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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-10-12 (140 years old)

Place of Birth

Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Maurice Cass

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.

Known For

Acting

1956

Menace from Outer Space as Professor Newton
Forbidden Moon as Prof. Newton

1954

Crash of Moons as Professor Newton
Manhunt in Space as Professor Newton
Beyond the Moon as Professor Newton
Silver Needle in the Sky as Prof. Newton
The Gypsy Moon as Prof. Newton

1953

So You Want to Be a Musician as Professor Schmucomber

1952

We're Not Married! as Radio Station Organist (uncredited)
Something to Live For as Critic (uncredited)

1949

Once More, My Darling as Dr. Grasser
Follow Me Quietly as Book store proprietor
Sorrowful Jones as Psychiatrist (uncredited)

1948

Song of My Heart as Ballet Master

1947

High Conquest as Tony - the Waiter

1946

The Catman of Paris as Paul de Roche
Spook Busters as Dr. Bender
The Notorious Lone Wolf as Asst. Hotel Mgr. (uncredited)
I've Always Loved You as Music Teacher 2
Angel on My Shoulder as Lucius (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston as Music Master (uncredited)

1945

Federal Operator 99 as Signor Giuseppe Morello
Easy to Look At as Woolens
She Gets Her Man as Mr. Pudge

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

1941

Blood and Sand as El Milquetoast
Charley's Aunt as Octogenarian

1940

The Lone Wolf Strikes as Jeweler at Martier's
Lady with Red Hair as Scenic Artist (uncredited)
Florian as Mayor
Cross-Country Romance as James McGillicuddy
No, No, Nanette as Art Critic
High School as Franklin Jefferson

1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams as Little Man (uncredited)
Naughty But Nice as Mr. Maurice, First Witness (uncredited)
The Great Man Votes as Children's Society Report Writer
Second Fiddle as Alex Blank
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Balalaika as (uncredited)
Sunset Trail as E. Prescott Furbush

1938

The Baroness and the Butler as Radio Announcer
When Were You Born as Dr. Merton
Exposed as Aloysius J. Meggs
Gangs of New York as Phillips
Josette as Ed, the Furrier
The Affairs of Annabel as Dr. Rubnick (uncredited)
Making the Headlines as Edgar Kerr
Walking Down Broadway as Mr. Wentwhistle
The Magician's Daughter as Professor Jasper Murdock
The Lone Wolf in Paris as Alfonse Fromont - Hotel Manager

1937

Danger – Love at Work as Uncle Goliath
Exiled to Shanghai as Hotel Manager
The Lady Escapes as Monsieur Cheval
Women of Glamour as Caldwell
Big Town Girl as Mr. Huff
Big Business as Judge
Confession as Music Professor (uncredited)
She Had to Eat as Fingerprint Expert

1936

King of Burlesque as The Tailor (uncredited)
Arbor Day as Principal (uncredited)
Fatal Lady as Prompter (uncredited)
Swing Banditry as Royal C. Cummings (uncredited)
A Girl's Best Years as Judge (uncredited)
Pepper as Doctor
Everybody's Old Man as Dr. Phillips
Murder on a Bridle Path as Mr. Schultz, Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

1935

Professional Soldier as Monsieur Le Noir
Two for Tonight as Alexander
We're Only Human as Grocer at Deli
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)