| Birth: | Dec. 14, 1908
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois, USA | | Death: | Oct. 27, 1996
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Actor, Comedian. Born in Chicago, Illinois, his father was a concert violinist and he himself was an accomplished cellist. He began his career in vaudeville at the age of 14 and at one time worked in a Chicago speakeasy owned by Al Capone. He moved to California where he became a writer for the likes of Fanny Brice, Jimmy Durante and Will Rogers. Appeared in motion pictures and on television, gaining his widest fame with his role of "Buddy" on the 1960s television series "The Dick Van Dyke Show". (bio by: A.J. Marik)
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Spouse:
Catherine Amayia Amsterdam (1923 - 2010)*
*Calculated relationship
Cause of death: Heart attack
Search Amazon for Morey Amsterdam | | | Burial:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Court of Remembrance, furthest north-east section, C-3632 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 2161 |
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