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Garrett Morris (born January 25, 1937) is an
American comedian and actor from New
Orleans, Louisiana.

Morris was a church-choir singer from his youth,
trained at the Juilliard School of Music, and
soloed early in his career with the Harry
Belafonte singers.  He performed in numerous
musicals.

Morris has appeared in numerous television shows
and movies since the early 1970s, but is best
known as one of the original cast members of NBC's
Saturday Night Live.  (At least twice on SNL he
sang classical music: once a Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart|Mozart aria when guest-host Walter Matthau
designated him as "musical guest", according to
the effect of the words Matthau used "in place of
the usual crap", and once a Schubert lied while
the titles on the screen purported to express his
colleagues' displeasure at having to accommodate a
misguided request by him.)

Morris' best known character on SNL was the
Dominican baseball player Chico Escuela.  Chico
spoke only limited and halting English, so the
joke centered on him responding to almost any
question with his catch phrase: "Baseball... been
berra berra good... to me."

During his later seasons on SNL, Morris freebased
cocaine and suffered from severe delusions as a
result.  He sometimes claimed that he was being
manipulated by an invisible robot.

Among later television performances, he had
regular roles on Hunter (television show)|Hunter
and The Jamie Foxx Show.

As of 2004, he continues to perform regularly in
films.