Birth Place: Newton, MA, USA
Morse may be best known to Broadway fans as the original J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, a role for which he won a Tony Award. He also went on to play Finch in the film adaptation of the musical in 1967.
Morse won a second Tony Award for playing Truman Capote in the 1989 production of the one-man play Tru. He went on to also win a Primetime Emmy Award for the role, in an airing of the play for American Playhouse in 1992.
Morse made his Broadway debut in Catherine Was Great in 1944. His subsequent Broadway credits include The Matchmaker; Say, Darling (Tony nomination); Take Me Along (Tony nomination); Sugar; So Long, 174th Street; Show Boat; and The Front Page.
He appeared on the US tour of Sugar Babies in 1980, and appeared in the world premiere production of Wicked as The Wizard in San Francisco in 2003.
In addition to his stage roles, Morse may be best known to television fans for playing Bert Cooper on TV's Mad Men.
Among his many other television and film roles, Morse also appeared in the 1968 musical series That's Life, as well as Night Gallery, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Dukes of Hazard, City of Angels, Murder She Wrote, and many more.
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Robert Morse, Say, Darling
Robert Morse has appeared on Broadway in 10 shows.
Robert Morse has not appeared in the West End.
Robert Morse has been nominated for the following awards: Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for TRU, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Tru, Best Actor - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Tru, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Tru, Outstanding One Person Show (Drama Desk Awards) for Tru, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Sugar, Outstanding Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for Sugar, Best Actor (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Sugar, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Take Me Along, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Say, Darling, and Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Say, Darling.
Robert Morse has won several awards throughout his career, including Outstanding Lead Actor at the Helen Hayes Awards for TRU, a Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Tru, Best Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Tru, a Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for Tru, Outstanding One Person Show at the Drama Desk Awards for Tru, Outstanding Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for Sugar, Best Actor at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Sugar, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for Say, Darling.
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