Moritz Amsterdam
| Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Dec 14, 1908 Chicago, IL |
| Died | Oct 27, 1996 Los Angeles, CA |
| Age | Died at 87 |
Morey Amsterdam | |
| Job | Actor/Comedian |
| Years active | 1922-1996 |
| Top Roles | Charlie Blake, Michael Fandango, Walter Sage, Cappy, Narrator |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Drama, Family, Crime, Animation |
| Top Topics | Coming of Age, Beach, Professors |
| Top Collaborators | Roger Corman (Producer), Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Milton Berle |
| Shares birthday with | Lee Remick, Dan Dailey, Patty Duke see more.. |
Morey Amsterdam Overview:
Actor, Morey Amsterdam, was born Moritz Amsterdam on Dec 14, 1908 in Chicago, IL. Amsterdam died at the age of 87 on Oct 27, 1996 in Los Angeles, CA .
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Radio.
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Morey Amsterdam Quotes:
Cappy:
Just one thing, Professor, will you level with me? What's with the feather duster? The beard? You think it moves the chicks?
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: No, it usually works the other way.
Cappy: I don't dig. You don't want to level with me?
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: All right, I'll level with you. When I first started out at Harvard, I was the youngest professor at the university. I was so young that it was sickening. No one took me seriously. Every time when I opened my mouth to speak, my students laughed, the other professors laughed, even the janitors laughted. Well, I knew it couldn't go on for long before I would be fired by the dean who did not want a professor that his students didn't take seriously. So one day at lunch, I sat down in the student cafeteria and presented my problem to this old professor friend of mine. And without even glancing up from his soup, he said to me: "buy yourself a pair of glasses and grow a beard." So you see, all of this is just 18 years of professor windowdressing.
Cappy: Amazing how our lives parallel. You have that, and I have this.
[points to the goatee on his chin]
Cappy: You know why I grew this? I got a dimple in my chin and I didn't want anyone mistaking me for Kirk Douglas.
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: But you don't look anything like Kirk Douglas.
Cappy: See? It works.
Cappy: [about Frankie] Boy, that kid's really got a chip on his shoulder. I think it's his head.
[watches the climatic rumble betweent the beach bums and muscle maniacs]
Cappy: Oh no! They're not gonna wreck my place again?
[a beach bum is flung over a table, breaking it]
Cappy: [depressed tone] Oh, yes they are.
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Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: No, it usually works the other way.
Cappy: I don't dig. You don't want to level with me?
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: All right, I'll level with you. When I first started out at Harvard, I was the youngest professor at the university. I was so young that it was sickening. No one took me seriously. Every time when I opened my mouth to speak, my students laughed, the other professors laughed, even the janitors laughted. Well, I knew it couldn't go on for long before I would be fired by the dean who did not want a professor that his students didn't take seriously. So one day at lunch, I sat down in the student cafeteria and presented my problem to this old professor friend of mine. And without even glancing up from his soup, he said to me: "buy yourself a pair of glasses and grow a beard." So you see, all of this is just 18 years of professor windowdressing.
Cappy: Amazing how our lives parallel. You have that, and I have this.
[points to the goatee on his chin]
Cappy: You know why I grew this? I got a dimple in my chin and I didn't want anyone mistaking me for Kirk Douglas.
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: But you don't look anything like Kirk Douglas.
Cappy: See? It works.
Cappy: [about Frankie] Boy, that kid's really got a chip on his shoulder. I think it's his head.
[watches the climatic rumble betweent the beach bums and muscle maniacs]
Cappy: Oh no! They're not gonna wreck my place again?
[a beach bum is flung over a table, breaking it]
Cappy: [depressed tone] Oh, yes they are.
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