Garrett Morris

Garrett Morris

Nascimento : 1937-02-01, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Garrett Gonzalez Morris (born February 1, 1937 height 5' 8" (1,73 m)) is an Americancomedian and actor. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris was a church-choir singer from his youth, trained at the Juilliard School of Music, and graduated from Dillard University in 1958. Early in his career, he soloed with the Harry Belafonte singers. He performed in a number of Broadwaymusicals, including Hallelujah, Baby! and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. He also appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film Cooley High. He had a small role as a police sergeant in The Anderson Tapes (1970). Morris also lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he worked as a postal carrier.

Perfil

Garrett Morris

Filmes

Homem-Formiga
Taxi Driver
Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), o inventor da fórmula/ traje que permite o encolhimento, anos depois da descoberta, precisa impedir que seu ex-pupilo Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), consiga replicar o feito e vender a tecnologia para uma organização do mal. Depois de sair da cadeia, o trambiqueiro Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) está disposto a reconquistar o respeito da ex-mulher, Maggie (Judy Greer) e, principalmente, da filha. Com dificuldades de arrumar um emprego honesto, ele aceita praticar um último golpe. O que ele não sabia era que tudo não passava de um plano do Dr. Pym que, depois de anos observando o hábil ladrão, o escolhe para vestir o traje do Homem-Formiga.
Pawn Shop
Rey
Rey (Garrett Morris) has made it a point to clip his only son's wings whenever he tries to venture off and be his own man. As a result, Mike (Foolish) is stuck working for penny pinching Rey and the oddball Tony (Cool Aide) at the Pawn Shop. The days are never dull as the trio are constantly at each other's throats. When jewelry is stole from Pierre (Joe Torry), the most feared person in the city, danger starts to lurk around Mike and the Pawn Shop. Mike learns that everything comes at a price, including doing the right thing.
Liberdade Condicional
Donuts
Walter Dishman, a married and melancholy parole officer, deals with three eccentric ex-convicts who have been placed under his supervision.
Valley of the Sun
Joe
Andy Taggert set out for Hollywood to pursue acting, but years later finds himself working in adult films. Disillusioned and trapped, Andy walks off the set and lands himself in a mental hospital. His estranged parents pick him up and take him to their Arizona retirement community where Andy’s troubles seemingly all but disappear until his past unexpectedly comes back to haunt him.
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Richard A. Trophey
Two Brothers. One Dream. No Clue
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
Quem Diria?!
Reverend Pratt
Com Ice Cube, Quem Diria? é uma divertida comédia familiar, a história da primeira e única mulher quarterback na história do Futebol Americano.
Tudo pela Honra do Meu Pai
Reverend
Ao ter sua filiação a um tradicional clube de campo negada, C-Note, estrela do hip-hop, compra imóvel diretamente adjacente ao buraco 17 e consegue se filiar. Apesar dos sócios conservadores tentarem expulsá-lo, o rapper dá nova vida ao antigo clube.
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Various Characters
A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd.
Connecting Dots
Henry
Alex, Carrie and Andy, a group of middle of the road, Hollywood wannabes, spend their time waiting for their number to come up in a town that's full of rejection. While Carrie is trying to get a record deal through intimate relations and Andy endures humiliating auditions on his way to being a mega star, It's the new comer, Alex, who tries to make sense out of this place by writing his first screenplay.
Maniac Magee
Mr. Cobble
An orphaned runaway with many extraordinary and athletic talents arrives in a town divided with racial conflict.
Super Spy: The Final Exit
Man In Shadow
In this urban comedy, an aspiring young filmmaker named Sherlock heads off to Hollywood in hopes of making a blockbuster action movie and becoming famous. Everything seems to be going as planned, with filming underway, until the cameras record something accidentally. What ends up on film will be something that all involved wish they'd never been associated with. Stars A.J. Jamal.
Jackpot
Lester Irving
Sunny Holiday, a middle-aged country singer with dreams of stardom, walks out on his wife and child and hits the road with his manager in a desperate search for fame and fortune... and to get far away from the past he's left behind.
