Editing Morey Amsterdam

{{Short description|American actor and comedian (1908–1996)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Morey Amsterdam
| image              = Morey Amsterdam HA-SN-99-00637.jpg
| caption            = Amsterdam in 1970
| birth_name         = Moritz Amsterdam
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1908|12|14}}
| birth_place        = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1996|10|28|1908|12|14}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Hollywood Hills, California|Hollywood Hills]], California
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|writer|producer}}
| yearsactive        = 1922–1996
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Mabel Todd (actress)|Mabel Todd]]|1933|1945|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Kay Patrick|1949<!--Year of death/end of marriage omitted per Template:Marriage instructions, when marriage ends with death of article subject as opposed to his/her spouse-->}}
}}
| children           = 2
}}
[[File:Keep Talking 1959.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Game show ''[[Keep Talking (game show)|Keep Talking]]'' (1959) with host [[Merv Griffin]], Amsterdam, [[Jayne Meadows]] and [[Danny Dayton]]]]
[[File:Dick Van Dyke Show main cast photo.jpg|thumb|upright|right|''[[Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' cast: Amsterdam, [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], [[Mary Tyler Moore]], [[Dick Van Dyke]] and [[Rose Marie]], 1962]]
[[File:Dick van dyke show 1962.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Amsterdam as Buddy, in this episode the house guest of Rob and Laura Petrie on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (1962)]]
'''Moritz Amsterdam''' (December 14, 1908 &ndash; October 28, 1996) was an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He played Buddy Sorrell on [[CBS]]'s ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' from 1961 to 1966.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |first1=David |last1=Stout |author-link1=David Stout |title=Morey Amsterdam, Comedian And Joke Encyclopedia, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/30/arts/morey-amsterdam-comedian-and-joke-encyclopedia-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 October 1996 |page=D 22}}</ref>

==Early life==
Amsterdam was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], the youngest of the three sons of Max and Jennie (née Finder) Amsterdam, Jewish immigrants from [[Austria-Hungary]].{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}} <ref group=note>Some biographies list him as born in [[San Francisco]] because his father was a violinist with the [[San Francisco Symphony]].</ref>

He began working in [[vaudeville]] in 1922 as the [[straight man]] for his older brother's jokes. He was a cellist, a skill he used throughout his career. By 1924, he was working in a [[speakeasy]] operated by [[Al Capone]].<ref name=nyt/>

After being caught in the middle of a gunfight, Amsterdam moved to [[California]] and worked writing jokes.

==Career==
===Radio===
In the late 1940s, Amsterdam had a program on CBS from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays and a daily program on [[WEPN (AM)#WMGM (1948–1962)|WMGM]] in New York City.<ref name=v>{{cite magazine |date=February 9, 1949 |page=29 |title=CBS-TV Dropping Morey Amsterdam |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety173-1949-02/page/n84/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=January 21, 2023}}</ref>

===Television===
[[File:Morey amsterdam WNBTshow bookmark promotion.jpg|thumb|left|80px|Bookmark promotion for Amsterdam's late-night NBC show]]
Amsterdam had a program on CBS that ended in early 1949.<ref name="v" />

In 1950, he briefly hosted the comedy-variety show ''[[Broadway Open House]]'', TV's first late-night entertainment show, on [[NBC]].<ref name="nyt" /> One of the pioneering TV creations of NBC president [[Sylvester "Pat" Weaver|Pat Weaver]], it demonstrated the potential for late-night programming and led to the later development of ''[[The Tonight Show]]''.<ref name="alex">McNeil, Alex. ''Total Television: a Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present''. Penguin, 1985.</ref>

In February 1952, Amsterdam made his dramatic TV debut on an episode of the DuMont Television Network series ''[[Not for Publication (DuMont TV series)|Not for Publication]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|pages=866|title-link=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present}}</ref> Also in 1952, he was host of ''Breakfast With Music'', a 9 a.m. Monday-Friday program on [[WNBC|WNBT-TV]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |title=Breakfast With Music |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele25ross/page/n48/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=February 22, 2022 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=October 12, 1952 |page=11}}</ref>

In 1957, he appeared as "Jack Connors" in the third episode ("The Three Pretenders") of the [[Television syndication|syndicated]] television sitcom ''[[How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series)|How to Marry a Millionaire]]'', with [[Barbara Eden]] and [[Merry Anders]].

In 1958, he appeared as saloon manager Lucien Bellingham in an episode of the CBS western series ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' entitled "The Moor's Revenge". He later guest-starred on the CBS sitcom ''[[Pete and Gladys]]'', with [[Harry Morgan]] and [[Cara Williams]].

