Garrett Morris
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.
87 acting credits
Acting · 87
Family Guy
1999
Shameless
2011
Saturday Night Live
1975
Psych
2006
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Married... with Children
1987
Scandal
2012
This Is Us
2016
Hill Street Blues
1981
2 Broke Girls
2011
MacGyver
2016
Station 19
2018
Hunter
1984
The Twilight Zone
1985
Tony Awards
1956
The Neighborhood
2018
Martin
1992
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Static Shock
2000
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
Justice League
2001
The Hughleys
1998
How I Met Your Father
2022
Ant-Man
2015
Family Reunion
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Boston Common
1996
It's Your Move
1984
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
2020
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
2016
Noah's Arc
2005
Coneheads
1993
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
2022
Metropolis
2015
The Stuff
1985
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
Who's Your Caddy?
2007
Cleghorne!
1995
Motorama
1991
Car Wash
1976
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
Let Go
2011
Black Scorpion
1995
The Anderson Tapes
1971
The Longshots
2008
Santa with Muscles
1996
Critical Condition
1987
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
1997
Cooley High
1975
Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019
Where’s Poppa?
1970
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
Earth Angel
1991
Jackpot
2001
Silent Fury
1994
The Underachievers
1988
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999
The Best of John Belushi
1985
Almost Blue
1993
Children of the Night
1991
Downey Wrote That
2025
The Pound Puppies
1985
Dog Gone
2008
Black Rose of Harlem
1996
The Invisible Woman
1983
Severed Ties
1992
Little Richard
2000
Maniac Magee
2003
Palmer's Pick-Up
1999
Valley of the Sun
2011
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982
The Census Taker
1984
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
2006
Maid for Each Other
1992
Twin Falls Idaho
1999
Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010
Super Spy: The Final Exit
2003
Easter Fever
1980
Connecting Dots
2003
Pawn Shop
2012