Garrett Morris
Acting • Born 1937-02-01
Biography
Garrett Gonzalez Morris (born February 1, 1937) 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.
Filmography
91 credits
Black Rose of Harlem
Movie • 1996
Wisdom
Critical Condition
Movie • 1987
Helicopter Junkie
The Anderson Tapes
Movie • 1971
Officer Everson
Black Scorpion
Movie • 1995
Argyle
Cooley High
Movie • 1975
Mr. Mason
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
Movie • 1997
Argyle
Where’s Poppa?
Movie • 1970
Garrett
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Movie • 2009
Self
Car Wash
Movie • 1976
Slide
The Stuff
Movie • 1985
'Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs
The Pound Puppies
Movie • 1985
The Chief (voice)
Motorama
Movie • 1991
Andy
Valley of the Sun
Movie • 2011
Joe
Pawn Shop
Movie • 2012
Rey
Jackpot
Movie • 2001
Lester Irving
The Underachievers
Movie • 1988
Dummont
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
Movie • 1982
Merkon Conehead
The Census Taker
Movie • 1984
Harvey
Twin Falls Idaho
Movie • 1999
Jesus
Let Go
Movie • 2011
Donuts
The Best of John Belushi
Movie • 1985
Various Characters
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Movie • 2010
Richard A. Trophey
Santa with Muscles
Movie • 1996
Clayton
Silent Fury
Movie • 1994
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Palmer's Pick-Up
Movie • 1999
Tom
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Movie • 2005
Various Characters (archive footage)
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Movie • 1980
Power & Light Man
Easter Fever
Movie • 1980
Jack (voice)
Ant-Man
Movie • 2015
Car Driver
Grand-Daddy Day Care
Movie • 2019
Arnold
Severed Ties
Movie • 1992
Stripes
The Longshots
Movie • 2008
Reverend Pratt
Children of the Night
Movie • 1991
Matty
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Movie • 1989
Self
Little Richard
Movie • 2000
Carl Rainey
Maid for Each Other
Movie • 1992
Harold Brown
Super Spy: The Final Exit
Movie • 2003
Man In Shadow
Maniac Magee
Movie • 2003
Mr. Cobble
The Invisible Woman
Movie • 1983
Lieutenant Greg Larkin
Who's Your Caddy?
Movie • 2007
Reverend
The Things We Did Last Summer
Movie • 1978
Self
Coneheads
Movie • 1993
Captain Orecruiser
Connecting Dots
Movie • 2003
Henry
Earth Angel
Movie • 1991
Joey
Almost Blue
Movie • 1993
Charles
Dog Gone
Movie • 2008
Police Chief
Downey Wrote That
Movie • 2025
Self
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
Movie • 2025
Self
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Movie • 1999
Self
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Garrett Morris
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
Jake (segment "Dealer's Choice")
The Jamie Foxx Show
TV • 1996
Uncle Junior King
Family Reunion
TV • 2019
Grand Sensei Shandu
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Willy
Cleghorne!
TV • 1995
Sidney Carlson
Static Shock
TV • 2000
Preacher (voice)
2 Broke Girls
TV • 2011
Earl Washington
Justice League
TV • 2001
Al McGee (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Various Characters
Psych
TV • 2006
Clizby
Martin
TV • 1992
Stan Winters
Shameless
TV • 2011
Old Priest
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Russ
Scandal
TV • 2012
Hector
Hunter
TV • 1984
Sporty James
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Derelict
This Is Us
TV • 2016
Lloyd
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
TV • 2022
Self
Celebrity Family Feud
TV • 2015
Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV • 2019
Deacon Jones
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Buzzard (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Metropolis
TV • 2015
Hunter
TV • 1984
'Sporty' James
How I Met Your Father
TV • 2022
Julian
Station 19
TV • 2018
Earl Davis
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
TV • 2020
Cleophus Walker
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
TV • 2016
Ignatius
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
TV • 2016
Judge
Noah's Arc
TV • 2005
Reverand Allen
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self
Boston Common
TV • 1996
Sammy Sutherland
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Derelict (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lafayette Duquesne
The Neighborhood
TV • 2018
Jasper
The Hughleys
TV • 1998
Father Roberts
It's Your Move
TV • 1984
Principal Dwight Ellis