His best-known role was as comedy writer Buddy Sorrell on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', a role suggested for him by his friend [[Rose Marie]], who also appeared on the show.<ref>{{cite book|last=Waldron|first=Vince|title=The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book|publisher=Chicago Review Press|edition=3|year=2011|location=Chicago|pages=51–52|isbn=978-1-56976-839-6}}</ref>

The show's creator, [[Carl Reiner]], based the character on his old friend [[Mel Brooks]], with whom he worked on the writing staff of ''[[Your Show of Shows]]''. Like Amsterdam himself, Buddy had a ready quip for any situation, and one of the show's most popular running gags was his insult-laden feud with producer Mel Cooley ([[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]]). One scene had Mel walking into the writers' room asking "Well, what have you got for me?" Buddy immediately answered "Hatred!" Buddy was also one of the rare overtly Jewish characters on TV in that era, with one episode revolving around his belated decision to have a Bar Mitzvah. Amsterdam also wrote lyrics for the show's theme song, which were never heard on the air, but have been performed by [[Dick Van Dyke]] in concert.<ref>{{cite book|last=Waldron|first=Vince|title=The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book|publisher=Chicago Review Press|edition=3|year=2011|location=Chicago|page=379|isbn=978-1-56976-839-6}}</ref> Van Dyke sang those lyrics on the October 23, 2010, edition of the NPR show ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]''.<ref>Available as transcript and audio [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130739954 WWDTM 10-23-10], npr.org; accessed January 8, 2018.</ref> The composer of the tune, Earl Hagen, was made aware of the lyrics when David Van Deusen arranged it as a gift for Dick Van Dyke on his 70th birthday. Van Deusen, the other DVD, shared the story of the lyrics with Hagen after Amsterdam's death.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In a November 1970 episode of ''[[The Partridge Family]]'', titled "Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge?", Amsterdam played the role of Ziggy Shnurr, a small-time joke writer, whom Danny found in the [[Yellow Pages]] after deciding that the family music act needed some comedy during song breaks. The Amsterdam role echoed his Dick Van Dyke character. The episode also guested Hollywood veteran [[Jackie Coogan]].

In a November 1980 episode of ''[[The Littlest Hobo]]'', entitled "Fast Freddie", The Hobo discovers a con man (Amsterdam) operating in a small town and tries to foil his plans to rob a doddering senior.

Amsterdam was an occasional panelist on ''[[Match Game]]'' and the short-lived ''[[Can You Top This?]]'' (which he also executive produced) during the 1970s. He appeared as a small-time criminal in several episodes of the soap opera ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' in the 1990s. Amsterdam and Rose Marie later appeared as panelists on ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'', an October 1993 episode of ''[[Herman's Head]]'', and guest-starred together in a February 1996 episode of the NBC sitcom ''[[Caroline in the City]]'' (his final TV appearance).<ref>{{Citation|last=HoldTheRoses|title=Rose Marie & Morey Amsterdam {{!}} Caroline and The Watch|date=2012-11-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNHiXrGqDk|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref>

===Films===
[[File:Morey Amsterdam handprints.jpg|thumb|180px|Amsterdam's handprints in front of Theater of the Stars at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] theme park]]

In 1958, Amsterdam appeared in the low-budget film ''[[Machine-Gun Kelly (film)|Machine-Gun Kelly]]'' with [[Charles Bronson]], and he did a notable dramatic turn in the 1960 noir classic ''[[Murder, Inc. (1960 film)|Murder, Inc.]]'' as Catskill nightclub owner Walter Sage, the first victim (according to the film) of the newly minted Murder, Incorporated.

Amsterdam played Cappy, owner of the local nightclub, in two ''[[Beach party film|Beach Party]]'' movies of the 1960s, which were produced by [[American International Pictures]], of which he was vice president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-morey-amsterdam-19961029-snap-20161027-story.html|title=From the Archives: Morey Amsterdam; 'Buddy' on 'Dick Van Dyke Show' |newspaper= Los Angeles Times|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|date=29 October 1996|access-date=2018-09-23}}</ref><ref name="beach">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=4 December 2024|magazine=Filmink|title=Beach Party: An Appreciation|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/beach-party-an-appreciation/|access-date=11 December 2024}}</ref> He and Rose Marie also co-starred in the 1966 film ''[[Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title]]'', a comedy co-written and co-produced by Amsterdam. The film features [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], their co-star on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', with [[cameo appearance|cameos]] by the show's co-producer [[Danny Thomas]] and co-star [[Carl Reiner]] as well as [[Steve Allen]], [[Milton Berle]], [[Irene Ryan]] and [[Moe Howard]] of the [[The Three Stooges|Three Stooges]]. His later roles included appearances in ''[[The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit]]'' (1968), ''[[Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood]]'' (1976), ''[[When Nature Calls]]'' (1985) and ''Side by Side'' (1988).

