Robert Morse

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Robert Alan Morse (born May 18, 1931) is an American actor and singer best known as the star of both the original Broadway production and 1967 film adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, as well as Bertram Cooper, who appeared in the AMC dramatic series Mad Men from 2005 to 2015.

Early life

Morse was born in Newton, Massachusetts, on May 18, 1931, the second child of May (Silver) and Charles Morse, who worked in a record store and managed a chain of movie theaters. He attended a variety of schools before finding his inspiration in Henry Lasker, a music instructor at Newton High School who, according to Morse, "I knew what I had burning in me and wanted to express." Following his elder brother Richard, who was already studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse, he went back to New York City to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor. He appeared in The Proud and Profane (1956), a film starring William Holden and Deborah Kerr, as a character. Barnaby Tucker appeared in Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker's original Broadway production, which began his career shortly thereafter.

Personal life and death

Morse was married twice and had five children. On April 20, 2022, he died of heart disease at his Los Angeles, California home.

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Career

Morse has received numerous nominations and awards for Tony, Drama Desk, and Emmy awards over a five-decade span. He is best known for his appearances in musicals and plays on Broadway, as well as appearances in films and television shows. Morse, who is best known for his portrayal of senior businessman Bertram Cooper in the 1961 Broadway revival and 1967 film adaptation of the Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, became a new star in the late 1980s thanks to his recurring role as elder 1960s New York City businessman Bertram Cooper on AMC television show Mad Men, who is perhaps best known for his appearance as young 1960s New York City businessman

Morse reprised his role in the 1958 film version of The Matchmaker, this time opposite Shirley Booth, who had already played Barnaby on Broadway. He received the Theatre World Award in the same year and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Say, Darling. For his role in Taking Me Along, he received his second Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 1959. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed in Company Without Really Trying, J. Pierrepont Finch's appearance in the Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed Without Really Trying was considered the final step toward full fame. In 1962, it received the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, and although he was not selected on the list, he contributed to the Grammy Award-winning cast album. He appeared in the 1967 film version as well.

Morse appeared in the comedy film Quick, Before It Melts, in 1964. Morse appeared in The Loved One, a film based on Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name that mocked the funeral industry in Los Angeles, in particular Forest Lawn Cemetery. He co-starred in Gene Kelly's A Guide to the Married Man in 1967, opposite Walter Matthau. He appeared in the film Where Were You When the Lights Came Out in 1968. Doris Day is opposite. He appeared in the 1968 television series That's Life, which attempted to marry the musical genre with a situation comedy centered on newlyweds "Robert" and "Gloria" (played by E. J. Peaker). He appeared on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1968. Morse appeared in the film The Emperor's New Clothes, which starred Sid Caesar and was part of the Cannon Movie Tales collection in 1987.

Morse appeared in the original Broadway cast of Sugar, a 1972 musical stage revival of Some Like It Hot, for which he was nominated for another Tony. He received a Tony Award for his role as Truman Capote in Tru (1989). He appeared in So Long, 174th Street, a 1976 film based on the play Enter Laughing. The play received poor feedback and quickly devolved. It was his last Broadway appearance for more than a decade.

In 1992, he resurrected his appearance for the PBS series American Playhouse and received the Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Special. Morse was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1999 for his long career as a stage actor. Morse appeared in the role of the Wizard of Oz in the San Francisco production of the musical Wicked but had to cancel the performance before it opened on Broadway. Joel Grey was brought to him.

Morse appeared alongside Marlo Thomas and others in arranging the 1972 Free to Be... You and Me children's album. In Hanna-Barbera's Pound Puppies, he also provided the voice for the cartoon character Howler. In the 1979 animated Rankin/Bass special Jack Frost, he was Jack Frost's voice. He was also rankedin/Bass in The First Easter Rabbit, and he was the voice of the main character, Stuffy.

Morse appeared on scores of television shows, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. He has also appeared on CBS Radio Mystery Theater.

Morse began working in 2007 as Bertram Cooper, a founding partner of the advertising company Sterling Cooperation, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2014.

In the critically acclaimed limited series The People vs. O.J., Morse was cast as journalist Dominick Dunne. Simpson on FX.

Morse performed in The Front Page's 2016 revival with Nathan Lane, John Slattery, John Goodman, and Holland Taylor at the Broadhurst Theatre at the age of 85.

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