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 AustrianPolish 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 Morries Wig Shop commercial which is seen as comical and that coupled with his penchant for pestering Jimmy Conway about money leads most of the characters to see him as a nuisance setting up his eventual murder by Tommy DeVito Kesslers 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 The King of Comedy and most notably in Sergio Leones 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America as Deborah and Fat Moes father He also guest starred in a firstseason episode of The Sopranos as Shlomo Teittleman He can also be seen in Alan Taylors 2003 film Kill the Poor From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia