Aubrey Morris (born Aubrey Steinberg;
Early life and career
Morris was one of nine children born to Becky (née Levine) and Morry Steinberg.
An elder brother,
Wolfe Morris, was also an accomplished actor.
His
Jews grandparents were from
Kyiv and escaped the Russian pogroms, arriving in London in about 1890. The family moved to
Portsmouth at the turn of the 20th century. Aubrey attended Portsmouth Municipal College and RADA. His first stage appearance in 1944 was at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in
The Winter's Tale. From 1954 to 1956 he was at The Old Vic and appeared on
Broadway theatre.
[ A Clockwork Orange actor Aubrey Morris, dies aged 89 at BBC News Entertainment & Arts. Retrieved 17 July 2015]
Film and television
Morris featured in over fifty films; a notable early role was as Thorburn, the oddball pornographer running a Soho bookshop in
John Gilling's science fiction thriller
The Night Caller (1965).
His better known films include
Stanley Kubrick's
A Clockwork Orange (1971),
Woody Allen's
Love and Death (1975),
[ Ken Russell's Lisztomania (1975),][ and Gene Wilder's The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1977).][
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He also appeared in many television programmes, his debut being in a BBC production of the comedy Fly Away Peter (1948).
Film
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The Quare Fellow (1962) – Silvertop
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The Night Caller (1965) – Thorburn
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The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) – Hutch
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The Sandwich Man (1966) – Cedric, the escapologist
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Up the Junction (1968) – Creely, an estate agent
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) – Harry Dix
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A Clockwork Orange (1971) – P. R. Deltoid
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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) – Doctor Putnam
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Go for a Take (1972) – Director
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The Wicker Man (1973) – Gravedigger/gardener
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Man About the House (1974) – Lecturer
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Love and Death (1975) – Soldier
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Lisztomania (1975) – Manager
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1977) – Coach Driver
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S.O.S. Titanic (1979) – Steward John Hart
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Oxford Blues (1984) – Doctor Quentin Boggs
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) – Archbishop
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Lifeforce (1985) – Sir Percy Heseltine
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The Rachel Papers (1989) – Sir Herbert
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My Girl 2 (1994) – Alfred Beidermeyer
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The Goal Movie (1995) – Dr. Jonah
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Bordello of Blood (1996) – McCutcheon
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Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy (1998) – Dr. Winchester
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Visioneers (2008) – Old Jeffers
Television
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Catweazle – Leslie Milton, a theatrical items shop owner
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City Beneath the Sea (1962) – Professor Ludwig Ziebrecken, a meglomaniac who sees himself as the leader of a 'New World Order'
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1981 BBC TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – the dimwitted Golgafrinchan captain who was eternally taking a bath
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Tales from the Crypt (1990) Season 2, Episode 4 "'Til Death" as Freddy
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Reilly, Ace of Spies – Mendrovovich
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Ripping Yarns Episode 6 – Grosvenor, the butler who likes 'the naughty books'
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The Prisoner, episode 8: Dance of the Dead – Town crier
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The Saint – Pebbles
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Thorndyke (1964) – Julius Wicks
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The Avengers – Quince in episode 'Silent Dust' (1965)
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Babylon 5 – Duncan (in "Exogenesis")
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Danger Man – 3 episodes; portraying Mr. Harris in 'Yesterday's Enemies', Fortunato Santos in one episode, Tamasio in another
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The Sweeney – Foreign Gambler, episode: 'Stoppo Driver', his brother Wolfe Morris also appeared in the same episode.
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, episode: Mission of the Darians – Petros High Priest
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Armchair Theatre – 6 episodes, including Joe, the make-up man in "Afternoon of a Nymph" (1962)
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‘’Ashes to Ashes (Columbo)’’ 1998 - Fred
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Deadwood – Chesterton
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On the Buses – Marriage guidance counsellor
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Albert Zimmerman
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Pardon The Expression – Mr. Blenkinsop, 'The Cup That Cheers' (1966)
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