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Robert Morse — Don’t Miss His Madcap “Mad Men” Season Send-Off

May 29, 2014 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Actor Robert Morse reading newspaper as Bert Cooper in the Mad Men TV series
Robert Morse as Bert Cooper in the “Mad Men” TV series

Spoiler alert!

If you missed Sunday’s half-season finale of the award-winning — not a musical — TV show “Mad Men,”  check out Robert Morse’s song and dance scene, which was the brilliant inspiration of showrunner Matt Weiner.

Coming up, a post about the impression I got of Robert Morse when I visited him on the set of “Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?” on Times Square when he was 36 and at the peak of his career — and now as the 83-year-old “Mad Men” supporting actor.

Clip from Man Men TV show showing Robert Morse singing and dancing with secretaries.

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Actor Robert Morse – Sweaty at 36, Sublime at 83

A black and white photo of actor Robert Morse as a young comedian gawking for the camera.

The last time I saw Robert Morse there were beads of sweat on his forehead. It was 1967 and he was working the crowd on the set of a local TV comedy show. Robert Morse was on. He was going for laughs and he was going for them with the intensity of a rocket launch. He was doing what mid-life folks do – he was striving.

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