Chester Morris was born February 16, 1901. He and Bob made back-to-back movies together, The Divorcee and The Big House, forging a close friendship in the early 1930s when both actors became so highly successful in their careers. Actually, Morris was a step or two further up the ladder than Bob was in 1930, when The Big House really made his career.
The photo below is a publicity shot for Corsair (1931). I love the IMDB synopsis for the movie: "Stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas." Good one. Check out the striped pants.
Chester's career took a dive in the late 30s, so signing on to the Boston Blackie movies in the 1940s was a great financial boon for the struggling actor. When they ended, he switched to theater and television in the 1950s. In 1970, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer and dies of a barbiturate overdose. The coroner could not determine if it was suicide or an accident. Whichever, it was an understandable reaction to cancer at the time and ever so sad.
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