
Person
Maurice Argent
Acting · 1916–1981 · Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Maurice Saul Argent (4 March 1916 – 7 December 1981) was a character actor from Pennsylvania who acted between 1957 and 1980. In addition to his film roles (below), he is remembered for his stage performances with the San Francisco Actor's Workshop. He played the title role in the Workshop's widely hailed 1953 production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
Known for

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Chef

Dirty Harry
Sid Kleinman

Magnum Force
Nat Weinstein

Freebie and the Bean
Tailor

Die Laughing
Jewish Man

One Is a Lonely Number
Pool Manager

Cardiac Arrest
Deputy Coroner
Filmography
- 1980Die LaughingJewish Man
- 1980Cardiac ArrestDeputy Coroner
- 1978Invasion of the Body SnatchersChef
- 1974Freebie and the BeanTailor
- 1973Magnum ForceNat Weinstein
- 1972One Is a Lonely NumberPool Manager
- 1971Dirty HarrySid Kleinman
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