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|---|---|
| Michael Morris | |
| Credits | |
| Position | Writer |
| Biographical Information | |
| Birth Name | Misha Stutchkoff |
| Birthdate | January 7, 1918 |
| Birthplace | Charkow, Ukraine |
| Death Date | June 20, 2003 (age 85) |
| Death Place | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Michael Morris was a writer on Bewitched. He wrote twenty-two episodes for the series (1967-1972).
Biography[]
Michael Morris was a writer and producer. He was born Misha Stutchkoff on January 7, 1918 in Charkow, Ukraine, but grew up in New York. He came to the United States at the age of five with his parents who were both actors. His father was Nahum Stutchkoff, famed writer, actor and radio performer. Young Michael's first jobs were acting with his father on his many radio shows on WEVD in New York. He also acted in several Yiddish speaking films.
During World War II, he served in the United States Army. After the war, he returned to New York and wrote in the 1940s and 1950s for radio shows such as Mr. and Mrs. North, Hollywood Story, The Thin Man, and The Goldbergs. From the early 1950s, he also began writing for television. When he settled in Los Angeles in 1960, he limited himself almost exclusively to writing episodes of television series and remained active until the 1980s. With the exception of a few television films and two motion pictures, he wrote episodes for more than forty series, including Shadow of the Cloak, Man Against Crime (two episodes), The Colonel Humphrey Flack (five episodes), Johnny Jupiter (three episodes), The Adventures of Ellery Quinn (two episodes), The Goldbergs (eight episodes), Mama (50 episodes), Perry Mason (two episodes), The Detectives (two episodes), The Flying Nun (15 episodes), Nanny and the Professor (two episodes), All in the Family (two episodes), Maude (two episodes), and Superboy (three episodes).
He was the producer of 33 episodes of Chico and the Man, a television series for which he also wrote 13 episodes.
His 22 scripts for Bewitched were written between 1967 and 1972: two for the fourth season, three for the fifth season, two for the sixth season, five for the seventh season, and ten for the eighth season.
He received Emmy recognition for his work on Jack and the Beanstalk (1967), a television movie starring Gene Kelly.
After retiring, he wrote plays, two of which were produced in Los Angeles.
Michael Morris died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease on June 20, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. He was 85. He was survived by his wife Pearl, one daughter, two stepsons, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Episodes[]
Sources[]
- "Michael Morris Obituary", Los Angeles Times via Legacy.com, June 22 to June 23, 2003. Retrieved on December 26, 2024.
- Michael Morris on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on January 10, 2020.