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Arnold Moss

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Actor 1910–1989 On stage 19291971

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

On stage 18 productions, 42 years

1929 The Living Corpse Civic Repertory Theatre · Original · directed by Jacob Ben-Ami 33 perf.
1930 Romeo and Juliet Civic Repertory Theatre · Revival · directed by Eva Le Gallienne 16 perf.
1930 Siegfried Civic Repertory Theatre · Original · directed by Eva Le Gallienne 23 perf.
1930 The Green Cockatoo Civic Repertory Theatre · Revival
1931 Camille Civic Repertory Theatre · Revival · directed by Constance Collier 57 perf.
1931 Wonder Boy Alvin Theatre · Original 44 perf.
1940 Flight to the West Guild Theatre · Original 136 perf.
1940 Hold on to Your Hats Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar J. MacGregor 158 perf.
1940 Journey to Jerusalem National Theatre · Original · directed by Elmer Rice 17 perf.
1940 The Fifth Column Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Lee Strasberg 87 perf.
1941 The Land Is Bright Music Box Theatre · Original 79 perf.
1945 The Tempest Alvin Theatre · Revival 100 perf.
1946 The Front Page Royale Theatre · Revival 79 perf.
1949 Twelfth Night Empire Theatre · Revival · directed by Valentine Windt 48 perf.
1950 King Lear National Theatre · Revival · directed by John Houseman 48 perf.
1955 The Dark Is Light Enough Anta Playhouse · Original · directed by Guthrie McClintic 69 perf.
1957 Measure for Measure Phoenix Theatre · Original · directed by John Houseman 32 perf.
1971 Follies Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince & Michael Bennett 522 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Walter Beck 6 productions
Joseph Kramm 6 productions
Robert H. Gordon 5 productions
Paul Leyssac 5 productions
Harold Moulton 5 productions
Donald Cameron 5 productions
Jacob Ben Ami 4 productions
J Edward Bromberg 4 productions
Howard Da Silva 4 productions
Herbert Shapiro 4 productions
Gordon Wallace 4 productions
Estelle Scheer 4 productions

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In the literature4 passages

  • I had been maintaining an up-to-date script all through Boston and I had used it to make copies of pages as needed, but Arnold Moss’s arrival caught me off-guard, and I hadn’t heeded the warning I had been given that there would be auditions for a new Weismann. I hadn’t had time to prepare a copy for him. I was asked to hand over my copy,…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
  • Cast: Alexis Smith, Gene Nelson, Dorothy Collins, John McMartin, Yvonne DeCarlo, Fifi D’Orsay, Mary McCarty, Ethel Shutta, Arnold Moss, Ethel Barrymore Colt, Michael Bartlett, Sheila Smith, Justine Johnston, Virginia Sandifur, Kurt Peterson, Victoria Mallory, Marti Rolphebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Level) CANADA LEE, ARNOLD MOSS, VERA ZORINA (On Steps) GEORGE VOSKOVEC, JAN WERICH, PHILIP HUSTON, FRANCES HEFLIN, VITO CHRISTI in “THE TEMPEST”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Kurt Peterson+9 Gene Nelson Harvey Evans Arnold Moss Ralph Nelson+10 Victoria Mallorytheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt

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