Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, voice artist and director best known for his roles as Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show (1963–65), Tigger in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), and Dr. Zidell in Splash (1984).
He was married to Mary Helen McGowan and Dolores A. Wylie and had four children.
Morris died in 2005 at the age of 85 from congestive heart failure.
Acting roles:
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Feature films
- 1957: Twelfth Night as Feste the Clown
- 1962: Boys Night Out as Howard McIllenny
- 1962: Forty Pounds Of Trouble as Julius
- 1963: The Nutty Professor (1963) as Elmer Kelp
- 1965: Fluffy as Sweeney
- 1966: Alice of Wonderland in Paris as The Frowning Prince/King/Queen/Grand Wizard
- 1966: Alice In Wonderland Or Whats A Nice Kid Like You Doing In A Place Like This as The White Rabbit
- 1966: Way Way Out as Schmidlap
- 1967: The Big Mouth as Cameo Role (uncredited)
- 1968: With Six You Get Eggroll as Hippie in Police Station (uncredited) (also director)
- 1969: Archie And His New Pals as Jughead Jones/Moose Manson
- 1969: Don't Drink the Water as Getaway Pilot (uncredited) (also director)
- 1969: The Comic as Pedestrian Gag Man in Love Honor and Oh Boy (uncredited)
- 1977: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as Gopher
- 1977: High Anxiety as Prof. Lilloman
- 1981: The Munsters Revenge as Igor
- 1981: History of the World Part I as Court Spokesman
- 1982: Portrait Of A Showgirl as Wally Gordon
- 1984: Splash as Dr. Zidell
- 1986: Return to Mayberry as Ernest T. Bass
- 1987: End Of The Line as Hobo
- 1988: The Good The Bad And The Huckelberry Hound as Chuckling Chipmunk/various
- 1989: Transylvania Twist as Marinas Orlock
- 1990: The Adventures Of Ronald Mc Donald Mc Treasure Island as Hamburglar/Ben Gunn
- 1991: Life Stinks as Sailor
- 1992: Tom And Jerry The Great Escape as Squawk
- 1993: Yabba Dadbba Do as various
- 1993: Hollyrock A Bye Baby as Bird
- 1994: A Flintstones Christmas Carol as various
- 1996: It Came From Outer Space II as Ben Cully
- 1997: Lasting Silents as Julius Davis
- 1998: The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Leo
- 1998: Breakfast With Einstein as Abercrombie
Short films
- 1961: Stop Driving Us Crazy as Rusty/various
- 1961: Munro as Narrator/General/Soldiers
- 1962: Heros Reward as Beetle Bailey/Gen. Halftrack (Uncredited Role)
- 1962: Psychological Training as Beetle Bailey (uncredited)
- 1962: A Tree Is A Tree Is A Tree as Beetle Bailey (uncredited)
- 1962: Et Tu Otto as Beetle Bailey/Chaplain Staneglass (uncredited)
- 1963: Habit Rabbit as Raymond
- 1966: Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree as Gopher
- 1968: Film Reroll: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day as Gopher
- 1983: Deck The Halls With Wacky Walls as Crazy Legs
- 1985: Star Fairies as Dragon Head #1
- 2013: Off The Beach as Ernie Thompson
Television
- 1949: The Admiral Broadway Revue as Restaurant Man
- 1958: Kraft Theatre as Pigeon
- 1958: The Du Pont Show Of The Month as Wu Fang
- 1961: Wanted: Dead or Alive as Clayton Armstrong
- 1962: The Beachcomber as Melvin M. Murney
- 1962: Thriller as Myron Sills/Dr. Wilfred Bliss
- 1962: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dave Sumner
- 1962: Krazy Kat as Deliveryamn
- 1962-1965: The Flintstones as Bird/Monkey/Announcer/Al/Weirdly Gruesome/various
- 1962-1987: The Jetsons as Harlan/Montague Jetson/Mr. Tweeter/various
- 1963: Ensign O Toole as Delacroix
- 1963: The Twilight Zone (1959) as George P. Hanley
- 1963: Touché Turtle and Dum Dum as various
- 1963: The New Hanna Barbera Cartoon Series as various
- 1963: The Dick Van Dyke Show as Mr. Holdecker
- 1963: Beetle Bailey as Beetle Bailey/Gen. Halftrack/Lt. Fuzz/Otto/Rocky/various
- 1963-1965: The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass/George the TV Repairman/Leonard Blush/Radio Announcer
- 1964: The Danny Thomas Show as Sean
- 1964: Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse as Mushmouse
- 1964-1965: Peter Potamus as Breezly Bruin
- 1964-1966: Breezly and Sneezly as Breezly Bruin
- 1964-1965: Magilla Gorilla as Mr. Peebles
- 1965: The Lucy Show as Howard Coe
- 1965: Secret Squirrel as various
- 1965-1966: The Atom Ant Show as Atom Ant
- 1967: Insight as Splinner
- 1968: Archies Funhouse as Jughead Jones/Big Moose/Dilton Doiley/Sneezing Elephant
- 1968: The Archie Show as Jughead Jones/Big Moose/Dilton Doiley
- 1969: The Archie Comedy Hour as Jughead Jones/Big Moose/Dilton Doiley
