Actor

Maurice Argent

March 4, 1916 · Pennsylvania, USA

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

Notable work

7.5
Dirty Harry (1971)
as Sid Kleinman
7.2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
as Chef
7.1
Magnum Force (1973)
as Nat Weinstein

Often works with

Clint Eastwood
2 titles together
Dirty Harry, Magnum Force
John Mitchum
2 titles together
Dirty Harry, Magnum Force
Albert Popwell
2 titles together
Dirty Harry, Magnum Force
Garry Goodrow
2 titles together
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Cardiac Arrest
Morgan Upton
2 titles together
Die Laughing, One Is a Lonely Number
J
Jerry Walter
2 titles together
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Freebie and the Bean

Full filmography · 7

Die Laughing
as Jewish Man
1980
Cardiac Arrest
as Deputy Coroner
1980
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Chef
19787.2
Freebie and the Bean
as Tailor
19746.1
Magnum Force
as Nat Weinstein
19737.1
One Is a Lonely Number
as Pool Manager
1972
Dirty Harry
as Sid Kleinman
19717.5