Arnold Moss
| Arnold Moss | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 28, 1910 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died |
December 15, 1989 (aged 79) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1946-1976 |
| Spouse(s) | Stella Reynolds (1933-?) (2 children) |
Arnold Moss (January 28, 1910 – December 15, 1989) was an American character actor. His son was songwriter Jeff Moss.
Biography
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,[1] was Ahmed on Stella Dallas,[2] was Philip Cameron in Against the Storm[3] 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 1968.
Death
Arnold Moss died from lung cancer aged 79 in New York City on December 15, 1989.
Partial filmography
- Temptation (1946) as Ahmed Effendi
- Border Incident (1949) as Zopilote
- Reign of Terror (1949, also known as The Black Book) as Fouché
- Kim (1950) as Lurgan Sahib
- My Favorite Spy (1951) as Tasso
- Viva Zapata! (1952) as Don Nacio
- Casanova's Big Night (1954) as the Doge
- Jump Into Hell (1955) as General Christian De Castries
- The 27th Day (1957) as the Alien
- The Rifleman (1960) as Steven Griswald in "The Schoolmaster"
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as a publisher of a murderer
- The Fool Killer (1965) as Reverend Spotts
- The Time Tunnel (1967) as High Priest of Jericho in "The Walls of Jericho"
- Bonanza (1968) as Chief Lonespear in "In Defense of Honor"
- Gambit (1966) as Abdul
- Star Trek (1966) as Anton Karidian a.k.a. Kodos the Executioner
- The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967) as Mr. Shanari
- Serpico (1976) as Tiller
References
- ↑ Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.P. 130.
- ↑ "Friday's Highlights" (PDF). Radio and Television Mirror. 13 (4): 50. February 1940. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Thursday's Highlights" (PDF). Radio and Television Mirror. 14 (2): 48. June 1940. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
External links
- Arnold Moss at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Arnold Moss at Find a Grave