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
- Silver Needle in the Sky as Prof. Newton
- Superman's Peril as Meldini
- Crash of Moons as Professor Newton
- Manhunt in Space as Professor Newton
- The Gypsy Moon 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
- Follow Me Quietly as Book store proprietor
- Once More, My Darling as Dr. Grasser
- Sorrowful Jones as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
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 Catman of Paris as Paul de Roche
- I've Always Loved You as Music Teacher 2
- 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
- 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
- Blondie Goes to College as Dean who gets Tackled
- Syncopation
- Too Many Women as Dr. Hamilton
1941
- Blood and Sand as El Milquetoast
- The Chocolate Soldier as Flute Player
- Week-End in Havana as Tailor
- Charley's Aunt as Octogenarian
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
- High School as Franklin Jefferson
- The Lone Wolf Strikes as Jeweler at Martier's
- Cross-Country Romance as James McGillicuddy
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
- Naughty but Nice as Mr. Maurice, First Witness (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Little Man (uncredited)
- Balalaika as (uncredited)
- Second Fiddle as Alex Blank
- Rose of Washington Square as Mr. Mok
- The Great Man Votes as Children's Society Report Writer
- Sunset Trail as E. Prescott Furbush
1938
- The Baroness and the Butler as Radio Announcer
- Exposed as Aloysius J. Meggs
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mr. Vail
- When Were You Born as Dr. Merton
- Walking Down Broadway as Mr. Wentwhistle
- Gangs of New York as Phillips
- Josette as Ed, the Furrier
- The Affairs of Annabel as Dr. Rubnick (uncredited)
- The Magician's Daughter as Professor Jasper Murdock
- The Lone Wolf in Paris as Alfonse Fromont - Hotel Manager
- A Desperate Adventure as Dornay
- Making the Headlines as Edgar Kerr
1937
- Champagne Waltz as Hugo
- Big Town Girl as Mr. Huff
- Danger – Love at Work as Uncle Goliath
- Ali Baba Goes to Town as Omar
- The Last Train from Madrid as Waiter (uncredited)
- This Is My Affair as Jeweler
- Confession as Music Professor (uncredited)
- The Lady Escapes as Monsieur Cheval
- She Had to Eat as Fingerprint Expert
- Women of Glamour as Caldwell
- Big Business as Judge
- Life Begins in College as Dean Moss
- Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Pompout
- Exiled to Shanghai as Hotel Manager
1936
- Wife vs. Secretary as Mr. Bakewell (uncredited)
- Murder on a Bridle Path as Mr. Schultz, Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
- Everybody's Old Man as Dr. Phillips
- Charlie Chan at the Opera as Mr. Arnold
- King of Burlesque as The Tailor (uncredited)
- Fatal Lady as Prompter (uncredited)
- Give Us This Night as Guido
- A Girl's Best Years as Judge (uncredited)
- Pepper as Doctor
- Arbor Day as Principal (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)