Morton Downey, Jr.

Personal Info

Birthday

December 9, 1932

Day of Death

2001-03-12

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Morton Downey, Jr.

Biography

Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program The Morton Downey Jr. Show.

Known For

Diagnosis: Murder

Tales from the Crypt

Predator 2

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger

Meet Wally Sparks

Driving Me Crazy

Born Again

Filmography

2021
Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
as (archive footage)
2020
Manufacturing Ignorance
as Himself (archive footage)
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES
as Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2013
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
as Self (archive footage)
2005
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Palmer's Pick-Up
as Dick Cash
1997
Meet Wally Sparks
as Morton Downey, Jr.
1996
Hollywood: The Movie
as Carlton
1995
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
as Himself
1992
The Silencer
as Michael Keating
Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger
as Big Chuck
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
as Orrin Price
Hollywood Cabaret The Movie
as Carlton
1991
Driving Me Crazy
as Taj
Legal Tender
as Mal Connery
1990
Predator 2
as Tony Pope
Thanksgiving Day
as Dr. Saul Minion
1989
WWE WrestleMania V
as Himself
1978
Born Again
as Classroom Guard