Howard Morris

Acting

Howard Morris

Born 1919-09-04 · Bronx, New York, USA

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.

Acting credits

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh poster
7.2

Whether we’re young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each of us that still believes in magic. Join pals Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger and Christopher Robin as they enjoy their days together and sing their way through adventures.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

1977

Splash poster
6.3

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.

Splash

1984

Tom and Jerry: The Movie poster
6.3

The popular cartoon cat and mouse are thrown into a feature film. The story has the twosome trying to help an orphan girl who is being berated and exploited by a greedy guardian.

Tom and Jerry: The Movie

1992

Life Stinks poster
5.6

Affluent and arrogant businessman Goddard Bolt, feuding with rival Vance Crasswell over a land deal, makes a bet with Crasswell that he has the wits and street smarts to live penniless and anonymous on the rough streets of Los Angeles for thirty days. But Bolt has a rude awakening when the reality of homelessness hits him. Still, he finds a silver lining in a burgeoning romance with Molly, a former Broadway dancer who has fallen on hard times.

Life Stinks

1991

Dying Young poster
6.7

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.

Dying Young

1991

High Anxiety poster
6.4

A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.

High Anxiety

1977

History of the World: Part I poster
6.7

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

History of the World: Part I

1981

The Nutty Professor poster
6.5

A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.

The Nutty Professor

1963

The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound poster
6.7

It's the gold rush era in the Wild West. A mysterious stranger (Huckleberry Hound) arrives in a small desert town carrying a huge golden nugget. The notorious Dalton brothers steal it. The town asks "the stranger" to go after them.

The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound

1988

Boys' Night Out poster
5.9

Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different than their ordinary marriages, children and TV-dinners. In secret, they get themselves an apartment with a beautiful young woman, Kathy, for romantic rendezvous. But Kathy does not tell them that she is a sociology student researching the sexual life of the white middle-class male.

Boys' Night Out

1962

And Then They Forgot God poster
NR

"And Then They Forgot God" is set in a dystopian future, one in which the environment has suffered (people carry around breathing gear) and people must navigate extremely bureaucratic and rigid rules and procedures. Food is only available through the government, and only to those holding a monthly-issued card. Joe Campanella plays a husband who finds himself in desperate straits when his ration card is rejected because it was in poor condition when received. Despite an official policy that no one in that society goes hungry, Campanella's character receives no help.

And Then They Forgot God

1971

The Big Mouth poster
5.3

A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where he meets a special girl.

The Big Mouth

1967

Way... Way Out poster
5.9

A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple.

Way... Way Out

1966

No artwork available
8.0

Ignatz find out that true friends can't be bought.

Mouse Blanche

1962

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree poster
7.6

Christopher Robin's bear attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree.

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

1966

Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? poster
5.2

A loose adaptation and parody of the Lewis Carroll tale by Hanna-Barbera Productions. A modern-day teenager doing a book report on Alice is accidentally sucked into her television set and ends up in a wacky version of Wonderland.

Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

1966

End of the Line poster
5.2

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

End of the Line

1987

It Came from Outer Space II poster
3.9

Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures begin to soar, water disappears, power goes down and people seem not to be themselves.

It Came from Outer Space II

1995

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day poster
7.3

Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

1968

The Comic poster
6.1

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.

The Comic

1969

Transylvania Twist poster
5.4

The nephew of a librarian must go collect a 200 year old book, "The Book of Ulthar." that should have never been checked out by the Evil Count Orlock cause one of the spells in it could bring about the end of the world. During his trip to the castle, he meets Marissa, a gorgeous rock star and heir to the castle's fortune. There they must confront the only other heir to the fortune and the book, Uncle Byron; and Uncle Byron and his 3 adopted nieces all have very, very, very broad smile.

Transylvania Twist

1989

40 Pounds of Trouble poster
5.5

Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.

40 Pounds of Trouble

1962

Breakfast with Einstein poster
4.1

The outrageously wisecracking Cheech Marin unleashes the laughs as the voice of a smart-alecky dog named Einstein who's out to find himself a new family... and a snack or two along the way! Einstein is a wisecracking dog with a huge appetite for outsmarting human beings!

Breakfast with Einstein

1998

The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island poster
7.3

It's yo-ho-ho and the bottle of fun when Ronald and his McDonaldland pals pop into a magic Treasure Island storybook, and set sail on a search for buried treasure.

The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island

1990

Behind the camera

With Six You Get Eggroll poster
6.4

Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who are not very excited about the new union between the two families.

With Six You Get Eggroll

1968

Who's Minding the Mint? poster
7.2

A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wants a slice of the action - and the money.

Who's Minding the Mint?

1967

The Beatrice Arthur Special poster
NR

The Beatrice Arthur Special was a prime time U.S. television special broadcast on CBS on January 19, 1980. The production centered around Bea Arthur, who was joined by guest stars Rock Hudson, Melba Moore and ventriloquist Wayland Flowers with his puppet Madame in a series of musical numbers and comedy sketches.

The Beatrice Arthur Special

1980

Don't Drink the Water poster
5.3

The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.

Don't Drink the Water

1969

Goin' Coconuts poster
4.3

The toothsome singing duo, Donny and Marie Osmond, head for Hawaii in this comedy. The trouble begins when Marie acquires a lovely necklace without realizing that it is coveted by a group of thieves. An enigmatic woman is also after the necklace. Mayhem, music, and sibling rivalry ensue.

Goin' Coconuts

1978