==Personal life==
Amsterdam married actress [[Mabel Todd (actress)|Mabel Todd]] in 1933; they divorced in 1945 after twelve years of marriage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.blog/2017/01/17/the-forgotten-mabel-todd-morey-amsterdams-lost-wife/ |title=The Forgotten Mabel Todd: Morey Amsterdam's Lost Wife |date=January 17, 2017 |publisher=thelifeandtimesofhollywood |access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> He married his second wife Kay Patrick in 1949; they remained married until his death in 1996.<ref name=nyt/>

===Hanna-Barbera lawsuit===
In 1963, Amsterdam filed a $12,000 lawsuit against [[Hanna-Barbera]] for [[breach of contract]]; he claimed that he had been cast and signed to the role of [[George Jetson]] on ''[[The Jetsons]]''. Although his contract stipulated that he would be paid $500 an episode, with a guarantee of twenty-four episodes (i.e., a full season) of work, he recorded only one episode before being replaced by [[George O'Hanlon]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Yowp |url=http://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2010/01/meet-george-jetson-other-one.html |title=Yowp: Meet George Jetson — The Other One |publisher=Yowpyowp.blogspot.com |date=2010-01-27 |access-date=2014-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030830/http://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2010/01/meet-george-jetson-other-one.html |archive-date=2014-05-08 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="classicshowbiz" /> Several sources claimed the change had occurred as a result of sponsor conflict with Amsterdam's commitment to ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''.<ref>The Evening Sentinel, June 1, 1962, ''Morey Amsterdam and Pat Carroll have been forced off as "voice" stars of ABC's new animated "The Jetsons" cartoon series. Too many sponsor conflicts, what with Morey being a regular on the Dick Van Dyke Show and Pat likewise on the Danny Thomas Show.''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19641214&id=VwhPAAAAIBAJ&pg=7330,3979925|title=Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> The case had been closed by early 1965 and the court had ruled in favor of Hanna-Barbera.<ref>''TV Firm Sued By Two'', ''[[Oxnard Press-Courier]]'', January 25, 1965</ref><ref name="classicshowbiz">{{cite web |first=Kliph |last=Nesteroff |url=http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2013/10/an-interview-with-pat-carroll-part-two.html |title=Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Pat Carroll – Part Two |publisher=Classicshowbiz.blogspot.com |date=2013-10-26 |access-date=2014-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821150424/http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2013/10/an-interview-with-pat-carroll-part-two.html |archive-date=2014-08-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Death==
Amsterdam died at [[Cedars Sinai Hospital]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], California, on October 28, 1996, at the age of 87, due to a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref name=nyt/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Obituary: Morey Amsterdam |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-morey-amsterdam-1350735.html |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=4 November 1996}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1936
| ''[[With Love and Kisses]]''
| TV Performer
| Uncredited

