
Howard Morris
Known for Acting · 121 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 / George / The Voice of Leonard Blush

Love, American Style
1969

Baywatch
1989
as Jigger

The Flintstones
1960
as Bobby / Announcer / Parrot (voice) / Boy / Monkey / Man #1 / Man #3 / Man #4 / Bird (voice) / Eddie / Clam / Turtle / Manager / Customer (voice) / Rockhead / Slag / Bird / Card Player #2 (voice) / Clerk / Kid / Porcupine (voice) / Dr. Corset / Brick / Bird (voice) / Mr. Rockhard / Charles / Coach / Cat / Boy #1 / Boy #3 (voice) / The Kissing Burglar / Henry / Cop #1 (voice) / Guard / Announcer / Pilot / Traffic Cop / Black Lamb (voice) / Ollie (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)

Garfield and Friends
1988
as Wade (voice)
TV Shows (61)

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Uncle Ziggy

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

Love, American Style
1969

Baywatch
1989
as Jigger

The Flintstones
1960
as Bobby / Announcer / Parrot (voice) / Boy / Monkey / Man #1 / Man #3 / Man #4 / Bird (voice) / Eddie / Clam / Turtle / Manager / Customer (voice) / Rockhead / Slag / Bird / Card Player #2 (voice) / Clerk / Kid / Porcupine (voice) / Dr. Corset / Brick / Bird (voice) / Mr. Rockhard / Charles / Coach / Cat / Boy #1 / Boy #3 (voice) / The Kissing Burglar / Henry / Cop #1 (voice) / Guard / Announcer / Pilot / Traffic Cop / Black Lamb (voice) / Ollie (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)

Garfield and Friends
1988
as Wade (voice)

The Twilight Zone
1959
as George P. Hanley

The Lucy Show
1962
as Howard Coe

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Lion / Zebra (voice)

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

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)

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Mr. Holdecker

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

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Clayton Armstrong

The Bob Newhart Show
1972

Duckman
1994
as Ernest T. Glob (voice)

Thriller
1960
as Myron Sills / Dr. Wilfred Bliss

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

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Dave Sumner

The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self

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

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

Tarzan
1966

All Grown Up!
2003
as Doctor (voice)

I Am Weasel
1997
as Flem (voice)

This Is Your Life
1952
as Self

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

Your Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Regular Performer

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

Ensign O'Toole
1962
as Delacroix

The Atom Ant Show
1965
as Atom Ant (voice)

DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Wu Fang
The Beachcomber
1962
as Melvin M. Murney

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

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

Bionic Six
1987
as Dr. Hugo Fish (voice)

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964

The Magilla Gorilla Show
1964
as Melvin Peebles

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Feste, the clown

The Peter Potamus Show
1964
as Breezly Bruin

Gravedale High
1990
as (voice)

Police Academy
1988

Beetle Bailey
1962
as Beetle Bailey

Breezly and Sneezly
1964
as Breezly Bruin

Galaxy High School
1986

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

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

Space Academy
1977

The Archie Comedy Hour
1969

Legends of the Superheroes
1979
as Dr. Sivana

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

Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse
1964
as Mushmouse

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

The New Archie and Sabrina Hour
1977
as Jughead Jones (voice)

Groovie Goolies
1970

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

Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
1970

Archie's TV Funnies
1971
Movies (60)

Splash
1984
as Dr. Zidell

Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1993
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

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

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

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Howie Morris

Transylvania Twist
1989
as Marinas Orlock

Return to Mayberry
1986
as Ernest T. Bass

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

The Big Mouth
1967
as Cameo Role (uncredited)

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

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
as Leo Zellman

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

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

Star Fairies
1985
as Dragon Head #1 (voice)

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

Breakfast with Einstein
1998
as Abercrombie

Fluffy
1965
as Sweeney

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

40 Pounds of Trouble
1962
as Julius

Way... Way Out
1966
as Schmidlap

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012
as Self

Legends of the Super Heroes
1979
as Dr. Sivana

The Munsters' Revenge
1981
as Cousin Igor

Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
1982
as Chester / Stockboy / Hank (voice)
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
as Himself

It Came from Outer Space II
1995
as Ben Cully

Star Spangled Salesman
1968
as Self

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

Portrait of a Showgirl
1982
as Wally Gordon

Caesar's Writers
1996
as Self
Mouse Blanche
1962
as Deliveryman

Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1966
as White Rabbit
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
as Himself

And Then They Forgot God
1971
as Mr. Williams

Aladdin
1958
as Wu Fang

Sweet Sea
1985
as (voice)

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

Twelfth Night
1957
as Feste

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

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

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

Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes
2007
as Voice 2 (voice)

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

Habit Rabbit
1963
as Raymond

Munro
1961
as Narrator / General / Soldiers (voice)

Ronald McDonald and the Adventure Machine
1987
as Hamburglar

Ten from Your Show of Shows
1973
The Frowning Prince
1961

The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon
1964
Beetle's High Horps
1963
as Beetle Bailey / Gen. Halftrack

The Smallest Elephant in the World
1977
as Narrator
The Haunted Heist
1974
as Frankie / Wolfie / Hauntleroy (voice)

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 121 credits spanning from 1950 to 2012, Howard Morris has appeared in 60 films and 61 TV shows.
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Most Popular Howard Morris Movies
- Splash (1984) — as Dr. Zidell
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1993) — 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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