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Arnold Moss is a Actor American born on 29 january 1910 at Brooklyn (USA)

Arnold Moss

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Nationality USA
Birth 29 january 1910 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 15 december 1989 (at 79 years) at New York City (USA)

Arnold Moss (January 28, 1910 – December 15, 1989) was an American character actor. His son was songwriter Jeff Moss.

Moss made two memorable appearances in Bob Hope films, as Hope's Casablanca contact in the espionage spoof My Favorite Spy and as a conniving Venetian doge in Casanova's Big Night. He played Prospero in Margaret Webster's 1945 production of Shakespeare's The Tempest for a combined total of 124 performances, the longest run of the play in Broadway history.

He played Dr. Fabian in Cabin B-13 on CBS radio in 1948-49, played in Cafe Istanbul on ABC radio in 1952, was Ahmed on Stella Dallas, was Philip Cameron in Against the Storm and was the first voice of the character of Ted White on the radio serial, The Guiding Light, from April 1948 to May 1949. Moss appeared in two science fiction projects, the feature film The 27th Day (1957) as The Alien, and later on television in Star Trek (1966) as mysterious actor Anton Karidian, alter-ego of the tyrannical Gov. Kodos of Tarsus IV, in the episode "The Conscience of the King".

He appeared in the original Broadway production of the Hal Prince/Stephen Sondheim musical Follies, playing impresario Dimitri Weismann.
He also played in The Rifleman as the school teacher, Mr. Griswald, and as Chief Lonespear in Bonanza episode "In Defense of Honor" in

Biography

Arnold Moss apprend l'art dramatique dans sa ville natale et y débute au théâtre à Broadway en 1929 (durant sa formation), dans Le Cadavre vivant de Léon Tolstoï, avec J. Edward Bromberg, Eva Le Gallienne, Josephine Hutchinson et Alma Kruger. Il joue sur les planches new-yorkaises dans seize autres pièces, dont cinq de William Shakespeare (ex. : La Tempête en 1945, dans le rôle de Prospero, avec Canada Lee et Vera Zorina). Sa dernière pièce à Broadway est En remontant à Mathusalem de George Bernard Shaw (qu'il personnifie, aux côtés de Faye Emerson, Tyrone Power et Arthur Treacher), représentée en 1958, dont il est en outre producteur associé et auteur de l'adaptation en deux actes — à partir du cycle original composé d'une préface suivie de cinq pièces —.

De plus, toujours à Broadway, il joue dans la comédie musicale Hold on to Your Hats, sur une musique de Burton Lane, produite en 1940-1941, avec Al Jolson. Après En remontant à Mathusalem pré-citée, il revient une ultime fois à Broadway dans la comédie musicale dramatique Follies, sur une musique et des lyrics de Stephen Sondheim, représenté 522 fois d'avril 1971 à juillet 1972, avec Yvonne De Carlo, Fifi D'Orsay et Alexis Smith.

Au cinéma, Arnold Moss contribue à seulement dix-neuf films américains (l'un est une co-production américano-mexicaine), disséminés de 1946 à 1967 — son dernier étant un court métrage —. Citons Les Amours de Carmen de Charles Vidor (son deuxième film, 1948, avec Rita Hayworth et Glenn Ford), Le Livre noir d'Anthony Mann (son troisième film, 1949, avec Richard Basehart personnifiant Robespierre et Robert Cummings, lui-même interprétant Fouché), Viva Zapata ! d'Elia Kazan (1952, avec Marlon Brando dans le rôle-titre et Jean Peters), Salomé de William Dieterle (1953, avec Rita Hayworth et Stewart Granger), ou encore Un hold-up extraordinaire de Ronald Neame (son antépénultième film, 1966, avec Shirley MacLaine et Michael Caine).

À la télévision, il apparaît entre 1950 et 1979, dans quarante-et-une séries, dont Alfred Hitchcock présente (un épisode, 1958), Star Trek (l'épisode La Conscience du roi, 1966) et L'Île fantastique (son avant-dernière série, un épisode, 1978). S'y ajoutent trois téléfilms, dont une adaptation (diffusée en 1953) de la pièce de William Shakespeare Le Roi Lear, avec Orson Welles dans le rôle-titre et Natasha Parry (pièce qu'il jouait à Broadway en 1950-1951, avec Louis Calhern dans le rôle-titre et Nina Foch).

Usually with

Edith Head
Edith Head
(4 films)
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
(2 films)
Hal Pereira
Hal Pereira
(4 films)
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Filmography of Arnold Moss (19 films)

