Maurice Schwartz
Acting
11
Acting Credits
2
Directed
Biography
Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz (June 18, 1890 – May 10, 1960), born in the Volhynia province of Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), was a stage and film actor active in the United States. He founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City and was its theatrical producer and director. He also worked in Hollywood, mostly as an actor in silent films but also as a film director, producer, and screenwriter. With his successes as an actor, Schwa...
Known For
Filmography
All in Good Fun
1955
as Archive Footage
Salome
1953
as Ezra the King's Advisor
Slaves of Babylon
1953
as The Prophet Daniel
Bird of Paradise
1951
as The Kahuna
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Dr. Botkin
Tevye
1939
as Tevya 'Tevye'
The Man Behind the Mask
1936
as The Master
Uncle Moses
1932
as Uncle Moses
Broken Hearts
1926
as Benjamin Rezanov
Yizkor
1924
as Leybke
Little Moritz se fait les muscles
1911
as Little Moritz