Morton Downey
Acting
November 14, 1901
Died October 25, 1985 (83 years old)
Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
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Acting Credits
Biography
John Morton Downey was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale". Downey began his singing career as a member of the choir of Most Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford. Downey's signature sound was a very creamy and very high-timbred Irish tenor, which an uninformed listener can easily mistake for a female voice. The popularity...
Known For
Filmography
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953
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The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
6.8
Ghost Catchers
1944
as Morton Downey
6.1
Dublin in Brass
1935
as Danny O'Neill
6.3
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #10
1934
as Himself
4.7
The Devil's Holiday
1930
as Freddie
6.3
Syncopation
1929
as Lew
6.5
Lucky In Love
1929
as Michael O'More
7
Mother's Boy
1929
as Tommy O'Day
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