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The Caper of the Golden Bulls, 1h42
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Yvette Mimieux, Giovanna Ralli, Vito Scotti, J.G. Devlin, Arnold Moss
Roles Mr. Shanari
Rating60% 3.047073.047073.047073.047073.04707
During a bombing mission to Germany, wartime pilot Peter Churchman (Boyd) inadvertently destroys a French cathedral. To atone, after the war, Churchman and a crew of accomplices rob a number of banks, making sure the money goes to have the cathedral rebuilt.
Gambit
Gambit (1966)
, 1h49
Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Michael Caine, Shirley MacLaine, Herbert Lom, Roger C. Carmel, Arnold Moss, John Abbott
Roles Abdul
Rating70% 3.5475753.5475753.5475753.5475753.547575
Cockney cat burglar Harry Dean (Michael Caine) and his artist friend Emile Fournier (John Abbott) discover exotic Eurasian showgirl Nicole Chang (Shirley MacLaine) in a crowded Hong Kong restaurant. She bears an incredible resemblance both to the late wife of the world's richest man, an Arab named Shahbandar (Herbert Lom), as well as to a priceless ancient Chinese statuette that he owns; Harry and Emile want to use her in a scheme to rob him of it.
The Fool Killer
Directed by Servando González
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Anthony Perkins, Edward Albert, Dana Elcar, Henry Hull, Salome Jens, Arnold Moss
Roles Reverend Spotts
Rating67% 3.3865553.3865553.3865553.3865553.386555
A 12-year-old boy roams the post-Civil War South with a philosophical axe murderer.
The 27th Day, 1h15
Directed by William Asher
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Gene Barry, Valerie French, Jiří Voskovec, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln
Roles The Alien
Rating61% 3.0994053.0994053.0994053.0994053.099405
Five people, Englishwoman Evelyn Wingate, American reporter Jonathan Clark, Chinese peasant Su Tan, German physicist Klaus Bechner, and Soviet soldier Ivan Godofsky, are randomly transported to an alien spacecraft in Earth orbit. There, they are met by a humanoid referring to himself only as "The Alien" (Arnold Moss), who explains that he is the representative of a world orbiting a sun about to go Nova. Needing a new world to inhabit within the next 35 days, yet prohibited by their moral code from killing intelligent life, The Alien provides each of the five with sets of three capsules in a clear, round, hand-held case. Each capsule is capable of destroying all human life within a 3,000-mile diameter, with the expectation that humanity will use all the capsules, obliterating itself, leaving the Earth free for alien colonization. The capsules' clear containers can only be opened by the thought waves of the person to whom they were given. Once out in the open, the capsules inside can then be used by anyone, but only during the next 27 days, after which they become inert.
Hell's Island, 1h24
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Mary Murphy, John Payne, Eduardo Noriega, Francis L. Sullivan, Eduardo Noriega, Arnold Moss
Roles Paul Armand
Rating58% 2.949672.949672.949672.949672.94967
After being dumped by his fiancée, hard-drinking and depressed Mark Cormack (John Payne) loses his job in the Los Angeles district attorney's office and serves as bouncer in a Las Vegas casino.
Jump Into Hell, 1h33
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Jacques Sernas, Kurt Kasznar, Arnold Moss, Peter van Eyck, Marcel Dalio, Lawrence Dobkin
Roles General Christian De Castries
Rating56% 2.810922.810922.810922.810922.81092
It is 1954 in Indo-China and a French-controlled fortress is under siege. Commanding officer De Castries has been betrayed by a formerly loyal Chinese officer and is desperate for new leadership for his men. He radios Hanoi for help.
Bengal Brigade, 1h27
Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess, Dan O'Herlihy, Torin Thatcher, Arnold Moss
Roles Rajah Karam
Rating56% 2.805232.805232.805232.805232.80523
En 1856, dans le vaste empire britannique des Indes, un brillant officier doit donner sa démission après avoir désobéi à un ordre supérieur. Il devient alors chasseur de fauves et va reprendre accessoirement du service en s'introduisant secrètement dans le palais du rajah, un conspirateur qui veut libérer son pays de la domination étrangère grâce à une formidable révolte fomentée parmi les Cipayes.
Casanova's Big Night, 1h26
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Lon Chaney, Jr., Raymond Burr
Roles The Doge
Rating66% 3.342993.342993.342993.342993.34299
Pippo, a tailor, impersonates Casanova to woo the girls, particularly the widow Bruni. Casanova has left town, pursued by creditors who persuade Pippo to impersonate Casanova at the behest of a Genoan family that will pay "Casanova" to test the fidelity of the son's betrothed.
Salome
Salome (1953)
, 1h43
Directed by William Dieterle, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel
Roles Micha
Rating58% 2.9011152.9011152.9011152.9011152.901115
Although based on the New Testament story, the film does not follow the biblical text.
Viva Zapata!, 1h53
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman, Alan Reed, Margo
Roles Don Nacio
Rating72% 3.645983.645983.645983.645983.64598
Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) is part of a delegation sent to complain about injustices to corrupt longtime President Porfirio Díaz (Fay Roope), but Díaz dismisses their concerns, and tries to bribe their leader, offering him some land which Zapata rejects. As a result, Zapata is driven to open rebellion, along with his brother Eufemio (Anthony Quinn). He in the south and Pancho Villa (Alan Reed) in the north unite under the leadership of naive reformer Francisco Madero (Harold Gordon).
Mask of the Avenger, 1h23
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Actors John Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody Lawrance, Wilton Graff, Arnold Moss, Harry Cording
Roles Colardi
Rating54% 2.714042.714042.714042.714042.71404
This script must be run from the command line
My Favorite Spy, 1h33
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films
Actors Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss, John Archer, Luis van Rooten
Roles Tasso
Rating64% 3.245553.245553.245553.245553.24555
A comedian poses as an international spy to recover mysterious microfilm.
Kim
Kim (1950)
, 1h53
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway
Roles Lurgan Sahib
Rating64% 3.2472153.2472153.2472153.2472153.247215
Kim (Dean Stockwell), an orphan boy in 1885 India during the British Raj, works at times for his friend Mahbub Ali (Errol Flynn), a roguish horse trader who is also a secret agent for the British. Mahbub Ali becomes aware of a Russian-backed plot to instigate a rebellion.