Robert Michael Morris
{{Short description|American actor}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|05|06}}
| birth_place = Kentucky, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|05|30|1940|05|06}}
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| occupation = Actor
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| known_for = The Comeback
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Robert Michael Morris (May 6, 1940 – May 30, 2017) was an American actor. He was known for his co-starring role as Mickey Deane in the reality television spoof The Comeback{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|pages=201–202|edition=2nd}} and as Mr. Lunt in the short-lived series Running Wilde. He also wrote over 100 plays.
Biography
Born in Kentucky, Morris obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English and art from the University of Dayton, as well as a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from the Catholic University of America.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-michael-morris-dead-comeback-actor-was-77-1008834 |title=Robert Michael Morris, The Comeback Actor, Dies at 77 |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=May 30, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=May 30, 2017}} He taught both high school and college theater before becoming a professional actor relatively late in life and relocating to New York City. "I moved to New York so I could find out what it was like to be a professional actor because my students were all asking questions and all I had was academic knowledge. I didn't have any real professional knowledge."[http://www.newnownext.com/robert-michael-morris-is-running-wilde-again/09/2010/2/ Robert Michael Morris is “Running Wilde” Again] Michael Patrick King, one of Morris's students, and Lisa Kudrow wrote his role in The Comeback with him in mind; King asked him to audition.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/robert-michael-morris-dies-the-comeback-actor-died-1202104330/ |title=Robert Michael Morris Dies: The Comeback Actor Was 77 |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=May 30, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=May 30, 2017}}
Morris also had notable guest appearances in such series as Will & Grace, How I Met Your Mother, Better Things and 2 Broke Girls. The Season 2 episode of Better Things entitled "Eulogy" features a pre-credits on screen dedication to his memory. It was his last filmed role.
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External links
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Category:American male television actors
Category:American drama teachers
Category:University of Dayton alumni
Category:Catholic University of America alumni
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:Male actors from Kentucky
Category:American male dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century American dramatists and playwrights