Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 5, 2021 6:56:33 GMT
Maurice Moscovich was 64 when he made his screen debut playing Esdras in the crime drama Winterset (1936).
Moscovich was born in Odessa in 1871, he emigrated to the United States in the late 1890's. With his distinctive accent he portrayed mostly wise and friendly old men, appearing in 14 films often with a Jewish background.
Notably he played shopkeeper Max Rubens in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and art dealer Maurice Cobert in Love Affair (1939). His final film role before his untimely death in 1940 was Mr. Jaeckel in Chaplin's The Great Dictator, pictured below...
Moscovich was born in Odessa in 1871, he emigrated to the United States in the late 1890's. With his distinctive accent he portrayed mostly wise and friendly old men, appearing in 14 films often with a Jewish background.
Notably he played shopkeeper Max Rubens in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and art dealer Maurice Cobert in Love Affair (1939). His final film role before his untimely death in 1940 was Mr. Jaeckel in Chaplin's The Great Dictator, pictured below...