Maurice Black
Maurice Black (January 14, 1891 – January 18, 1938) was an American character actor known for his portrayal of mobsters. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1928 to 1938, when he died of pneumonia, four days after his 47th birthday. He was married to Edythe Raynore. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Scarface
as Jim - Headwaiter (uncredited)In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way...
Movie pageThe Front Page
as Diamond LouieHildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused...
Movie pageBride of Frankenstein
as Gypsy (uncredited)Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed....
Movie pageLittle Caesar
as Little Arnie LorchA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Movie pageAbraham Lincoln
as Conspirator (uncredited)A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining...
Movie pageFlying Down to Rio
as Greek #2A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
Movie pageBonnie Scotland
as Khan Mir JutraStan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things...
Movie pageSmart Money
as Greek BarberTwo brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
Movie pageNight Flight
as Nightclub Manager (uncredited)Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
Movie pageBlondie Johnson
as Tony (uncredited)A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist...
Movie pageThe Keyhole
as Cuban Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
Movie pageLonely Wives
as Taxi DriverA highly respectable lawyer becomes a sexual animal after working hours; His live-in...
Movie pageWhile Paris Sleeps
as RocaTo save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict...
Movie pageRenegades
as Cafe Manager (uncredited)Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for...
Movie pageShow Girl in Hollywood
as Actor in SceneBroadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...
Movie pageTiger Shark
as Jean Fernandez, a Shipwrecked Crewman (uncredited)A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
Movie pageDown to Their Last Yacht
as Joe Spilatti (uncredited)Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets...
Movie pageThe King Murder
as Philip ScottA beautiful blonde makes a career out of seducing and then blackmailing wealthy married men. She...
Movie pageThe Game That Kills
as JeffFerguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing...
Movie pageSilly Billies
as Bandit with ToothacheThe boys are a dentist and his assistant traveling to the Old West to open a new practice. Once...
Movie pageDancers in the Dark
as MaxA bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town....
Movie pageWalking Down Broadway
as NortonFive closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway...
Movie pageI Cover the Waterfront
as OrtegusAn investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Movie pageStreet of Chance
as Nick'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor...
Movie pageA Shriek in the Night
as Josephus Martini (uncredited)Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind...
Movie pageElmer, the Great
as Dice Dealer (uncredited)Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr....
Movie pageSteady Company
as BlixTruck driver Norman Foster has aspirations to become a prize fighter, but romantic interest June...
Movie pageDark Streets
as Beefy BarkerPat and Danny McGlone are identical twin brothers, rivals and competitors in everything they do,...
Movie pageThe Runaway Bride
as 'Red' DuganMary Gray elopes to Atlantic City, NJ, but begins having second thoughts about the marriage....
Movie pageBroadway Babies
as Nick StepanosDee is a naive chorus girl living in a boarding house full of low-paid actors. Dee and Billy are...
Movie pageFriends of Mr. Sweeney
as Pierre, the HeadwaiterAsaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone...
Movie pageNo Limit
as HappyTheater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling...
Movie pageTwin Husbands
as FeetsThe film begins with a guy waking up from a bump on the head. The people around him try in vain...
Movie pageThe Firefly
as Pigeon Vendor (uncredited)Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars....
Movie pageThe Canary Comes Across
as ScarpussA prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who...
Movie pageThe Californian
as PanchoNative son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians...
Movie pageNumbered Men
as Lou RinaldoPrison drama from 1930. Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other, but Lou...
Movie pageStars Over Broadway
as Jim FlugelAn aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Movie pageStolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as HenchmanWhen the fiendish Sinclair Sable arranges the kidnapping of the beautiful Benecia Beamish, only...
Movie pageExclusive Story
as Martinello (uncredited)A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...
Movie pageShip of Wanted Men
as George SpinoliA shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition...
Movie pageAdventure's End
as BlackiePacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain...
Movie pageWake Up and Dream
as Tom RomeroThe story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
Movie pagePlaying Around
as JoeNew York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich...
Movie pageLeaping Love
as Nate/Club ManagerCharley falls for both a mother and her daughter.
Movie pageWest of the Pecos
as Shorty EvansRichard Dix stars as Pecos Smith, a strong, silent Westerner suspected of cattle rustling.
Movie pageSixteen Fathoms Deep
as Nick - Henhman / CrewmanA sponge diver hopes to make enough money to buy his own boat and marry his girlfriend. A rival...
Movie pageThe Daring Young Man
as FloristThe Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl...
Movie pageThe Sea God
as RudyThe Sea God is an early sound melodrama about two men vying for Fay Wray and wealth in the South...
Movie pageCaptain Swagger
as Manager, Viennese ClubHugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills.
Movie pageFramed
as Bing MurdockRose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five...
Movie pageShow Folks
as Vaudeville PerformerEddie Kehoe is a young vaudeville hoofer who thinks his inability to hit the big time is the...
Movie pageLaughing Irish Eyes
as Tony MartinAn Irish crooner flirts with prize-fighting.
Movie pageThe Face on the Barroom Floor
as Cesar VanzettiBill Bronson is a likable young bank clerk, whose congenital thirst for liquor is kept under...
Movie pageLet's Do Things
as Nightclub Manager (uncredited)Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.
Movie pageUnder Strange Flags
as General Pancho VillaNot quite a western, not quite a historical drama, Under Strange Flags is a little bit of both,...
Movie pageThe Carnation Kid
as TonyIt's a case of mistaken identity in this comedy that centers around a country bumpkin mistaken...
Movie pageMurder on the Campus
as Blackie AtwaterA popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the...
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