1943
''The Ghost And The Guest''
|- He wrote the script
!
!
| 1952
| ''Columbia Animal Cavalcade 1: Chimp-Antics''
| Commentator
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Machine-Gun Kelly (film)|Machine-Gun Kelly]]''
| Michael Fandango
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Murder, Inc. (1960 film)|Murder, Inc.]]''
| Walter Sage
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Gay Purr-ee]]''
| Narrator
| Voice
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Beach Party]]''
| Cappy
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World]]''
| Uncle Mike
| Voice, uncredited
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Muscle Beach Party]]''
| Cappy
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title]]''
| Charlie Yuckapuck
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit]]''
| Charlie Blake
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Sandman (film)|Sandman]]''
| Car Salesman
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1948–1950
| ''[[The Morey Amsterdam Show]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 1953
| ''Jimmy Hughes, Rokie Cop''
| Unknown role
| 1 episode
|-
|1955
|''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]''
|Himself
|1 Episode
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna]]''
| Mr. Agnew
| Episode: "Checkmate"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[December Bride]]''
| Herbert
| Episode: "Mountain Climbing"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The O. Henry Playhouse]]''
| Phineas C. Gooch, Manny Stettner
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1957
| ''[[How to Marry a Millionaire]]''
| Jack Connors
| Episode: "The Three Pretenders"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Matinee Theatre]]''
| Unknown role
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1957–1963
| ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]''
| Buddy Sorrell, Mr. Simmons
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1958
| ''[[The Adventures of Jim Bowie]]''
| Pinky
| Episode: "Choctaw Honor"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
| Cicero Grimes
| Episode: "Joe Phy"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Schlitz Playhouse]]'' 
| Mr. Braxton
| Episode: "T Shot a Powler"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]''
| Unknown role
| Episode: "The Big Ruthie"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]''
| Harry Harris
| Episode: "Bilko's Giveaway"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Have Gun - Will Travel]]''
| Lucien Bellingham
| Episode: "The Moor's Revenge"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen]]''
| J.C. Smith
| Episode: "Dance Into Death"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Pete and Gladys]]''
| Fred
| Episode: "Gladys Rents the House"
|-
| 1961–1966
| ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''
| Buddy Sorrell
| 158 episodes
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol]]''
| Brady, James (voices)
| Television film
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo]]''
| Unknown role (voice)
| Unknown episodes
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Daktari]]''
| Sammy Spotts
| Episode: "The Chimp Who Cried Wolf"
|-
| 1967
| ''Black, Kloke & Dagga''
| Dagge (voice)
| Television short
|-
| 1968
| ''[[That's Life (1968 TV series)|That's Life]]''
| Unknown role
| Episode: "Life in Suburbia"
|-
| 1969–1973
| ''[[Love, American Style]]''
| Bodkin
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Partridge Family]]''
| Ziggy Shnurr
| Episode: "Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge"
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Adam-12]]''
| Jerry Mermaid
| Episode: "Log 106: Post Time"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Honeymoon Suite]]''
| Bellboy
| Unknown episode
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]''
| One Million (O.M) (voice)
| Television film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Mixed Nuts]]''
| Moe
| Television film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]''
| Herman
| Episode: "Alice by Moonlight"
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Vega$]]''
| Izzy
| Episode: "Centerfold"
|-
| 1978–1982
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Floyd Loomis, Moe Price
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Sooner or Later (1979 film)|Sooner or Later]]''
| Eddie Nova
| Television film
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Project U.F.O.]]''
| Ollie Hayes
| Episode: Sighting 4026: The Atlantic Queen Incident"
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Littlest Hobo]]''
| Freddie Tewksbur
| Episode: "Fast Freddie"
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| Jake
| Episode "King of Burlesque/Death Games"
|-
| 1983
| ''Believe You Can... And You Can!''
| J. Fauntenoy Chiffenrobe
| Television film
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Hail to the Chief]]''
| Manny
| 1 episode
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Brothers (1984 TV series)|Brothers]]''
| Mr. Bobo
| Episode: "A Greasepaint Smile"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)|Crazy Like a Fox]]''
| Mr. Margus
| Episode: "A Fox at the Races"
|-
| 1988
| ''Side by Side''
| Moe
| Television film
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
| Morey
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[1st & Ten (1984 TV series)|1st & Ten]]''
| Joe
| Episode: "If I Didn't Play Football"
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Herman's Head]]''
| Buddy
| Episode: "When Hairy Met Hermy:
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Cybill]]''
| Man in Nursing Home
| Episode: "See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump!"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Caroline in the City]]''
| Vic Stansky
| Episode: "Caroline and the Watch"
|}

==Production credits==
===Writer===
*''Hollywood Hobbies'' (1939)
*''[[Kid Dynamite (film)|Kid Dynamite]]'' (1943) (additional dialogue)
*''[[The Ghost and the Guest]]'' (1943) (screenplay)
*''[[Bowery Champs]]'' (1944) (additional dialogue)
*''[[The Morey Amsterdam Show]]'' (1948–1950) (3 episodes)
*''Columbia Animal Cavalcade 1: Chimp-Antics'' (1952) (narrative)
*''[[Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title]]'' (1966) (screenplay)

===Producer===
*''[[The Morey Amsterdam Show]]'' (1949–1950) (2 episodes)
*''[[Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title]]'' (1966)
*''Black, Kloke & Dagga'' (1967) (uncredited)
*''[[Can You Top This]]'' (1970–1971) (46 episodes)

==Further reading==
* ''Keep Laughing.'' Citadel Press, 1959. ASIN B0007E665M
* ''Morey Amsterdam's Benny Cooker Crock Book for Drinkers.'' Regnery, 1977. {{ISBN|0-8092-8138-4}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|0025440}}
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=79561 Filmography of Morey Amsterdam] at ''The New York Times''
* [http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Morey+Amsterdam+Show Catalogue of his shows in the radioGOLDINdex database]

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