A História de Little Richard
Carl Rainey
O filme conta a história da vida de Little Richard, um cantor negro dos anos 50. A trama mostra desde sua educação num bairro pobre da Georgia, até o seu retorno após abandonar o rock e se tornar um religioso.
Amor em Dobro
Jesus
O filme retrata a vida dos tímidos gêmeos siameses Blake e Francis Falls, que moram em um hotel decadente e esperam reencontrar a mãe biológica, que os abandonou. Eles passam a ter um maior contato com o mundo exterior através de uma excêntrica jovem prostituta chamada Penny.
Palmer's Pick Up
Tom
Two dimwit owners of a struggling hauling company are approached about hauling a huge, mysterious box across country at the end of the century. The cargo has religious significance and may be an attempt to release Satan in the Devil's Triangle to start the next century. En route, many step out to try to stop their delivery...
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
Argyle
Darcy is back on the force, but still fights on as the Black Scorpion because "it's in her nature." This time, she fights Gangster Prankster; and a new villian emerges when the Mayor tries to protect his federal earthquake relief money: Aftershock. When the two villians team up and kidnap Argyle's girlfriend, Black Scorpion is faced with the theft of the Scorpionmobile and the imminent destruction of Angel City.
Santa with Muscles
Clayton
Penurious but muscle-bound Blake Thorne has made a vast fortune marketing health food and health supplements. He once was a nice fellow, but as his wealth increases, he becomes increasingly self-centered and decadent. One day, he gets in a great paint-gun fight that goes too far. Blake escapes the cops by running into a shopping mall, quickly donning a Santa Suit and pretending to be St. Nick. A head injury causes Blake to suffer amnesia, and an opportunistic "elf" decides to convince Blake that he is indeed Santa. This leads "Santa" to help save an orphanage, filled with adorable moppets, from the machinations of a greedy, insane doctor.
Black Rose of Harlem
Wisdom
A tragic love story set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1920's Chicago jazz clubs. Georgia, a beautiful black singer catches the eye of mobster Johnny Varona. But Johnny is betrothed to the daughter of mob boss Costanza, a man you don't say no to... and live! Can Johnny and Georgia find a way to fulfill their love -and- stay alive? Or will the mob prove to be an insurmountable force.
Black Scorpion
Argyle
Darcy is a cop who is also a supehero named Black Scorpion at night who kicks and beats evildoers to a pulp. She soon catches wind of an asthmatic mad scientist who plans on tainting the city's air supply with a toxin. Only Darcy in her superhero garb can stop him with the assistance of a petty thief named Argyle.
Silent Fury
After his friend is caught and killed by some drug dealers, a former commander of special forces search revenge.
Almost Blue
Charles
The young jazz saxophonist Morris Poole is at the height of his career. When his wife dies he is almost overcome by grief and blames himself. When after a while he finds a new love, he ends up in a situation that reminds him of his wife's mysterious death.
Cônicos e Cômicos
Captain Orecruiser
Uma família de extraterrestres chegam na Terra afim de observar a vida humana. O casal Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) e Prymaat (Jane Curtin) e a filha Connie (Michelle Burke) possuem uma aparência bem diferente dos humanos, e precisam tentar se adaptar a vida dos terrestres. E eles ainda precisam fugir de Seedling (Michael McKean), um ambicioso homem que pretende capturá-los para ganhar fama e prestígio.
Laços Sangrentos
Stripes
A regeneration experiment on a severed arm goes awry, turning the limb into a murderous, reptilian creature.
Maid for Each Other
Harold Brown
In this hilarious crime caper, a rich woman (Nell Carter) and her maid (Dinah Manoff) happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time -- and now, they're hotfooting it away from vicious mobsters who want to fit them for a couple pairs of cement overshoes. Can they stay free -- and alive -- long enough to gather evidence against the mobsters?
Motorama
Andy
Um garoto de dez anos, obcecado pelo jogo "Motorama", faz de tudo para levar o prêmio oferecido aos ganhadores: US$ 500 milhões. Para vencer, ele precisa apenas juntar cards dos postos de gasolina Chimera espalhados no país inteiro, até juntar letras suficientes para formar a palavra "Motorama". Como seus pais não parecem muito empolgados em viajar os Estados Unidos inteiros, o menino se vê "obrigado" a roubar um belo e possante Mustang vermelho e ir atrás dos cards sozinho.
