Chester Morris
The prodigious but humble scion of a New York theatrical family, Chester Morris acted on Broadway as a teenager and earned an Academy Award nomination for his first role in a Hollywood "talkie," Alibi (1929). He became leading man to filmdom''s top female stars and starred in the popular series of "Boston Blackie" mysteries before creating substantial characters in the theater and the burgeoni...
The prodigious but humble scion of a New York theatrical family, Chester Morris acted on Broadway as a teenager and earned an Academy Award nomination for his first role in a Hollywood "talkie," Alibi (1929). He became leading man to filmdom''s top female stars and starred in the popular series of "Boston Blackie" mysteries before creating substantial characters in the theater and the burgeoni...
