Evocateur The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2012)
Morton Downey Jr., whose loudmouthed manner and sneering, smoke-in-your-face approach to guests on his television show gave him a wildly popular, albeit short, career as a national talk show host.
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Morton Downey Jr. Jump to Edit Overview Born December 9, 1933 · Los Angeles, California, USA Died March 12, 2001 · Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer and respiratory problems) Birth name Sean Morton Downey Jr. Nickname Mort the Mouth Height 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m) Mini Bio
Morton Downey Jr. The man who broke talk TV
Morton Downey. Actor: Ghost Catchers. Pianist, songwriter ("Wabash Moon"), composer, singer and businessman, educated in public schools and at Lyman Hall. He began his singing career in a Greenwich Village movie theatre, and was later a vocalist for the Paul Whiteman orchestra aboard the SS Leviathan. In 1927, he toured Europe and then opened his own night club, the Delmonico in New York, in.
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March 13, 2001 / 2:47 PM He was best known as the avatar of shock TV in the 1980s, but Morton Downey Jr. — who died Monday at age 67 after a five-year battle with lung cancer — was also a singer.
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Morton Downey Jr. slapped them instead. Downey—the vitriolic talk show host who briefly had one of the most controversial programs in the country—was taping a show in December 1987 when Andy.
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The Morton Downey Jr. Story. Sean Morton Downey, Jr. was born on December 9, 1932. He was surrounded by fame and high society thanks to his famous parents Morton Downey Sr., the well know Irish crooner and radio star, and his mother actress Barbara Bennett. Just like his father, Morton Downey Jr. became involved in the music and entertainment.
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Morton Downey Jr. was the biggest name in television in the mid-1980s, featuring onstage brawls between guests before Jerry Springer did. He was both reviled as obnoxious and hailed as a new wave.
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Groundbreaking TV Show The Morton Downey Jr. Show, which debuted in 1987 and lasted just two years, was groundbreaking for its time — and, for a moment, wildly popular. On his show, Downey — whose symbol was a huge, open mouth — would taunt his guests, shout at them and subject them to his often hostile audience of extremely loyal fans.
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Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 - March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program The Morton Downey Jr. Show. [2] [3] [4] [5] Early life
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John Morton Downey [1] (November 14, 1901 - October 25, 1985), also known as Morton Downey, was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale". [2] Early years
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Morton Downey Jr., 67, the growling and opinionated TV talk-show host who shocked viewers from behind a haze of cigarette smoke, died here March 12 of lung cancer and other respiratory problems..
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Morton Downey Jr. Al Sharpton Roy Innis See production info at IMDbPro Add to Watchlist 8 User reviews 1 Critic review Episodes 19 Browse episodes 3 years Photos Add photo Top cast Edit Morton Downey Jr. Self - Host 18 episodes • 1987-1989 Al Sharpton Self - Guest. 3 episodes • 1988
‘Evocateur The Morton Downey Jr. Movie’ The Pundit’s Rise & Fall
For a brief period in the late '80s—long before the era of Fox News, Glenn Beck, and the 24-hour right-wing demagoguery cycle—there was The Morton Downey, Jr. Show, a Secaucus, N.J.-based.
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A quarter-century after dropping from sight, Morton Downey Jr. can be felt all too vividly these days on talk TV and radio, even reality shows — not to mention the presidential campaign trail. What a great time to recall (or discover) this earth-shaking talk-show host. And what a fine portrait of him is "Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr.
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6 Videos 7 Photos Talk-show host and songwriter ("Because We're Young", "Hearts Are Wild"), composer, author, actor and singer, educated at New York University (BS) and a two-year Law School student. He was a program director and announcer at WPOP in Hartford, Connecticut, and later made several records under his birth name.
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Morton Downey Jr. quickly became an advocate not just for Conservative ideas. He exposed racism, revealed the failures of those who claimed to be leaders, supported the victims of crimes and gave a voice to the unborn.