Mad Men Star And Emmy Award Winner Robert Morse Passes Away At 90
Robert Morse, a veteran actor known for her performance in Mad Men passed away at the age of 90. The news was shared by Morse's son Charlie Morse to ABC7 on Wednesday (April 20). However, he did not confirm the cause of
Robert
Morse,
a
veteran
actor
known
for
her
performance
in
Mad
Men
passed
away
at
the
age
of
90.
The
news
was
shared
by
Morse's
son
Charlie
Morse
to
ABC7
on
Wednesday
(April
20).
However,
he
did
not
confirm
the
cause
of
death
with
the
channel.
Robert
Morse
was
a
renowned
theatre
performer
with
two
Tony
Awards
and
a
number
of
Emmy
nominations
and
a
win.
Notably,
his
most
well-known
television
role
came
with
the
hit
show
Mad
Men.
In
60
year
long
decade
Robert
created
a
beloved
character
of
the
entrepreneurial
J.
Pierrepont
Finch
in
1961's
How
to
Succeed
in
Business
Without
Really
Trying.
He
also
won
a
Tony
Award
for
the
same.
Morse
then
went
on
to
appear
as
a
guest
star
and
as
a
voice
actor
for
shows
like
Fantasy
Island,
American
Crime
Story:
The
People
v.
O.J.
Simpson
and
more.
His
goofy
character
advertising
executive
Bertram
"Bert" Cooper
from
Mad
Men,
was
nominated
five
times
for
Emmy
Awards
from
2007
to
2015.
He
won
the
SAG
Award
for
an
ensemble
cast
in
a
drama
series
for
his
outstanding
performance.
The
actor's
final
episode
saw
him
drawing
on
his
Broadway
skills
for
a
big
musical
number
following
his
death,
as
he
performed
a
song-and-dance
routine
to
The
Best
Things
in
Life
Are
Free,
having
peacefully
died
during
Neil
Armstrong's
1969
moon
landing.
Morse
acted
in
several
other
movies
in
the
1960s,
including
A
Guide
for
the
Married
Man
in
1967,
along
with
Walter
Matthau,
followed
by
Where
Were
You
When
the
Lights
Went
Out?
in
1968
and
more.