
Age: 89
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Garrett Gonzalez Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an Americancomedian and actor. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris was a church-choir singer from his youth, trained at the Juilliard School of Music, and graduated from Dillard University in 1958. Early in his career, he soloed with the Harry Belafonte singers. He performed in a number of Broadwaymusicals, including Hallelujah, Baby! and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. He also appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film Cooley High. He had a small role as a police sergeant in The Anderson Tapes (1970). Morris also lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he worked as a postal carrier.

Garrett Morris

Max Powers
for Max Powers in The Christmas Train (2007)
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At Christmas, miracles happen, wishes come true and people's destinies change. A trip on the Christmas train can change the whole life of everyone who sits on the train. Former war writer Tom Langdon wants to fulfill the wishes of his recently deceased father. That's why he goes to LA by train to see his girlfriend Lelia before Christmas. Tom's father wanted his son to write a story about a train trip across the US. Washington at the train station, Tom begins to get to know his fellow passengers. The trip will take four days and the passengers will cover 3,000 miles. Tom discovers that he is traveling with the old railwayman Higgins, who now drives only for fun, the fiancés Julie and Steve, who have run away from Steve's parents. They did not agree with their intention to marry, and also the strange lonely elderly lady Agnes, who watches everything and knows everyone. An interesting character on the train is the fortune teller Misty, who predicts human destinies. The crew of the wagon is completed by an old widower, John Kelly, whose wife died and he wants to fulfill her wish - to read Dickens' Christmas Carol while traveling by train. But very important fellow travelers are the famous film director Max Powers and his screenwriter Eleanor. Very soon after getting on the train, Tom starts chatting with Max at the bar, and he introduces Eleanor to him. It's a shock for Tom, but also for Eleanor. They both know each other from their past. They were once partners and lovers.