Arnold Moss

Birthday: 1910-01-28
Deathday: 1989-12-15
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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

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. Moss appeared in dozens of television programs during the golden age of TV. 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 Theater.

Credits

Year Title Character
1974-12-06 Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus Sgt. Muldoon (voice)
1971-03-26 Gideon Joash
1967-05-24 The Caper of the Golden Bulls Mr. Shanari
1966-12-21 Gambit Abdul
1965-04-28 The Fool Killer Reverend Spotts
1957-01-07 The 27th Day The Alien
1956-04-14 The Adventures of Marco Polo Nicolo
1955-05-06 Hell's Island Paul Armand
1955-04-01 Jump Into Hell General Christian De Castries
1954-11-06 Bengal Brigade Rajah Karam
1954-05-05 Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland Red Knight
1954-04-07 Casanova's Big Night The Doge
1953-10-18 King Lear Duke of Albany
1953-03-24 Salome Micha
1952-12-26 Bitter Storm Prof. Russell
1952-02-07 Viva Zapata! Don Nacio
1951-12-25 My Favorite Spy Tasso
1951-06-27 Mask of the Avenger Colardi
1951-03-15 Quebec Jean-Paul Racelle
1950-12-07 Kim Lurgan Sahib
1949-10-28 Border Incident Zopilote
1949-10-15 Reign of Terror Fouché
1948-08-23 The Loves of Carmen Colonel
1946-12-02 Temptation Ahmed Effendi