Robert Morse

. His sister, Rain, appeared in van Sant's adaptation of Tom Robbins's story Even Cowgirls Get the Blues alongside many other well-known personalities. He has been married three times and has five children. So far, of his siblings, his younger brother Joaquin has achieved the greatest success, with his first major role coming in another Gus van Sant movie To Die For, opposite Nicole Kidman. The PBS television version in 1992 earned him an Emmy Award. He died at age 23 of a drug overdose, outside the Viper Room, a Hollywood night club partly owned by actor Johnny Depp, and was cremated in Gainesville, Florida. In 1990 he played Truman Capote in the one-man stage play, Tru, for which he received a second Tony Award (and his fifth nomination), this time for dramatic performance. River disliked being seen as just a sex symbol.

His most recent credit was the 2000 City of Angels, a minor medical drama in which he had a regular part. River was also a friend of John Frusciante (guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and appeared on his debut album on the song Soul Removal. He had a featured role in the 1993 miniseries, Wild Palms. He was friends with both of them and their friendship continued beyond the movie. Morse has appeared in numerous TV shows, beginning in 1955 with the soap opera The Secret Storm and including mysteries, comedies, and variety shows. He later went on to star opposite Keanu Reeves in Gus van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. Morse was in the original Broadway cast of Sugar, a 1972 stage version of Some Like It Hot, for which he was nominated for another Tony. He had significant juvenile roles in Stand by Me and The Mosquito Coast and portrayed a teenage Indiana Jones.

In 1965 he appeared in the black comedy The Loved One, a movie based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh that satirized the funeral business in Los Angeles, in particular the Forest Lawn Cemetery. Phoenix was one of five siblings who pursued careers in show business, encouraged by their parents, former Children of God missionaries. He also starred in the 1968 movie version. His opinions on the issue were so strong that when his actress girlfriend, Martha Plimpton, ordered soft-shell crab at a restaurant, he was reported to have begun to cry in disappointment. Pierpont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, for which he received a Tony Award in 1961. He believed that eating animals was wrong and was the one who, as a child, convinced his family to become vegans. His most famous role was that of J. He and his family were all vegetarians.

Morse created the role of Barnaby in The Matchmaker on Broadway in 1955 opposite Ruth Gordon, and reprised the role in 1958 in the filmed version, this time opposite Shirley Booth. It was only after Stand By Me that River's family was able to buy a car that was not secondhand. He served in the US Navy in the Korean War. He and his sister often had to busk to make money for the family. Morse was born in Newton, Massachusetts. River grew up in a very poor family. Morse is best known for his appearances in musicals and plays on Broadway, and has also acted in movies and TV shows. River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970–October 31, 1993), born in Madras, Oregon, USA, was one of the most promising movie actors of his generation.

Robert Morse, (born May 18, 1931) is an American actor. Surviving (1985) (TV). Explorers (1985). Stand by Me (1986). Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986) (TV).

The Mosquito Coast (1986). Little Nikita (1988). Running on Empty (1988). Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, A.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). I Love You to Death (1990). My Own Private Idaho (1991). Dogfight (1991).

Sneakers (1992). Thing Called Love (1993). Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993). Dark Blood (1993).

Silent Tongue (1994).