Maurice Saul Argent (March 4, 1916 – December
7, 1981) was a character actor from
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
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
''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by the American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a ...
''.
[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]
He taught stagecraft to generations of San Francisco teens at George Washington High School and Lowell High School.
Argent died in
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
,
California
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on December 7, 1981 at age 65.
Filmography
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1916 births
1981 deaths
American male film actors
20th-century American male actors
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