Crianças da Noite
Matty
Duas jovens acidentalmente libertam um vampiro numa cripta inundada. Uma delas é atacada, desencadeando uma "epidemia" de vampiros em toda a cidade.
Um Amor de Anjo
Joey
Quando uma rainha do baile morre em 1962, seu único meio de entrar no Céu é retornar à Terra em 1990. Infelizmente, uma de suas tarefas é descobrir o propósito de ter revivido.
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past 15 years.
The Underachievers
Dummont
Danny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school adult-education class, he falls for the tempting teacher. He joins a colorful group of characters that includes ex-cons, illegal aliens, and brain-dead baby boomers that cause more trouble than their younger counterparts. Swimming classes and wine tastings serve as background for a series of comic catastrophes.
Condição Crítica
Helicopter Junkie
Uma falha elétrica provoca pane em um grande hospital. Para escapar da cadeia, um criminoso se faz passar por louco e é encaminhado ao setor de psiquiatria.
The Best of John Belushi
Various characters
A Coisa
'Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs
David Rutherford (Michael Moriarty) é um espião industrial que foi contratado por executivos da concorrência para descobrir a receita de um produto chamado "Coisa", um iogurte com marshmallow que é um tremendo sucesso comercial. De alguma forma, os consumidores parecem estar viciados no produto, o que faz com que os demais fabricantes queiram a fórmula a qualquer custo. Com a ajuda de Nicole (Andrea Marcovicci), a designer responsável pela campanha de divulgação da "Coisa" e de Jason (Scott Bloom), um garoto que se recusa a comê-la, apesar de toda a família adorar o produto, David tenta provar que a "Coisa" na verdade é um ser extraterrestre, que deseja se apossar da mente dos humanos para dominar o planeta.
The Census Taker
Harvey
When George and Martha let Harvey, an annoying census taker, into their home, they find themselves under a barrage of increasingly abusive questions. Furious at his intrusiveness, and at their wit's end, they kill the census taker and with the help of their friends Pete and Eva, must hide the body from a determined investigator.
The Invisible Woman
Lieutenant Greg Larkin
In a research lab, a scientist's pet chimpanzee mixes up an invisibility formula. A young woman accidentally drinks the solution and becomes invisible.
A Ocasião Faz o Ladrão
Power & Light Man
Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband, Albert. She runs an antique shop on the side, but since it doesn't take in any profit, the IRS considers it a hobby. She needs to come up with the money to keep it going, or she will be trouble with the IRS. Elaine's husband has left her for another woman and without any money. She is in a constant struggle with banks, power companies, and gas stations. She needs money to get by and also catches the eye of police officer Jack. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation.
Easter Fever
Jack
A jive-talking Easter Bunny named Jack decides to retire, so his friends throw him a crazy roast before he officially hangs up his basket. A series of kooky flashbacks tells of his life-story and career, but will all this reminiscing only convince him not to quit after all?
The Things We Did Last Summer
Himself
This episodic comedy features the original cast of Saturday Night Live as they present individual skits that describe their summer vacations. Among the highlights is a concert segment featuring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers.
Car Wash: Onde Acontece de Tudo
Slide
Car Wash é sobre um grupo muito restrito de lavadores de carro que um belo dia começam a ter todos os tipos de visitantes estranhos chegando ao pátio do seu Lava-Jato. Isso incluindo Richard Pryor como um pregador tipo "Homem Maravilha" que é amado pela maioria, mas detestado por um dos caras. E também um homem que parece um ladrão pela forma como ele está segurando uma garrafa, mas é somente a sua amostra de urina após ele sair do hospital. A vida amorosa de TC dá uma guinada para melhor e as músicas continuam tocando. Hey, é uma coisa dos anos 70! Onde tudo pode acontecer. E geralmente acontece!
Cooley High
Mr. Mason
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
O Golpe de John Anderson
Officer Everson
Duke Anderson sai da prisão e reúne uma equipe de alto nível para roubar um apartamento de luxo. O que ele não sabe é que o prédio possui um novo sistema de vigilância, com câmeras de segurança que registram todos os seus movimentos.
Where’s Poppa?
Garrett
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.