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
- Menace from Outer Space as Professor Newton
- Forbidden Moon as Prof. Newton
1954
- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
- Crash of Moons as Professor Newton
- Silver Needle in the Sky as Prof. Newton
- Manhunt in Space as Professor Newton
- The Gypsy Moon as Prof. Newton
- Superman's Peril as Meldini
- Beyond the Moon as Professor 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
- Angel on My Shoulder as Lucius (uncredited)
- I've Always Loved You as Music Teacher 2
- 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
- Her Lucky Night as Papa
- She Gets Her Man as Mr. Pudge
- Easy to Look At as Woolens
- Federal Operator 99 as Signor Giuseppe Morello
- Paris Underground as Patriot
1944
- Mrs. Parkington as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- Up in Arms as Dr. Jones
1943
- Mission to Moscow as Yugoslavian President (uncredited)
1942
- Blondie Goes to College as Dean who gets Tackled
- Syncopation
- Too Many Women as Dr. Hamilton
1941
- Blood and Sand as El Milquetoast
- Week-End in Havana as Tailor
- The Chocolate Soldier as Flute Player
- Charley's Aunt as Octogenarian
1940
- The Son of Monte Cristo as Max, Tailor
- Lady with Red Hair as Scenic Artist (uncredited)
- No, No, Nanette as Art Critic
- The Lone Wolf Strikes as Jeweler at Martier's
- Florian as Mayor
- High School as Franklin Jefferson
- Cross-Country Romance as James McGillicuddy
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Little Man (uncredited)
- Rose of Washington Square as Mr. Mok
- Second Fiddle as Alex Blank
- Naughty but Nice as Mr. Maurice, First Witness (uncredited)
- The Great Man Votes as Children's Society Report Writer
- Balalaika as (uncredited)
- Sunset Trail as E. Prescott Furbush
1938
- The Baroness and the Butler as Radio Announcer
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mr. Vail
- When Were You Born as Dr. Merton
- Exposed as Aloysius J. Meggs
- The Magician's Daughter as Professor Jasper Murdock
- The Affairs of Annabel as Dr. Rubnick (uncredited)
- Walking Down Broadway as Mr. Wentwhistle
- Gangs of New York as Phillips
- The Lone Wolf in Paris as Alfonse Fromont - Hotel Manager
- Josette as Ed, the Furrier
- A Desperate Adventure as Dornay
- Making the Headlines as Edgar Kerr
1937
- This Is My Affair as Jeweler
- Ali Baba Goes to Town as Omar
- The Last Train from Madrid as Waiter (uncredited)
- Danger – Love at Work as Uncle Goliath
- Big Town Girl as Mr. Huff
- Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Pompout
- She Had to Eat as Fingerprint Expert
- The Lady Escapes as Monsieur Cheval
- Confession as Music Professor (uncredited)
- Life Begins in College as Dean Moss
- Women of Glamour as Caldwell
- Champagne Waltz as Hugo
- Exiled to Shanghai as Hotel Manager
- Big Business as Judge
1936
- Wife vs. Secretary as Mr. Bakewell (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan at the Opera as Mr. Arnold
- Everybody's Old Man as Dr. Phillips
- Murder on a Bridle Path as Mr. Schultz, Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
- Give Us This Night as Guido
- King of Burlesque as The Tailor (uncredited)
- A Girl's Best Years as Judge (uncredited)
- Fatal Lady as Prompter (uncredited)
- Arbor Day as Principal (uncredited)
- Swing Banditry as Royal C. Cummings (uncredited)
- Pepper as Doctor
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)