Maurice Argent

Maurice Argent

Born: March 4, 1916
Died: December 7, 1981
in Pennsylvania, USA
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.

Movies for Maurice Argent...

Die Laughing
Title: Die Laughing
Character: Jewish Man
Released: April 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased…
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Cardiac Arrest
Title: Cardiac Arrest
Character: Deputy Coroner
Released: January 28, 1980
Type: Movie
The "Missing Heart Murders" are plaguing San Francisco - dead bodies that turn up with their hears surgically removed! So a weak-stomached homicide cop looks into the possibilities of a black market for human organs, while across town a man must make a difficult decision regarding his wife, who needs a transplant...
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Title: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Character: Chef
Released: December 20, 1978
Type: Movie
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.
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Magnum Force
Title: Magnum Force
Character: Nat Weinstein
Released: December 13, 1973
Type: Movie
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
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One Is a Lonely Number
Title: One Is a Lonely Number
Character: Pool Manager
Released: June 19, 1972
Type: Movie
A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her.
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Dirty Harry
Title: Dirty Harry
Character: Sid Kleinman
Released: December 23, 1971
Type: Movie
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in the process of rescuing a kidnap victim, only to see him walk on technicalities. Now, the maverick detective is determined to nail the maniac himself.