What is Morrie's profession in the movie "Goodfellas"?

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In the movie Goodfellas, Morrie’s profession is selling toupees. Morrie Kessler, played by Chuck Low, runs a wig business and appears in a memorable television commercial advertising his supposedly secure hairpieces.

Morrie is more than a background shopkeeper. He is connected to Henry Hill and Jimmy Conway’s criminal circle, and he becomes involved in the planning and aftermath of the Lufthansa heist. His constant demands for money irritate Jimmy, helping create one of the film’s recurring comic-but-threatening tensions.

The character is often described as a wig salesman, wig-shop owner, or toupee salesman. Those phrases point to the same occupation, so “Sells Toupees” is the quiz’s single fair answer. Morrie’s own hairpiece also becomes part of the joke: during Jimmy’s attack, it comes loose, undercutting the confidence of his commercial’s promise.

Goodfellas was released in 1990 and was directed by Martin Scorsese. Morrie was loosely based on real-life Lufthansa-heist associate Martin Krugman, who operated a wig business and was also involved in gambling.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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