Arnold Moss

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

Early years Born in Flatbush, Moss was a third-generation Brooklyn native. He attended Brooklyn's Boys High School. His first involvement with acting came when he was in college, after which he joined the Eva Le Gallienne Apprentice Group.

Career

Radio Moss was an announcer at two Baltimore, Maryland, radio stations, moving to WCAO in 1931 after having worked at WTAM. In 1932, he was the youngest announcer at CBS.

Moss narrated episodes of American Story in the summer of 1945. 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.

Teaching In the early 1930s, Moss taught speech at the Brooklyn branch of City College of New York.

Film

Moss made two 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. On November 22, 1950, Moss played the title role in Maugham's "Lord Montdrago" on Somerset Maugham TV Theatre. He appeared 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 also played in The Rifleman as the school teacher, Mr. Griswald, and as Chief Lonespear in Bonanza episode "In Defense of Honor" in 1968. Other television appearances include The Time Tunnel, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and the anthology series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, General Electric Theater, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Suspense, Tales of Tomorrow, Studio One, and Kraft Television Theatre.

Personal life and death Moss married Stella Reynolds, an actress who performed with him in the La Gallienne troupe. He was 79.

Partial filmography

Temptation (1946) - Ahmed Effendi The Loves of Carmen (1948) - Colonel Studio One (1949) – Rabbi Aesrael (Season 1 Episode 16: "The Dybbuk") Reign of Terror (a.k.a. The Black Book) (1949) - Fouché Border Incident (1949) - Zopilote Kim (1950) - Lurgan Sahib Quebec (1951) - Jean-Paul Racelle Mask of the Avenger (1951) - Colardi My Favorite Spy (1951) - Tasso Viva Zapata! (1952) - Don Nacio Salome (1953) - Micha Casanova's Big Night (1954) - the Doge Bengal Brigade (1954) - Rajah Karam Jump Into Hell (1955) - General Christian De Castries Hell's Island (1955) - Paul Armand The 27th Day (1957) - the Alien Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 1: "Poison") - Dr. Ganderbay The Rifleman (1960, TV Series) - Stevan Griswald The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (Season 1 Episode 5: "Captive Audience") - Victor Hartman Route 66 (1963, TV Series) - The King in S4:E23, "I'm Here to Kill a King" The Fool Killer (1965) as Reverend Spotts Star Trek (1966, TV Series) - Anton Karidian in S1:E13, "The Conscience of the King" Gambit (1966) - Abdul The Time Tunnel (1967, TV Series) - Kalech, High Priest of Jericho (Walls of Jericho) The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967) - Mr Shanari The Monkees (1967) – Vidaru in S2:E3, "Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik" Bonanza (1968, TV Series) - Chief Lonespear (In Defense of Honor) Serpico (1976, TV Series) - Tiller