem Musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying und die des Bertram Cooper in der Fernsehserie Mad Men (2007–2015).

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- [en] Robert Morse

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[es] Robert Morse

Robert Morse (Newton, Massachusetts, 18 de mayo de 1931-20 de abril de 2022)[1] fue un actor y cantante estadounidense.

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[ru] Морс, Роберт

Роберт Алан Морс (англ. Robert Alan Morse; 18 мая 1931[1], Ньютон, Массачусетс — 20 апреля 2022[2], Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния) — американский актёр , лауреат премий «Тони», «Эмми» и «Драма Деск»[3].

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