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Chester Morris

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John Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 - September 11, 1970) was an American actor and noted amateur magician, perhaps most famous for his role in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s.

Chester Morris
BornJohn chester Brooks Morris
February 16, 1901
USA
DiedSeptember 11, 1970 (age 69)

In one of the Boston Blackie shows, Blackie gives a magic show at a prison, where Morris did his own magic tricks.[1]

He was a charter member of IBM Ring 21 in Hollywood[2]

References

  1. Cover Genii 1938 January
  2. http://www.ibmring21.org/famous.html


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