Arnold Moss
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Upon receiving a master's degree in teaching at New York University, American actor Arnold Moss decided that the life of a teacher wasn't for him and set to find theatre work. Moss was engaged by the LeGallienne Civic Repertory Theatre, where he played his first villainous role in Peter Pan. Radio provided a great deal of work for Moss, whose deep, mellifluous voice was perfect for narration and commercial assignments; additionally, he produced and wrote for various radio series. The actor's first film was Temptation; with his Satanic eyebrows and raven-like features Moss was generally cast as high-born villains or sinister foreigners. Moss made two memorable appearances in Bob Hope films, first as Hope's Casablanca contact in the espionage spoof My Favorite Spy and then as a conniving Venetian doge in Casanova's Big Night. Arnold Moss was also shown to good advantage as the usurping Antonio in the 1960 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, which starred Maurice Evans and Richard Burton. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviFilmography:
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Arnold Moss
Arnold Moss (born January 28, 1910, Brooklyn, New York – died December 15, 1989, New York City) was an American character actor. His son is 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 was also the first voice of the character of Ted White on the radio serial, The Guiding Light, from April 1948 to May 1949. Moss appeared on Star Trek 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.
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 Zapilote
- 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
- The 27th Day (1957) as the Alien
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as a publisher of a murderer
- The Fool Killer (1965) as Reverend Spotts
- 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
External links
- Arnold Moss at the Internet Movie Database
- Arnold Moss at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Arnold Moss at Find a Grave
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