- 1969-1972: Sabrina The Teenage Witch as Jughead Jones/Frankie Wolfie/various
- 1971: Archie's TV Funnies as Jughead Jones/Hot Dog
- 1971-1993: Sesame Street as Jughead Jones
- 1974: US Of Archie as Jughead Jones/Big Moose/Dilton Doiley
- 1977: The New Archie Sabrina Hour as Jughead/Dilton Doiley/Big Moose Mason/various
- 1977: Archies Bang Shang Lalapalooza Show as Jughead/Big Moose/Pops/Dilton Doily
- 1970: Groovie Goolies as Frankie/Wolfie/Dr. Jekyll/Hauntleroy/Mummy
- 1971-2000: McDonaldland as Hamburglar/Mayor McCheese/Professor/Lone Jogger
- 1973: My Favorite Martians as Tim O'Hara/Bill Brennan/Tiny/Chump/Crumbs/Okey/Brad Brennan
- 1973: Mission: Magic! as Socks/Vinnie/Modran/various
- 1975: The Ghost Busters as The Red Baron
- 1975: The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty as Waldo Kitty/Catman/Catzan/Robin Cat/The Lone Kitty/Captain Herc
- 1976: The Bob Newhart Show as Shorty Vance
- 1977: Blanskys Beauties as Cactus Phil
- 1977: Sabrina Super Witch as Harvey Kinkle
- 1977: Space Academy as Captain Rampo
- 1979: Legends of the Superheroes as Dr. Sivana
- 1979: The Mary Tyler Moore Hour as Benny
- 1979-1980: Plastic Man as Dr. Dome/various
- 1979-1982: ABC Weekend Specials as Chester/Stockboy/Hank (2 episodes)
- 1980-1983: Fantasy Island as Walter Dunlap/Herman Dodge (2 episodes)
- 1982-1984: Trapper John, M.D. as Dr. Jerring Hannigan/Dr. Kauffman (5 episodes)
- 1983: Shirt Tales as Shutter McBugg
- 1984: The Love Boat as Billy Banks
- 1985: Snorks as various
- 1985: The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo as Bogel/Platypus Duck
- 1985-1986: Paw Paws as Trembly Paw
- 1986: Galaxy High School as Prof. Icenstein/Luigi La Bounci
- 1986-1988: The Flintstone Kids as various
- 1987: Adventures of the Gummi Bears as Sir Paunch
- 1987: Little Clowns of Happytown as Mr. Pickelberring
- 1987: Bionic Six as Dr. Hugo Fish/Techno Tex/various
- 1987: Popeye and Son as Genie
- 1987-1989: DuckTales (1987) as Dr. Von Swine/Happy Jack/Djinni/Archeologist
- 1988: The New Yogi Bear Show as various
- 1988: Ruby-Spears Superman as Oswald Loomis/Prankster
- 1988-1989: Police Academy: The Animated Series as Carl Sweetchuck/The Professor/various
- 1988-1989: Fantastic Max as various
- 1988-1994: Garfield and Friends as Wade Duck/Wart/Worm
- 1989: Murder, She Wrote as Uncle Ziggy
- 1989: The Further Adventures Of Super Ted as Polka Face
- 1989-1990: Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Maltese de Sade/Desoto (2 episodes)
- 1990: Head of the Class as Lucas
- 1990: Midnight Patrol Adventures In The Dream Zone as Dr. Akenhoffer
- 1991: TaleSpin as King Amok
- 1991: Yo Yogi! as Murray
- 1993: Daddy Dearest as Old Man
- 1995: Dumb And Dumber as Old Man/Daddy
- 1996: Duckman as Ernest T. Gibb
- 1996-1997: Baywatch as Jigger/Arthur (2 episodes)
- 1997-1998: Cow and Chicken as Flem/Paramedic/Two Headed Calf/various
- 1998-1999: I Am Weasel as Flem/Earl
- 1998: Ask Harriet as The Sandwich Guy
- 1999: The Wild Thornberrys as Lion #1/Zebra
- 2004: All Grown Up! as Doctor
- 2005: Growing Up With Winnie Pooh as Gopher
- 2011: Mini Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh as Gopher
Video games
- 1995: Normality as Dai
- 2006: Cartoon Network Racing as Flem
Theatre
- 1945–46: Hamlet as Rosencrantz
- 1949–51: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Louis Lemanteur
- 1960: Finian's Rainbow as Og
Non-acting work:
Director
- 1963-1965: The Dick Van Dyke Show (5 episodes)
- 1964: The Bill Dana Show
- 1964: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- 1964: The Andy Griffith Show
- 1964-1965: Valentines Day (2 episodes)
- 1964-1965: The Cara Williams Show (2 episodes)
- 1965: The Patty Duke Show
- 1965: Get Smart
- 1965: Please Dont Eath The Daisies
- 1965: Hank
- 1965-1966: Bewitched (3 episodes)
- 1965-1967: Hogan's Heroes (14 episodes)
- 1966: Laredo
- 1966: The Double Life Of Henry Phyfe
- 1966: Good Old Days
- 1967: Who's Minding the Mint?
- 1971-1975: Mc Donaldland (5 episodes)
- 1972: Love, American Style
- 1972-1973: The Brian Keith Show (4 episodes)
- 1974: The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
- 1976: One Day at a Time (1975)
- 1977: Laverne & Shirley
- 1978: Goin Coconuts
- 1980: The Beatrice Arthur Special
- 1981: Aloha Paradise
- 1981: Private Benjamin (1981)
- 1981-1982: The Love Boat (4 episodes)
- 1985-1986: Trapper John, M.D. (2 episodes)
Writer
- 1954: Caesars Hour
- 1963: Beetle Bailey
- 1965: Valentines Day
Producer
- 1972: The Corner Bar
