Editing Garrett Morris (section)

=== Television ===

In 1971, he had a small role as a police sergeant in ''[[The Anderson Tapes]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Anderson Tapes |url=https://brattlefilm.org/movies/the-anderson-tapes/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The Brattle |language=en-US}}</ref> and was a cast member in the short-lived CBS sitcom, ''[[Roll Out]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Marc |title=Garrett Morris Turns 88: Celebrating A Career Spanning Seven Decades |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2025/02/01/garrett-morris-turns-88-celebrating-a-career-spanning-seven-decades/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> He also appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film ''[[Cooley High]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Malooley |first=Jake |title=So Hard to Say Goodbye: The Oral History of Cooley High |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/so-hard-to-say-goodbye-the-oral-history-of-cooley-high/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Chicago Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1976, Morris appeared in the film ''[[Car Wash (film)|Car Wash]]'', playing the role of Slide the bookmaker. In 1983 and 1984, Morris appeared in five episodes of ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', playing a character named Jimmy. He starred in the 1984 film ''[[The Census Taker]]'', a 1984 [[black comedy]] directed by Bruce R. Cook.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/86893/The-Census-Taker/details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207041833/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/86893/The-Census-Taker/details|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2011|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2011|title=The Census Taker (1984)|access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref><ref name="pbp1">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N_QiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fs0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1339,1505753|title=Things Are Beginning To Look 'Berry Good' For Garrett Morris|first=Bob|last=Michals|newspaper=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|date=January 3, 1985|access-date=May 24, 2010|archive-date=May 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517174014/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N_QiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fs0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1339,1505753|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1985, he guested on ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' as Lafayette Duquesne.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.philo.com/player/show/U2hvdzo2MDg1NDg4OTk2NDg0NzIzMzQ?episode=RXBpc29kZTo2MDg1NDg4OTk2NDkwMzgxODk |title=Murder, She Wrote: Murder to a Jazz Beat |last=Philo |language=en |access-date=2025-02-06 |via=www.philo.com}}</ref> In 1986, Morris began playing Arnold "Sporty" James, on the NBC cop drama ''[[Hunter (1984 American TV series)|Hunter]]'', starring [[Fred Dryer]] and [[Stepfanie Kramer]] through 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hunter Season 3, Episode 8 |url=https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/485101/s03-e08-love-hate-and-sporty-james |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=tubitv.com}}</ref> Morris appeared in ''[[Married... with Children]]'' as Russ, one of Al's poker buddies, in "The Poker Game", in a 1987 season 1 episode and again in the season 3 episode "Requiem for a Dead Barber".<ref>Levant, B. (Director). (1987). ''The Poker Game'' (season 1, episode 8). Embassy Communications. <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANraTbHcD1k</nowiki></ref> He also appeared in the 1992 horror comedy ''[[Severed Ties (film)|Severed Ties]]'' starring [[Oliver Reed]].<ref>Santostefano, D. (Director). (1992). ''Severed Ties''. Fangoria.</ref>

Morris also had regular roles on ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'', ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[227 (TV series)|227]]'', and ''[[Roc (TV series)|Roc]]''.<ref name=":2" /> He also appeared in an episode of ''[[Who's the Boss]]'', "Sam's Car" (1989), playing the role of Officer Audette.<ref>Kelada, A. (Director). (1988, October 18). ''Sam’s Car'' (season 5, episode 1). Hunter-Cohan Productions.</ref> He was a regular cast member on ''[[The Jamie Foxx Show]]'', playing Jamie's uncle, Junior King.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_lR4L5Asck |title=Garrett Morris on Playing 'Uncle Junior' on "The Jamie Foxx Show" (Part 10) |date=2023-10-22 |last=djvlad |access-date=2025-02-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

In 1998, Morris appeared as himself in the fourth episode of the fifth season of the TV series, ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''. In 2002, Morris made a cameo appearance on an episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' hosted by [[Brittany Murphy]]. In 2006, Morris reprised his role as "Headmaster of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing" in a cameo on the TV series ''[[Family Guy]]'', in the episode "[[Barely Legal (Family Guy)|Barely Legal."]]<ref>''Barely Legal'' (season 5, episode 8). (2006, December 17). <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYwB38Vsh7A</nowiki></ref>

In August 2008, Morris played the role of Reverend Pratt in the family comedy drama film, ''[[The Longshots]]'', starring [[Ice Cube]] and [[Keke Palmer]].

In 2011, Morris had a cameo role as a Catholic priest on the episode "Three Boys" on the Showtime series ''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]''. He was cast as Earl in the [[CBS]] comedy ''[[2 Broke Girls]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=March 16, 2011 |title=Scott Porter To Star in CW's 'Hart Of Dixie', More Actors Board Pilots |url=https://deadline.com/2011/03/scott-porter-to-star-in-cws-hart-of-dixie-114548/ |access-date=July 1, 2011 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> which premiered on September 19, 2011. During the second season he faced a lawsuit from the Global Agency accusing him of not paying 10% of his income from the show as agreed. However, a rep from the show stated that he had not actually failed to do so.<ref name="cbspremieres">{{cite web |last=Seidman |first=Robert |date=June 29, 2011 |title=CBS Announces Fall 2011 Premiere Dates |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/29/cbs-announces-fall-2011-premiere-dates/96883/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701095954/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/29/cbs-announces-fall-2011-premiere-dates/96883/ |archive-date=July 1, 2011 |access-date=July 1, 2011 |work=TV By the Numbers}}</ref> 

In 2018, Morris appeared in the NBC show ''[[This Is Us]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-16 |title=Garrett Morris: From Snl To Iconic Actor |url=https://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/garrett-morris/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Baltimore Examiner |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, Morris appeared in the fifth episode of ''[[A Black Lady Sketch Show]]'', titled "Why Are Her Pies Wet, Lord?"<ref name=":0" />