[3] Among other things, he produced, in 1919, Overseas Review, with music by Richard Whiting and Ray Eagen.
Overseas Review was an assorted compilation and partial reunion of vaudevillians in the Armed Forces from the Over There Review performed in the European theatre of World War I. Morrissey's 1935 production of Saluda, which debuted in The Bronx, was the first show that starred Milton Berle.
[4] Morrissey also wrote additional dialog for the 1947 film, Look-Out Sister, an Astor Pictures production.
[5][6][7][8][9] Morrissey worked with Martha Raye, Billy Rose, Jack Oakie, Gracie Allen, and Hugh Herbert.
[4] His first two wives Elizabeth Brice (née Bessie Shaler; 1883–1965) and Madgie Miller – were actresses.