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
- Manhunt in Space as Professor Newton
- Superman's Peril as Meldini
- The Gypsy Moon as Prof. Newton
- Silver Needle in the Sky as Prof. Newton
- 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
- Sorrowful Jones as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- Once More, My Darling as Dr. Grasser
- Follow Me Quietly as Book store proprietor
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)
- Two Sisters from Boston as Music Master (uncredited)
- The Notorious Lone Wolf as Asst. Hotel Mgr. (uncredited)
- Spook Busters as Dr. Bender
- The Catman of Paris as Paul de Roche
- I've Always Loved You as Music Teacher 2
1945
- Her Lucky Night as Papa
- Paris Underground as Patriot
- She Gets Her Man as Mr. Pudge
- Easy to Look At as Woolens
- Federal Operator 99 as Signor Giuseppe Morello
1944
- Mrs. Parkington as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- Up in Arms as Dr. Jones
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
- Charley's Aunt as Octogenarian
- The Chocolate Soldier as Flute Player
- Week-End in Havana as Tailor
1940
- The Lone Wolf Strikes as Jeweler at Martier's
- The Son of Monte Cristo as Max, Tailor
- No, No, Nanette as Art Critic
- Florian as Mayor
- High School as Franklin Jefferson
- Lady with Red Hair as Scenic Artist (uncredited)
- Cross-Country Romance as James McGillicuddy
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
- Balalaika as (uncredited)
- The Great Man Votes as Children's Society Report Writer
- Naughty But Nice as Mr. Maurice, First Witness (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Little Man (uncredited)
- Sunset Trail as E. Prescott Furbush
- Second Fiddle as Alex Blank
- Rose of Washington Square as Mr. Mok
1938
- The Baroness and the Butler as Radio Announcer
- The Affairs of Annabel as Dr. Rubnick (uncredited)
- Josette as Ed, the Furrier
- When Were You Born as Dr. Merton
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mr. Vail
- Gangs of New York as Phillips
- The Lone Wolf in Paris as Alfonse Fromont - Hotel Manager
- Walking Down Broadway as Mr. Wentwhistle
- Making the Headlines as Edgar Kerr
- Exposed as Aloysius J. Meggs
- The Magician's Daughter as Professor Jasper Murdock
- A Desperate Adventure as Dornay
1937
- Confession as Music Professor (uncredited)
- Ali Baba Goes to Town as Omar
- Danger – Love at Work as Uncle Goliath
- Big Town Girl as Mr. Huff
- This Is My Affair as Jeweler
- The Last Train from Madrid as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Lady Escapes as Monsieur Cheval
- Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Pompout
- Champagne Waltz as Hugo
- Women of Glamour as Caldwell
- She Had to Eat as Fingerprint Expert
- Exiled to Shanghai as Hotel Manager
- Big Business as Judge
- Life Begins in College as Dean Moss
1936
- Wife vs. Secretary as Mr. Bakewell (uncredited)
- King of Burlesque as The Tailor (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan at the Opera as Mr. Arnold
- Give Us This Night as Guido
- Murder on a Bridle Path as Mr. Schultz, Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
- Fatal Lady as Prompter (uncredited)
- Pepper as Doctor
- Arbor Day as Principal (uncredited)
- Swing Banditry as Royal C. Cummings (uncredited)
- Everybody's Old Man as Dr. Phillips
- A Girl's Best Years as Judge (uncredited)
1935
- Two for Tonight as Alexander
- Whispering Smith Speaks as C. Luddington Colfax
- We're Only Human as Grocer at Deli
- Professional Soldier as Monsieur Le Noir
1933
- Nothing Ever Happens as Madam's Impresario (uncredited)
1932
- The Skull Murder Mystery as Dr. David Turet (uncredited)