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British character actor Aubrey Morris passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
Morris’s career spanned nearly seven decades. He appeared in British TV shows such as The Prisoner, Lovejoy,and The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and also made guest appearances on American TV shows such as Murder, She Wrote, Columbo and, most recently, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He also appeared in movies such as The Wicker Man and Bordello of Blood with Dennis Miller.
The late Jeremy Brett, best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on TV during the 1980s, appeared on stage together with Morris at London’s Old Vic. When Brett introduced him to Noël Coward, he referred to Morris as “the finest small-part player in London.”
As Shakespeare famously declared, “All the world’s a stage,/ And all the men and women merely players;/ They have their exits and their entrances,/ And one man in his time plays many parts.” There’s no question that Morris had many exits and entrances and would play many parts. His time on the stage or screen might have been brief, but he made the most of that time. This is amply demonstrated with his most famous role in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell. In Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s novel, Morris plays Mr. Deltoid, the social worker who warns McDowell’s Alexander DeLarge to watch himself in this absolutely hilarious scene. I think you will agree that Morris makes quite an entrance and exit.
