Morris Carnovsky
American actor (1897-1992) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 94
Morris Carnovsky was an American stage and film actor. He was one of the founders of the Group Theatre (1931-1940) in New York City and had a thriving acting career both on Broadway and in films until, in the early 1950s, professional colleagues told the House Un-American Activities Committee that Carnovsky had been a...
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American PlayhouseSeries, Boris Mirkin1974
The GamblerFilm, A. R. Lowenthal1970
The Chicago Conspiracy TrialFilm1964
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. KennedyFilm, Narrator (voice)1962
A View from the BridgeFilm, Mr. Alfieri1950
Cyrano de BergeracFilm, Le Bret1949
Siren of AtlantisFilm, Le Mesge1948
Man-Eater of KumaonFilm, Ganga Ram1947
Dishonored LadyFilm, Dr. Richard Caleb1945
CorneredFilm, Manuel Satana1944
Address UnknownFilm, Max Eisenstein1943
Edge of DarknessFilm, Sixtus Andresen1937
The Life of Emile ZolaFilm, Anatole France1931
Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little LisaFilm, Jehovah1897Born5 September 1897People around Morris
- Henry Blanke Produced The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
John Hubley Directed Dig (1972)
Francis Pierlot Also in Cyrano de Bergerac and Edge of Darkness
Faith Hubley Produced Dig (1972)
Jules Dassin Directed Thieves' Highway (1949)
Max Steiner Wrote The Life of Emile Zola and Tovarich
Judith Anderson Also in Edge of Darkness and Medea
Karel Reisz Directed The Gambler (1977)
William Dieterle Directed The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Luther Adler Also in Saigon and Cornered
Irwin Winkler Produced The Gambler (1977)
Irving Rapper Directed Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Montagu Love Also in Tovarich and The Life of Emile Zola
Edgar Barrier Also in Cyrano de Bergerac and Cornered
Herbert Rudley Also in The Master Race and Rhapsody in Blue- Michael Gordon Directed Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Phil Leeds Also in Dig and Dig: A Journey Into Earth
Jacqueline Brookes Also in Medea and The Gambler
Nedrick Young Also in Gun Crazy (1950)- Ralph Steiner Directed Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little Lisa (1931)
- Seymour Nebenzal Produced Siren of Atlantis (1949)
Adrian Scott Produced Cornered (1945)
Robert Bassler Produced Thieves' Highway (1950)
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Gun Crazy 1950
Thieves' Highway 1949
Cyrano de Bergerac 1950
Dead Reckoning 1946
The Gambler 1974
Also in Deutsch
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Television 1
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He was one of the founders of the Group Theatre (1931-1940) in New York City and had a thriving acting career both on Broadway and in films until, in the early 1950s, professional colleagues told the House Un-American Activities Committee that Carnovsky had been a Communist Party member. He was blacklisted and worked less frequently for a few years, but then re-established his acting career, taking on many Shakespearean roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and performing the title roles in college campus productions of King Lear and The Merchant of Venice. Carnovsky's nephew is veteran character actor and longtime "Pathmark Guy" James Karen.
