
Howard Morris
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1919-09-04
- Died
- 2005-05-21
- Place of birth
- Bronx, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Howard Jerome Morris · Howie Morris
Biography
Howard Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American comic actor and director who was best known for his role as Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show.
Known For

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Uncle Ziggy

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Ernest T. Bass / The Voice of Leonard Blush / George

Garfield and Friends
1988
as Wade (voice)

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Mr. Holdecker

The Flintstones
1960
as Mr. Rockhard / Charles / Coach / Cat / Boy #1 / Boy #3 (voice) / Clerk / Kid / Porcupine (voice) / The Kissing Burglar / Henry / Cop #1 (voice) / Guard / Announcer / Pilot / Traffic Cop / Black Lamb (voice) / Eddie / Clam / Turtle / Manager / Customer (voice) / Dr. Corset / Brick / Bird (voice) / Boy / Monkey / Man #1 / Man #3 / Man #4 / Bird (voice) / Ollie (voice) / Rockhead / Slag / Bird / Card Player #2 (voice) / Bobby / Announcer / Parrot (voice) / Herman / Chimp / Horse / Sam / Bird General (voice) / Peter / Al / Cop / Mop / Announcer (voice) / Bird / Kid #2 / Monkey #2 / Elmo / Elephant / Lucy (voice) / Bird in Tree (voice) / Percy / Pa / Slab / Possum / 1st Dinosaur / Attendant (voice) / Treasurer / Turtle / Bird / Scotsman (voice) / Doc (voice) / Al (voice)
TV Shows (62)

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Uncle Ziggy

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Ernest T. Bass / The Voice of Leonard Blush / George

Garfield and Friends
1988
as Wade (voice)

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Mr. Holdecker

The Flintstones
1960
as Mr. Rockhard / Charles / Coach / Cat / Boy #1 / Boy #3 (voice) / Clerk / Kid / Porcupine (voice) / The Kissing Burglar / Henry / Cop #1 (voice) / Guard / Announcer / Pilot / Traffic Cop / Black Lamb (voice) / Eddie / Clam / Turtle / Manager / Customer (voice) / Dr. Corset / Brick / Bird (voice) / Boy / Monkey / Man #1 / Man #3 / Man #4 / Bird (voice) / Ollie (voice) / Rockhead / Slag / Bird / Card Player #2 (voice) / Bobby / Announcer / Parrot (voice) / Herman / Chimp / Horse / Sam / Bird General (voice) / Peter / Al / Cop / Mop / Announcer (voice) / Bird / Kid #2 / Monkey #2 / Elmo / Elephant / Lucy (voice) / Bird in Tree (voice) / Percy / Pa / Slab / Possum / 1st Dinosaur / Attendant (voice) / Treasurer / Turtle / Bird / Scotsman (voice) / Doc (voice) / Al (voice)

Love, American Style
1969

The Twilight Zone
1959
as George P. Hanley

The Lucy Show
1962
as Howard Coe

Baywatch
1989
as Jigger

Cow and Chicken
1997
as Flem (voice) / Flem / P.A. Voice (voice) / Flem / Goon (voice) / Flem / Cootie Growl / Cootie Victim (voice) / Flem / Intercom Voice / Pig (voice) / Flem / Cow's Opponent (voice) / Flem / Peasant / General #1 (voice) / Flem / Paramedic (voice) / Flem / Kid #3 / Man (voice)

Alvin and the Chipmunks
1983
as (voice)

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
1985
as Sir Paunch (voice)

The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self

Thriller
1960
as Myron Sills / Dr. Wilfred Bliss

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Lion / Zebra (voice)

This Is Your Life
1952
as Self

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Clayton Armstrong

Duckman
1994
as Ernest T. Glob (voice)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Dave Sumner

The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Shorty Vance

The Jetsons
1962
as Jet Screamer (voice) / Harlan (voice) / Montague Jetson (voice) / Nimbus the Great / George's Conscience / Willie (voice) / Mr. Tweeter (voice) / Emcee (voice) / Boppo Crushstar / CB (voice) / Bus Driver (voice)

All Grown Up!
2003
as Doctor (voice)

DuckTales
1987
as Djinni / Archeologist (voice) / Dr. Von Swine / Happy Jack / Dr. Von Swine (voice)

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
1989
as Desoto (voice)

TaleSpin
1990
as Postal Worker (voice) / King Amok (voice)

I Am Weasel
1997
as Flem (voice)

The Peter Potamus Show
1964
as Breezly Bruin

Police Academy
1988

Tarzan
1966

The Magilla Gorilla Show
1964
as Melvin Peebles

The Atom Ant Show
1965
as Atom Ant (voice)

