Carnovsky, Morris

Carnovsky, Morris

▪ American actor
born Sept. 5, 1897, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.
died Sept. 1, 1992, Easton, Conn.

      American actor who excelled in dialectal character roles and who was acclaimed on both stage and screen in his portrayals of thoughtful, troubled men.

      After making his New York City stage debut in The God of Vengeance (1922), Carnovsky joined the Theatre Guild's acting company (1924) and appeared in such plays as Uncle Vanya, Saint Joan, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Doctor's Dilemma. He helped found the Group Theatre (1931), which specialized in dramas, and he earned acclaim for his portrayal of Mr. Bonaparte in Golden Boy (1937). After the Group Theatre disbanded, he went to Hollywood and made his motion-picture debut as Anatole France in The Life of Emile Zola (1937). In some of his other notable supporting roles, he played a priest in Edge of Darkness (1943), a father in Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and an evil nightclub owner in Dead Reckoning (1947).

      His screen career abruptly ended during the 1950s when he was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for refusing to testify. He was, however, invited by actor John Houseman to join the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Conn., where he appeared in such parts as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice and as Lear in King Lear. He later made two more motion pictures, A View from the Bridge (1962) and The Gambler (1974). He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979.

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