Morty Seinfeld

Mortimer "Morty" Seinfeld, portrayed in all but one episode by Barney Martin, is a fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld. He is Jerry Seinfeld's father. His wife—Jerry's mother—is Helen Seinfeld. Morty made a living selling raincoats under a man named Harry Fleming for 38 years, and considers his greatest accomplishment to be the invention of "the beltless trenchcoat" (also called "the Executive"). Morty refuses to let Jerry pa... more

Mortimer "Morty" Seinfeld, portrayed in all but one episode by Barney Martin, is a fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld. He is Jerry Seinfeld's father. His wife—Jerry's mother—is Helen Seinfeld. Morty made a living selling raincoats under a man named Harry Fleming for 38 years, and considers his greatest accomplishment to be the invention of "the beltless trenchcoat" (also called "the Executive"). Morty refuses to let Jerry pay for a meal any time they go out to eat, even if he has no money to pay the bill. He always sticks up for Jerry when he feels like his son is being slighted, even when Jerry himself isn't bothered at all. (The most notable instance of this was in "The Pen") He hates velcro because he can't stand "that tearing sound" it makes when separated and refused to use it on any of the raincoats he sold. Morty is somewhat of a cheapskate, as noted in the episode "The Raincoats", where he refuses to let Kramer get more than 25% of the money they get from... less