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 was 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. 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, 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, 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

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