Maurice Cass
Born: 1884-10-12 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Died: 1954-06-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Maurice Cass was a character actor in numerous films and television shows. Born in Lithuania, he came to the US to pursue an acting career. His slight build, frizzy hair and pince-nez glasses cast him as the "absent minded professor" or eccentric scientist type in many of his films, such as the character who discovers the element kryptonite in Adventures of Superman. He is best remembered for his role as Professor Newton in the 1954 TV science fiction series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.
Filmography
1956
- Forbidden Moon as Prof. Newton
- Menace from Outer Space as Professor Newton
1954
- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
- Crash of Moons as Professor Newton
- Superman's Peril as Meldini
- The Gypsy Moon as Prof. Newton
- Manhunt in Space as Professor Newton
- Beyond the Moon as Professor Newton
- Silver Needle in the Sky as Prof. Newton
1953
- So You Want to Be a Musician as Professor Schmucomber
1952
- Adventures of Superman as Meldini
- We're Not Married! as Radio Station Organist (uncredited)
- Something to Live For as Critic (uncredited)
1949
- Follow Me Quietly as Book store proprietor
- Sorrowful Jones as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- Once More, My Darling as Dr. Grasser
1948
- The Girl from Manhattan as Mr. Merkle
- Song of My Heart as Ballet Master
1947
- High Conquest as Tony - the Waiter
1946
- I've Always Loved You as Music Teacher 2
- Angel on My Shoulder as Lucius (uncredited)
- Two Sisters from Boston as Music Master (uncredited)
- The Catman of Paris as Paul de Roche
- The Notorious Lone Wolf as Asst. Hotel Mgr. (uncredited)
- Spook Busters as Dr. Bender
1945
- Easy to Look At as Woolens
- Her Lucky Night as Papa
- She Gets Her Man as Mr. Pudge
- Paris Underground as Patriot
- Federal Operator 99 as Signor Giuseppe Morello
1944
- Up in Arms as Dr. Jones
- Mrs. Parkington as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1943
- Mission to Moscow as Yugoslavian President (uncredited)
1942
- Too Many Women as Dr. Hamilton
- Blondie Goes to College as Dean who gets Tackled
- Syncopation
1941
- Blood and Sand as El Milquetoast
- Week-End in Havana as Tailor
- Charley's Aunt as Octogenarian
- The Chocolate Soldier as Flute Player
1940
- No, No, Nanette as Art Critic
- Lady with Red Hair as Scenic Artist (uncredited)
- The Son of Monte Cristo as Max, Tailor
- Florian as Mayor
- Cross-Country Romance as James McGillicuddy
- High School as Franklin Jefferson
- The Lone Wolf Strikes as Jeweler at Martier's
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
- Naughty but Nice as Mr. Maurice, First Witness (uncredited)
- Second Fiddle as Alex Blank
- Rose of Washington Square as Mr. Mok
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Little Man (uncredited)
- Balalaika as (uncredited)
- Sunset Trail as E. Prescott Furbush
- The Great Man Votes as Children's Society Report Writer
1938
- The Baroness and the Butler as Radio Announcer
- Exposed as Aloysius J. Meggs
- When Were You Born as Dr. Merton
- Gangs of New York as Phillips
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mr. Vail
- The Magician's Daughter as Professor Jasper Murdock
- Walking Down Broadway as Mr. Wentwhistle
- The Lone Wolf in Paris as Alfonse Fromont - Hotel Manager
- The Affairs of Annabel as Dr. Rubnick (uncredited)
- A Desperate Adventure as Dornay
- Josette as Ed, the Furrier
- Making the Headlines as Edgar Kerr
1937
- Big Town Girl as Mr. Huff
- Danger – Love at Work as Uncle Goliath
- The Last Train from Madrid as Waiter (uncredited)
- Ali Baba Goes to Town as Omar
- She Had to Eat as Fingerprint Expert
- Confession as Music Professor (uncredited)
- This Is My Affair as Jeweler
- Life Begins in College as Dean Moss
- Women of Glamour as Caldwell
- The Lady Escapes as Monsieur Cheval
- Champagne Waltz as Hugo
- Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Pompout
- Exiled to Shanghai as Hotel Manager
- Big Business as Judge
1936
- Wife vs. Secretary as Mr. Bakewell (uncredited)
- Everybody's Old Man as Dr. Phillips
- Fatal Lady as Prompter (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan at the Opera as Mr. Arnold
- Murder on a Bridle Path as Mr. Schultz, Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
- King of Burlesque as The Tailor (uncredited)
- Give Us This Night as Guido
- Arbor Day as Principal (uncredited)
- Pepper as Doctor
- A Girl's Best Years as Judge (uncredited)
- Swing Banditry as Royal C. Cummings (uncredited)
1935
- We're Only Human as Grocer at Deli
- Two for Tonight as Alexander
- Professional Soldier as Monsieur Le Noir
- Whispering Smith Speaks as C. Luddington Colfax
1933
- Nothing Ever Happens as Madam's Impresario (uncredited)
1932
- The Skull Murder Mystery as Dr. David Turet (uncredited)