Maurice Manson

Maurice Manson
Born	January 31, 1913 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	September 21, 2002 (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	Canadian

Maurice Manson (born Moritz Levine, January 31, 1913 – September 21, 2002) was a Canadian character actor who appeared in several film and Broadway productions as well as numerous television appearances in a career spanning over thirty years.

Life and career

Manson was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. He moved to New York City to become an actor and worked steadily on and off Broadway throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s. Among his credits were productions of Othello and Macbeth at the Barrymore Theater. In the 1950s, he moved to Hollywood, California, and was cast mostly in small roles. He appeared in films such as Hellcats of the Navy and The Spirit of St. Louis.

On television, he guest-starred on five episodes of the CBS legal drama, Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr, including the role of murder victim Charles Sabin (and his brother Arthur) in "The Case of the Perjured Parrot," murder victim Joseph Kraft in "The Case of the Bogus Books," and as Jess Parkinson in "The Case of the Dead Ringer" in which Burr played dual roles as Mason and murderer Grimes. He portrayed Mayor Orson Stillman in "The Case of the Bullied Bowler" and Dr. Grandby in "The Case of Demure Defendant". He appeared five times on the NBC sitcom, Hazel, starring Shirley Booth. He also appeared on The Americans, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Leave It To Beaver, and The Munsters.TV series Gunsmoke.

Broadway roles

• Mary of Scotland (1933) as a page and as Graeme a sergeant

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	Porgy and Bess	Coroner
1959	Beloved Infidel	Jack Hellman	Uncredited
1960	Shadow of the Boomerang
1962	The Three Stooges in Orbit	Mr. Lansing
1963	Wall of Noise	Judge	Uncredited
1964	Robin and the 7 Hoods	Dignitary	Uncredited
1965	Bus Riley's Back in Town	Simmons	Uncredited
1966	The Chase	Moore
1966	The Oscar	Captain	Uncredited
1967	Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!	Psychiatrist	Uncredited
1976	Nickelodeon	Stage Performer

External links

• Maurice Manson at IMDb
• Maurice Manson at the Internet Broadway Database