Award winning American actor Robert Morse has performed on the stage, in the movies and on television. In 2008, Morse was nominated for an Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series Emmy for his role as Bertram Cooper in the AMC television series Mad Men.
Quotes
- "I even come to work (Mad Men) when I'm not working, because I don't belong to a senior club. So I feel this is my club, and I come down to the set sometimes just to get the free lunch and hope that I'll be in next week's show."—Robert MorseCleveland.com: Robert Morse's Place to Hang Out (July 24, 2008)
- "There are a million TV shows, and there are no 76-year-olds on them-except what comes over from the BBC. The competition to play the head of a company or a grandfather-with people who are 50 or 60, and could play older-is so great that I'm on my knees, saying, 'Thank God!'"—Robert MorsePlaybill: Robert Morse (July 30, 2007)
Honors and Awards
- 1962: Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical as J. Pierpont Finch in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"AMC: Robert Morse Biography
- 1990: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play as Truman Capote in the one-man show, TruAMC: Robert Morse Biography
- 1993: Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special for the PBS presentation of Tru AMC: Robert Morse Biography