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Morris also appears as a 'spokescat' promoting responsible pet ownership, pet health and pet adoptions through animal shelters.

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He debuted in the Robert Altman film The Long Goodbye with Elliott Gould, and starred in the movie Shamus with Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon in 1973. Morris has appeared in other media over the years. The Leo Burnett Company parted ways with 9Lives' corporate parent Heinz in 1994. The current Morris lives in Los Angeles with his handler, Rose Ordile. Morris's popularity continued into the 1980s, with the Leo Burnett Company orchestrating a mock presidential campaign for Morris in 1988. The first two cats to play Morris lived with Martwick as pets. After a yearlong search, Martwick selected the second Morris, who began appearing in commercials in 1979. After receiving multiple contacts from individuals who claimed that they were the original owner of Morris, Bob Martwick chose not to reveal which shelter he obtained the second Morris from. Īll cats to play Morris have been rescue animals, either from an animal shelter or a cat rescue. The original Morris died on July 7, 1978, in his native Chicago of old age. Morris won two PATSY Awards (an award for animal performers in film and television) in 19. John Erwin provided the voice-over for the cat. An invention of the Leo Burnett advertising company where Martwick worked, Morris was featured in 58 television commercials which aired from 1969 to 1978.

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The original Morris was discovered in 1968, at the Hinsdale Humane Society, a Chicago-area animal shelter, by professional animal handler Bob Martwick. Three different cats have played Morris the Cat. Every can of 9Lives features Morris' 'signature'. Morris the Cat is the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food, appearing on its packaging and in many of its television commercials since the 1970s.Ī large orange tabby tomcat, the character of Morris the Cat is 'the world's most finicky cat', eating only 9Lives cat food and making this preference clear with humorously sardonic voice-over comments when offered other brands. A button from when Morris ran for United States president in 1988

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