Gary Morton

Gary Morton was born on Dec 19, 1924 in USA. Gary Morton's big-screen debut came with Lenny directed by Bob Fosse in 1974, strarring Sherman Hart. Gary Morton is known for Lenny directed by Bob Fosse, Dustin Hoffman stars as Lenny Bruce and Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce. The upcoming new movie Gary Morton plays is Postcards from the Edge which will be released on Sep 14, 1990.

Gary Morton was a comedian who worked the famed "Borscht Belt" of resorts in the Catskills Mountains. Never as talented nor as renowned as such fellow Borscht Belt comics like Milton Berle, whom he caricatured in one of his few film roles in Lenny (1974), Morton nonetheless was personally popular among his fellow performers. Due to his personable nature, Morton made a living as the opening act for many major artistes, including Tony Bennett.Morton met his future wife Lucille Ball while headlining at New York's Copacabana night club in 1960, when he went on a blind date with the famous redhead, who had recently divorced Desi Arnaz. Morton's indifference to Lucy's celebrity at first infuriated her but, eventually, she was won over by Morton's charm and married him within a year.Morton gave up his nightclub career after marrying Lucy, at her request, and became a producer of her television shows. Morton also served as a warm-up comic for L'extravagante Lucie (1962)'s live audience, content with his role as "Mr. Lucille Ball".