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Gary Morton (born Morton Goldaper; December 19, 1924 – March 30, 1999) was an American stand-up comedian whose primary venues were hotels and resorts of the Borscht Belt in upstate New York. He was born in New York City, the son of Morris Goldaper and Rose Greenfeder Goldaper, and had a sister, Helen. [ 1 ]
Gary Morton. Actor: Lenny. Gary Morton was a comedian who worked the famed "Borscht Belt" of resorts in the Catskills Mountains. Never as talented nor as renowned as such fellow Borscht Belt comics like Milton Berle, whom he caricatured in one of his few film roles in Lenny (1974), Morton nonetheless was personally popular among his fellow ...
Apr 1, 1999 · Gary Morton, stand-up comedian and producer for the post-”I Love Lucy” television shows starring his late wife, Lucille Ball, has died. He was 74. Morton, who was married to the legendary...
Morton Goldapper (Gary Morton), comedian and television producer: born New York 1917; married first Jacqueline Inmoor (marriage dissolved), second 1961 Lucille Ball (died 1989); third 1996...
Apr 1, 1999 · RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Gary Morton, the Borscht Belt comic who married Lucille Ball and became her executive producer, has died. He was 74. Morton died Tuesday at Eisenhower Memorial Hospital, said John Caranci of Wiefels & Son Funeral Directors in Palm Springs.
Gary Morton. Actor: Lenny. Gary Morton was a comedian who worked the famed "Borscht Belt" of resorts in the Catskills Mountains. Never as talented nor as renowned as such fellow Borscht Belt comics like Milton Berle, whom he caricatured in one of his few film roles in Lenny (1974), Morton nonetheless was personally popular among his fellow ...
Gary Morton, born Morton Goldapper in 1924 in New York City, was an American comedian and the second husband of Lucille Ball. Before meeting Lucille Ball, Morton had already become a fairly well-known stand-up comedian, performing mainly at resorts in the New York State's Borscht Belt.
