Maurice Black

Maurice Black was an American character actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1928 to 1938.
Black assimilated the many dialects of his native New York, and became a proficient, all-purpose character actor. He often played immigrants and urban gangsters of international origin. He is best known to today's audiences for his appearances in the Edward G. Robinson features Little Caesar and Smart Money, the Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur comedy The Front Page, the Boris Karloff thriller The Bride of Frankenstein, and the Laurel and Hardy comedy Bonnie Scotland.
He was married to Edythe Raynore. His screen career was cut short when he died of pneumonia in 1938, four days after his 47th birthday.

Selected filmography

Captain Swagger – Manager, Viennese Club
Show Folks – Vaudeville Performer
Marked Money – Donovan
Romance of the Underworld – Maitre D'
The Carnation Kid – Tony
Square Shoulders – Hook
Broadway Babies – Nick Stepanos
Dark Streets – Beefy Barker
Song of Love – Tony Giuseppe
Playing Around – Joe
Street of Chance – Nick
Framed – Bing Murdock
Show Girl in Hollywood – Actor in Scene
The [Runaway Bride (film)|The Runaway Bride] – 'Red' Dugan
True to the Navy – Sharpie
Numbered Men – Lou Rinaldo
Common Clay – Speakeasy Proprietor
Abraham Lincoln – Conspirator
The Sea God – Rudy
Brothers – Giuseppe Michaelo Lorenzo
Renegades – Cafe Manager
Big Money – Lewis Wilder
Little Caesar – Little Arnie Lorch
No Limit – Happy
Lonely Wives – Taxi Driver
Sit Tight – Mr. White
The Front Page – Diamond Louie
The Spy – Commissar
Smart Money – Greek Barber
Women Go on Forever – Pete
Sob Sister – Gimp Peters
Stung – The Accused
Stowaway – Minor Role
Dancers in the Dark – Max
Steady Company – Blix
Scarface – Jim – Headwaiter
Symphony of Six Million – Felix's Patient
While Paris Sleeps – Roca
The Famous Ferguson Case – Kaplan
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain – Nicky's Pal
The King Murder – Philip Scott
Tiger Shark – Jean Fernandez – a Shipwrecked Crewman
The All American – Blackie Doyle
The [Face on the Barroom Floor (1932 film)|The Face on the Barroom Floor] – Cesar Vanzetti
Rasputin and the Empress – Revolutionary Soldier
Grand Slam – Paul
Blondie Johnson – Tony
The Keyhole – Cuban Jewelry Salesman
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble – Nick
Elmer, the Great – Dice Dealer
Picture Snatcher – Speakeasy Proprietor
I Cover the Waterfront – Ortegus
A Shriek in the Night – Josephus Martini
Her First Mate – Boat Extra on Steps
Ship of Wanted Men – George Spinoli
Night Flight – Nightclub Manager
Tillie and Gus – Bit Part
Murder on the Campus – Blackie Atwater
Twin Husbands – Feets
Flying Down to Rio – One of the Three Greeks #2
Sixteen Fathoms Deep – Nick – Henhman / Crewman
Half a Sinner – Mike
Friends of Mr. Sweeney – Pierre, the Headwaiter
The Party's Over – Proprietor of Sweet Shop
Down to Their Last Yacht – Joe Spilatti
Gift of Gab – Audition Room Owner
Wake Up and Dream – Tom Romero
The Mighty Barnum – Imposter
West of the Pecos – Shorty Evans
Bride of Frankenstein – Gypsy
Under the Pampas Moon – Patron
The Daring Young Man – Florist
Orchids to You – Flower Seller
The Crusades – Amir
Bonnie Scotland – Khan Mir Jutra
The [Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii] – Attendant in Gladiators' Training Room
Stars Over Broadway – Jim Flugel
Exclusive Story – Martinello
Laughing Irish Eyes – Tony Martin
Silly Billies – Bandit with Toothache
A Son Comes Home – Greek Sailor
Missing Girls – Miller
Ellis Island – Nails
Under Strange Flags – General Pancho Villa
Three Legionnaires – Gen. Stavinski's aide
The Californian – Pancho
The Life of Emile Zola – Minor Role
The Firefly – Pigeon Vendor
The Game That Kills – Jeff
Adventure's End – Blackie
Walking Down Broadway – Norton