Maurice Argent

Maurice Saul Argent (March 4, 1916 – December 7, 1981) was a character actor from Pennsylvania who acted between 1957 and 1980. In addition to his film roles, 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.^[1]

Maurice Argent
in Dirty Harry (1971)
Born	Maurice (Maury) Saul Argent (1916-03-04)March 4, 1916
Died	December 7, 1981(1981-12-07) (aged 65)

He taught stagecraft to generations of San Francisco teens at George Washington High School and Lowell High School.

Argent died in San Francisco, California on December 7, 1981 at age 65.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	Pal Joey	Second Sailor	Uncredited
1958	Harbor Command	Gregory Cariff	1 episode
1971	Dirty Harry	Sid Kleinman
1972	One Is a Lonely Number	Pool Manager
1972-1976	The Streets of San Francisco	Printer	9 episodes
1973	Magnum Force	Nat Weinstein
1974	Freebie and the Bean	Tailor
1978	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Chef
1980	Cardiac Arrest	Deputy Coroner
1980	Die Laughing	Jewish Man	(final film role)

References

1. Fowler, Keith, A History of the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop, 1969, Yale Drama Library | Series I. Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Doctoral Dissertations | http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=arts:dra.0027&query=&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&big=&adv=&filter=&hitPageStart=&sortFields=&view=c01_1#s1

External links

• Maurice Argent at IMDb