Charles Lewis Low (July 21, 1928 – September 18, 2017) was an American actor. Low was born in New York City, to a Russian mother and Austrian-Polish father. He achieved his biggest success as Morris "Morrie" Kessler in the Martin Scorsese film ''Goodfellas'' (1990). The character of Morrie was famous for his "Morrie's Wig Shop" commercial which is seen as comical, and that coupled with his penchant for pestering James Burke (gangster)#Aftermath, Jimmy Conway about money leads most of the characters to see him as a nuisance, setting up his eventual murder by Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas), Tommy DeVito. Kessler's character is based on Martin Krugman. He was also known for wearing his dark brown leather blazer. He has had small roles in other Robert De Niro films, such as The Mission (1986 film), ''The Mission'', ''The King of Comedy (film), The King of Comedy'', and most notably in Sergio Leone's 1984 film ''Once Upon a Time in America'' as Deborah and Fat Moe's father. He also guest starred in Denial, Anger, Acceptance, a first-season episode of ''The Sopranos'', as List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family#Shlomo Teittleman, Shlomo Teittleman. He can also be seen in Alan Taylor (director), Alan Taylor's 2003 film, ''Kill the Poor (film), Kill the Poor''. Low once served as Robert De Niro's real estate consultant and landlord. Low was a Veteran officer of the United States Army where he attained the rank of Major. Chuck Low was Jewish.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Low, Chuck 1928 births 2017 deaths American male film actors American people of German-Jewish descent American people of Polish descent Burials at Beth David Cemetery Jewish American male actors Male actors from New York City American landlords 21st-century American Jews