Ensign O'Toole
1962
as Delacroix

Your Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Regular Performer

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1969
as Jughead Jones / Dilton Dolley (voice) / Jughead Jones (voice) / Hot Dog Jr. (voice) / Various (voice) / Jughead Jones / Big Moose Mason / Hot Dog Jr. (voice) / Jughead Jones / Big Moose Mason (voice) / Jughead Jones / Big Moose Mason / Squire Squint (voice) / Jughead Jones / Moose Mason (voice) / Jughead Jones / Benjamin Franklin (voice) / Jughead Jones / Frankie / Wolfie / Mummy (voice) / Jughead Jones / Frankie / Wolfie / Hauntleroy (voice) / Jughead Jones / Frankie / Wolfie / Mummy / Hauntleroy (voice) / Jughead Jones / Dilton Doiley (voice) / Jughead Jones / Cousin Ambrose (voice) / Frankie / Wolfie / Mummy / Snyder the Spider (voice) / Jughead Jones / Big Moose Mason / Dilton Doiley (voice) / Jughead Jones / Frankie / Hauntleroy / Various (voice)

Bionic Six
1987
as Dr. Hugo Fish (voice)
The Beachcomber
1962
as Melvin M. Murney

Dumb and Dumber
1995
as Daddy (voice) / Old Man #2 (voice)

The Archie Show
1968
as Moose Mason / Jughead Jones / Dilton Doiley (voices)

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
1985
as Bogel (voice)

Beetle Bailey
1962
as Beetle Bailey

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Feste, the clown

DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Wu Fang

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964

Groovie Goolies
1970

Breezly and Sneezly
1964
as Breezly Bruin

The Archie Comedy Hour
1969

Gravedale High
1990
as (voice)

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Mission: Magic!
1973
as Mr. Samuels / Socks / Vinnie (voice)

Archie's Funhouse
1970
as Jughead Jones / Big Moose / Dilton Doiley

Archie's TV Funnies
1971

Space Academy
1977

My Favorite Martians
1973
as Tim O'Hara (voice)

Legends of the Superheroes
1979
as Dr. Sivana

Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse
1964
as Mushmouse

Galaxy High School
1986

Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
1970
Movies (60)

Splash
1984
as Dr. Zidell

Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1992
as Squawk (voice)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977
as Gopher (voice)

The Nutty Professor
1963
as Mr. Elmer Kelp

Life Stinks
1991
as Sailor

Dying Young
1991
as Voice on Jetsons (voice)

High Anxiety
1977
as Professor Lilloman

Breakfast with Einstein
1998
as Abercrombie

The Big Mouth
1967
as Cameo Role (uncredited)

History of the World: Part I
1981
as Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire

Boys' Night Out
1962
as Howard McIllenny

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968
as Gopher (voice)

End of the Line
1987
as Hobo

Transylvania Twist
1989
as Marinas Orlock

Portrait of a Showgirl
1982
as Wally Gordon

Way... Way Out
1966
as Schmidlap

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
1966
as Gopher (voice)

The Munsters' Revenge
1981
as Cousin Igor

The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound
1988
as Chuckling Chipmunk /Goldminer /Dentist /Governor /Mr. Peebles /Photographer (voice)

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
as Leo Zellman

Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes
2007
as Voice 2 (voice)
Mouse Blanche
1962
as Deliveryman

Twelfth Night
1957
as Feste

Legends of the Super Heroes
1979
as Dr. Sivana

Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1966
as White Rabbit

Caesar's Writers
1996
as Self

The Comic
1969
as Pedestrian Gag Man in 'Love Honor and Oh Boy' (uncredited)

Return to Mayberry
1986
as Ernest T. Bass

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Howie Morris

Ronald McDonald and the Adventure Machine
1987
as Hamburglar

Don't Drink the Water
1969
as Pilot (uncredited)

40 Pounds of Trouble
1962
as Julius

Alice of Wonderland in Paris
1966
as The Frowning Prince / King (segment "The Frowning Prince") / Grand Wizard (voice)

Star Spangled Salesman
1968
as Self

The Haunted Heist
1974
as Frankie / Wolfie / Hauntleroy (voice)

Habit Rabbit
1963
as Raymond

And Then They Forgot God
1971
as Mr. Williams

Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
1982
as Chester / Stockboy / Hank (voice)

Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls
1983
as Crazy Legs (voice)

It Came from Outer Space II
1995
as Ben Cully

Star Fairies
1985
as Dragon Head #1 (voice)

Archie and His New Pals
1969
as Jughead Jones / Moose (voice)

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island
1990
as (voice)

The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon
1964

Aladdin
1958
as Wu Fang

Fluffy
1965
as Sweeney
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
as Himself

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
as Self

The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
1972
as Hocus / Pocus (voice)

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies
1972
as Franklin Frankenstein, Wolfgang Wolfman, Mummy, Hauntleroy

Sweet Sea
1985
as (voice)

Ten from Your Show of Shows
1973
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
as Himself

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012
as Self

The Smallest Elephant in the World
1977
as Narrator

Munro
1961
as Narrator / General / Soldiers (voice)
The Frowning Prince
1961
Beetle's High Horps
1963
as Beetle Bailey / Gen. Halftrack

Stop Driving Us Crazy
1961
About Howard Morris
Howard Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American comic actor and director who was best known for his role as Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show. With 122 credits spanning from 1950 to 2012, Howard Morris has appeared in 60 films and 62 TV shows.
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Most Popular Howard Morris Movies
- Splash (1984) — as Dr. Zidell
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) — as Squawk (voice)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) — as Gopher (voice)
- The Nutty Professor (1963) — as Mr. Elmer Kelp
- Life Stinks (1991) — as Sailor
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