Morris W. Morris
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Morris W. Morris [stage name Lewis Morrison], born in 1845, Jamaica, West Indies, died on 20 August 1906, Long Island, New York, was a stage actor best known for his longtime performance in the role of Mephistopheles in Faust. Morris served in the Civil War as an officer in the black division of the Louisiana Native Guards.
After the Civil War he became a stage actor first performing in New Orleans beginning in minor roles with Edwin Booth and Charlotte Cushman until he was featured in larger parts. He became a well known actor in New Orleans and moved on to the New York stage where he gained greater fame in Faust. Morris was the grandfather of actresses Joan Bennett and Constance Bennett and the great-grandfather of Morton Downey, Jr.
