Chester, Morris

Chester Morris was an actor best known for his role as Boston Blackie in fourteen Columbia Pictures film series and NBC radio series between 1941 and 1949. He was born on February 16, 1901 in New York City, New York. After Morris' first starring role as Chick Williams in Alibi (1928), he went on to perform in more than eighty-five films, including Lieutenant Roger Craig in the Howard Hughes-produced Cock of the Air.

Morris died on September 11, 1970 in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Source:

"Chester Morris." Find a Grave. January 21, 2000. Accessed October 28, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8283/chester-morris

"Chester Morris Is Dead at 69; Created Role of Boston Blackie." New York Times. September 12, 1970.