Howard Jerome Morris was an American actor, comedian, and director. He was best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in a celebrated comedy sketch on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (1954). He did voices for television shows such as The Flintstones (1962–1965), The Jetsons (1962–1987), The Atom Ant Show (1965–1966), and Garfield and Friends (1988–1994).
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Baywatch (1989)
Guest starring as Jigger Lindsey
- Episode 8x04: Memorial Day (Oct 13, 1997)
Guest starring as Fella / Arthur
- Episode 7x05: Scorcher (Oct 21, 1996)
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)
Starring as Bogel
- Episode 1x01: To All the Ghouls I've Loved Before (Sep 7, 1985)
Starring as Platypus Duck
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Uncle Ziggy
- Episode 5x09: Something Borrowed, Someone Blue (Jan 8, 1989)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Billy Banks
- Episode 8x15: Santa, Santa, Santa / Another Dog Gone Christmas / Noel's Christmas Carol (Dec 15, 1984)
Fantasy Island (1977)
Guest starring as Herman Dodge
- Episode 3x19: The Swinger / Terrors of the Mind (Feb 9, 1980)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
Guest starring as Shorty Vance
- Episode 5x10: Jerry's Retirement (Nov 27, 1976)
The Archie Show (1968)
Starring as Jughead Jones
Starring as Big Moose Mason
Starring as Dilton Doiley
The Lucy Show (1962)
Guest starring as Howard Coe
- Episode 4x02: Lucy and the Golden Greek (Sep 20, 1965)
The Jetsons (1962)
Starring as Orwell Spacely
Guest starring as Jet Screamer
- Episode 1x02: A Date with Jet Screamer (Sep 30, 1962)
Guest starring as Booster Pendelton
- Episode 1x08: Rosey's Boyfriend (Nov 11, 1962)
Ensign O'Toole (1962)
Guest starring as Delacroix
- Episode 1x17: Operation Intrigue (Jan 13, 1963) [Special Guest Star]
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Howard Morris
- Episode 3x155: Apr 6, 1964 (Apr 6, 1964)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Guest starring as Ernest T. Bass
(5 episodes)
- Episode 6x03: Malcolm at the Crossroads (Sep 27, 1965)
- Episode 5x04: The Education of Ernest T. Bass (Oct 12, 1964)
- Episode 4x17: My Fair Ernest T. Bass (Feb 3, 1964)
- Episode 4x03: Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army (Oct 14, 1963)
- Episode 3x31: Mountain Wedding (Apr 29, 1963)
Guest starring as Radio Announcer
- Episode 5x03: Family Visit (Oct 5, 1964) [Uncredited]
The Flintstones (1960)
Guest starring as Al
- Episode 5x26: Surfin' Fred (Mar 12, 1965)
Guest starring as Bobby
- Episode 4x01: Ann-Margrock Presents (Sep 19, 1963)
Guest starring as Announcer
- Episode 4x01: Ann-Margrock Presents (Sep 19, 1963)
Guest starring as Parrot
- Episode 4x01: Ann-Margrock Presents (Sep 19, 1963)
Guest starring as Guard
- Episode 3x20: Mother-in-Law's Visit (Feb 1, 1963)
Guest starring as The Kissing Burglar
- Episode 3x16: The Kissing Burglar (Jan 4, 1963)
Guest starring as Mr. Rockhard
- Episode 3x13: High School Fred (Dec 7, 1962)
Guest starring as Baggage Monkey
- Episode 4x25: Bachelor Daze (Mar 5, 1964)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Guest starring as George P Hanley
- Episode 4x12: I Dream of Genie (Mar 21, 1963)
Crew Credits
Aloha Paradise (1981)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x07: Catching Up / Wambling Out to Yon / Black Day at Bad Rock (Apr 15, 1981)
The Love Boat (1977)
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 5x17: The Return of the Captain's Lady / Love Ain't Illegal / The Irresistible Man (Feb 6, 1982)
- Episode 5x04: The Incredible Hunk / Isaac, the Marriage Counselor / Jewels and Jim (Oct 24, 1981)
- Episode 4x27: Maid for Each Other / Lost and Found / Then There Were Two (May 9, 1981)
- Episode 4x14: From Here to Maternity/Jealousy/The Trigamist (Jan 17, 1981)
One Day at a Time (1975)
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Father David (Mar 16, 1976)
- Episode 1x12: The College Man (Mar 9, 1976)
- Episode 1x11: Julie's Job (Mar 2, 1976)
- Episode 1x10: David Plus Two (Feb 24, 1976)
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Episode crew as Director
(14 episodes)
- Episode 3x16: Carter Turns Traitor (Dec 23, 1967)
- Episode 2x29: The Top Secret Top Coat (Mar 31, 1967)
- Episode 1x31: The Flame Grows Higher (Apr 22, 1966)
- Episode 1x30: Cupid Comes to Stalag 13 (Apr 15, 1966)
- Episode 1x28: I Look Better in Basic Black (Apr 1, 1966)
- Episode 1x27: The Safecracker Suite (Mar 25, 1966)
- Episode 1x23: The 43rd, a Moving Story (Feb 25, 1966)
- Episode 1x20: It Takes a Thief... Sometimes (Jan 28, 1966)
- Episode 1x18: The Gold Rush (Jan 14, 1966)
- Episode 1x16: Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13 (Dec 31, 1965)
- Episode 1x14: Oil for the Lamps of Hogan (Dec 17, 1965)
- Episode 1x12: The Scientist (Dec 3, 1965)
- Episode 1x09: Go Light on the Heavy Water (Nov 12, 1965)
- Episode 1x08: Movies Are Your Best Escape (Nov 5, 1965)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 5x14: Three Wishes for Opie (Dec 21, 1964)