<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Mary Helen McGowan (m . 1945--?; divorced) Dolores A. Wylie (m . 1962--1977; divorced) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919--May 21, 2005) was an American actor, voice actor and director who was best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass . </P> <P> Morris was born to a Jewish family in The Bronx, New York, the son of Elsie and Hugo Morris, a rubber company executive . During World War II, he was assigned to a United States Army Special Services unit where he was the First Sergeant . Maurice Evans was the company commander and Carl Reiner and Werner Klemperer were soldiers in the unit . Based in Honolulu, the unit entertained American troops throughout the Pacific . </P>

Who was the actor that played ernest t bass