Garrett Morris
Garrett Morris is an American comedian and actor. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris also had a longrunning role as Junior Uncle Junior King on the comedy sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 19962001. Currently, Morris has a starring role as Earl on the CBS sitcomBroke Girls.
Morris was born on February 1, 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A churchchoir singer from his youth, he trained at the Juilliard School of Music and graduated from Dillard University in 1958. Early in his career, he performed with The Belafonte Folk Singers. He performed in a number of Broadway musicals, including Hallelujah, Baby! and Aint Supposed to Die a Natural Death. He had a small role as a police sergeant in The Anderson Tapes and was a cast member in the short lived CBS sitcom, Roll Out. He also appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film Cooley High.
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