Maurice Cass
Date of birth: 1884-10-12
Place of birth: Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Known for: Acting
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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.
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Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936-12-04
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting r
The Skull Murder Mystery
1932-03-01
When a skeleton is dug up in an alley, a mysterious Chinese merchant and his eccentric upstairs tena
The Baroness and the Butler
1938-02-18
A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
Menace from Outer Space
1956-01-01
A nontheatrical (16mm) film comprise of three contiguous episodes of the TV series "Rocky Jones, Sp
Mrs. Parkington
1944-10-12
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in fr
The Catman of Paris
1946-04-20
When author Charles Regnier returns to Paris with a best-selling book that criticizes the government
King of Burlesque
1936-01-03
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937-10-29
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an A
Crash of Moons
1954-07-10
A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released as a
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938-06-11
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite th
Danger – Love at Work
1937-09-30
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina
Professional Soldier
1935-12-27
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and th
Once More, My Darling
1949-09-10
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical je
Federal Operator 99
1945-07-07
Jerry Blake (aka Federal Operator 99) teams-up with Joyce Kingston to thwart the plans of escaped cr
When Were You Born
1938-06-18
A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police loo
Two for Tonight
1935-09-12
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
Life Begins in College
1937-10-01
When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it th
Exposed
1938-11-05
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue
Exiled to Shanghai
1937-12-20
A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in
Spook Busters
1946-08-24
The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and g
Gangs of New York
1938-05-23
An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.
Arbor Day
1936-05-02
Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.
Manhunt in Space
1954-01-01
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger fights space pirates over an invisible spaceship.
We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later
Too Many Women
1942-02-27
Thanks to a fib intended to ward off an annoying real estate developer, a young bachelor finds himse
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937-09-17
Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.
Josette
1938-06-03
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the
Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets de
Blood and Sand
1941-05-30
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who neverth
Week-End in Havana
1941-10-17
A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is s
The Affairs of Annabel
1938-09-09
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve
We're Only Human
1935-12-27
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Fatal Lady
1936-05-15
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939-11-22
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secret
Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-to
Easy to Look At
1945-06-01
In this musical, a talented aspiring costume designer leaves her small town to seek her fortune in t
The Great Man Votes
1939-01-13
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to
Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Mi
The Lady Escapes
1937-07-22
A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a Euro
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
Follow Me Quietly
1949-07-07
When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim
Balalaika
1939-12-15
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activiti
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940-01-26
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935-05-15
O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself.
Sunset Trail
1939-02-24
Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ran
Women of Glamour
1937-03-09
A girl with a reputation falls for a wealthy playboy.
Big Town Girl
1937-12-03
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Maske
A Desperate Adventure
1938-08-05
In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his wel
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946-02-14
Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.
Syncopation
1942-05-22
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
This Is My Affair
1937-05-28
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well
Up in Arms
1944-02-17
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-b
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil Gen
Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Florian
1940-06-05
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by
Cross-Country Romance
1940-07-12
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
No, No, Nanette
1940-12-19
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy fr
Making the Headlines
1938-03-31
Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief tr
Champagne Waltz
1937-02-05
In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its
Big Business
1937-06-18
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil
Nothing Ever Happens
1933-03-25
In this parody of Grand Hotel, despite a dying man's efforts to enjoy his final days, a jewel thief
I've Always Loved You
1946-12-02
A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maest
Blondie Goes to College
1942-01-15
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Compan
Confession
1937-08-19
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is reveal
Give Us This Night
1936-03-06
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout
Something to Live For
1952-03-07
Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alc
Forbidden Moon
1956-01-01
Rocky Jones is dispatched to investigate an SOS received from a space station. He finds that the sta
Walking Down Broadway
1938-03-11
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway prod
Swing Banditry
1936-09-09
A group of musicians is determined to appear on a radio program.
The Magician's Daughter
1938-07-16
A magician's daughter falls in love with a reporter for a magazine. When the magazine publishes a st
A Girl's Best Years
1936-12-25
A woman reporter is hired by an author-songwriter to help him avoid additional breach-of-promise sui
High School
1940-01-26
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled on her father's Texan ranch must adjust to her new su
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to th
Song of My Heart
1948-01-31
The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.
Her Lucky Night
1945-02-09
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their r
Sorrowful Jones
1949-07-04
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her fath
Angel on My Shoulder
1946-09-20
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up f
High Conquest
1947-06-21
Love and adventure on the Matterhorn mountain.
Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New
Paris Underground
1945-10-18
Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie
The Lone Wolf in Paris
1938-05-25
Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.
She Gets Her Man
1945-01-12
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
She Had to Eat
1937-07-02
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to
The Gypsy Moon
1954-12-25
Rocky Jones and his buddies happen upon two strange moons orbiting each other. They soon discover th
Beyond the Moon
1954-04-05
This outer space adventure marked the debut of Rocky Jones and his Space Rangers. Two of Rocky's all
Silver Needle in the Sky
1954-05-29
Rocky Jones tries to free the hostages and thwart the plans of the evil Queen Cleolantha.
The Girl from Manhattan
1948-10-01
A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that h
Charley's Aunt
1941-08-01
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt fr
Pepper
1936-08-08
Young Pepper Jolly enters the life of sour old millionaire John Wilkes. She convinces him to take he
Everybody's Old Man
1936-03-20
An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's c
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936-04-17
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953-01-10
Joe McDoakes can't find a job as a bassoonist, so he pawns his instrument.
The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-25
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
The Chocolate Soldier
1941-11-01
Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous.
Superman's Peril
1954-11-01
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #47 ("The Golden Vultur