Morris Carnovsky

Personal Info

Birthday

September 4, 1897

Day of Death

1992-09-01

(94 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Morris Carnovsky

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morris Carnovsky (September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1992) was an American stage and film actor born in St. Louis, Missouri. He worked briefly in the Yiddish theatre before attending Washington University in St. Louis. Opting for a mainstream acting career, he appeared in dozens of Broadway shows. Description above from the Wikipedia article Morris Carnovsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Second Woman

Gun Crazy

Cyrano de Bergerac

The Gambler

Dead Reckoning

The Life of Emile Zola

Dishonored Lady

Edge of Darkness

Filmography

1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1974
The Gambler
as A. R. Lowenthal
1972
Dig: A Journey Into Earth
as Earl of Limestone (voice)
1962
A View from the Bridge
as Mr. Alfieri
1959
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel
Medea
as Creon
1950
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Le Bret
The Second Woman
as Dr. Raymond Hartley
Western Pacific Agent
as Joe 'Pop' Wickens
Gun Crazy
as Judge Willoughby
1949
Thieves' Highway
as Yanko Garcos
Siren of Atlantis
as Le Mesge
1948
Man-Eater of Kumaon
as Ganga Ram
1947
Saigon
as Alex Maris
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
as Howard Abbott
Dishonored Lady
as Dr. Richard Caleb
1946
Dead Reckoning
as Martinelli
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Dr. Fletcher
1945
Cornered
as Manuel Satana
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
as Bjorn Bjornson
Rhapsody in Blue
as Morris Gershwin
1944
The Master Race
as Old Man Bartoc
Address Unknown
as Max Eisenstein
1943
Edge of Darkness
as Sixtus Andresen
1939
The City
as Narrator (voice)
The 400 Million
as Additional Voice (voice)
1937
Tovarich
as Chauffourier Dubieff
The Life of Emile Zola
as Anatole France
1931
Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little Lisa
as Jehovah