Garrett Morris

Garrett Isaac Morris is an American actor. He was part of the original cast and was the first black cast member of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984). Morris had one of the starring roles, as Junior "Uncle Junior" King, on the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996 to 2001. Morris also had a starring role as Earl Washington on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, from 2011 to 2017. He is also known for his role in the sitcom Martin as Stan Winters, from 1992 to 1995, until he suffered an injury. Also, he made two guest appearances on The Wayans Bros. in season one, episode one as himself and again on episode ten as the brothers' uncle Leon (1995). He played a concerned teacher in the film Cooley High (1975), Slide in Car Wash (1976), and Carl in The Census Taker (1984).

1 February 1937

Born on the same birth date (1 February 1937): Don Everly

Born on the same birth day (1 February): Bibi Besch • Boris Yeltsin • Charles Nordhoff • Claude François • Darren Fletcher • David Sincock • Emilio Segrè • George Hendric Houghton • Gilbert Hernandez • Henry Briggs (mathematician) • James P. Johnson • Johann Adam Birkenstock • John Ford • Michael C. Hall • Michelle Akers • Nikolai Reek • Pauly Shore • Robert Traylor • T. R. Dunn • Talanoa Hufanga • Teresa Mattei • Therese Brandl • Vivian Maier • Zao Wou-Ki

Born in the same month (February 1937): Alar Toomre • Anthony Haden-Guest • Billy Meier • Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) • Norm O'Neill • Peter Jay (diplomat) • Phillip Walker (musician) • Roberta Flack • Roger Penske • Terry Carr