Trivia

Father, with Carole D'Andrea, of actresses Andrea Doven, Hilary Morse, and Robin Morse. Father with his second wife Elizabeth Cosby Roberts, of Allyn Morse and Charles Robert Morse.

Had won two Tony Awards: in 1962, as Best Actor (Musical) for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," a role he recreated in the film version, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967); and in 1990 as Best Actor (Play) for "Tru," a one-man show in which he played Truman Capote and a performance he recreated on television as Tru (1992). He was also nominated for Tony Awards three other times: once as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic), in 1959 for "Say, Darling;" and twice as Best Actor (Musical), in 1960 for "Take Me Along" (an Award won by co-star Jackie Gleason) and in 1973 for "Sugar.".

Hollywood, CA: The Egyptian Theater as a guest star to answer questions after the showing of the movie, The Loved One (1965). (February 2012)

Friends with, among others, Michele Lee and Angela Lansbury.

His great-great-uncle, his great-grandfather's brother, was Leopold Morse, a Democratic Party politician who was a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, from 1877 to 1885, and 1885 to 1887. Leopold was born in Wachenheim, Bavaria and moved to the U.S. c. 1849, where he was among New Hampshire's early Jewish residents.

He was the son of May (Silver) and Charles Morse, who worked at a record store. His father was born in Massachusetts, of German Jewish descent. His mother was born in upstate New York, to Russian Jewish parents.