Maurice Harington Kaufmann (29th June 1927 - September 1997) was a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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 of stage, TV and film, particularly well-utilized in whodunnits and horrors who acted from 1954 to 1981, when he retired.

He was married to Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman is an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger .-Early life:...

 from 1961–1975; they starred together in the movie, Fright

Fright (film)

Fright is a 1971 British thriller film starring Susan George, Ian Bannen and Honor Blackman.-Plot:Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have...

, in 1971, and they adopted 2 children, daughter Lottie and son Barnaby, before divorcing in 1975. He died in September 1997, in London

London

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, aged 69, from cancer

Cancer

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Selected filmography

• Appointment in London
  Appointment in London
  Appointment in London is a 1952 war film starring Dirk Bogarde and set during World War II. The film was directed by Philip Leacock from a screenplay by John Wooldridge and Robert Westerby and based on an original story by Wooldridge...
  
  (1952)
• The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
  The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
  The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp is a 1956 British black and white part-fantasy comedy film directed by Alan Bromly and starring Felix Aylmer as a second hand store owner, and Diane Cilento as the Angel....
  
  (1954)
• Companions in Crime
  Companions in Crime
  Companions in Crime is a 1954 British crime film directed by John Krish and starring Clifford Evans, George Woodbridge and Kenneth Haigh. The film is a spin-off from the television series Stryker of the Yard.-Cast:...
  
  (1954)
• Beau Brummell
  Beau Brummell (film)
  Beau Brummell is a historical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Sam Zimbalist from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg, based on the play Beau Brummell by Clyde Fitch. The music score was by Richard Addinsell with Miklós Rózsa...
  
  (1954)
• To Dorothy a Son
  To Dorothy a Son
  To Dorothy a Son is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins. It is also known as Cash on Delivery. It is based on a play by Roger MacDougall...
  
  (1954)
• The Love Match
  The Love Match
  The Love Match is a 1955 British comedy film directed by David Paltenghi and starring Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn, Thora Hird and Shirley Eaton. Two football-mad railway engine drivers are desperate to get back in time to see a match. It was based on a play by Glenn Melvyn.-Cast:* Arthur Askey ... ...
  
  (1955)
• Three Cases of Murder
  Three Cases of Murder
  Three Cases of Murder is a 1955 British drama film comprising three stories. Though the stories are separate and unrelated, Alan Badel appears in all three....
  
  (1955)
• The Quatermass Xperiment
  The Quatermass Xperiment
  The Quatermass Xperiment is a 1955 British science fiction horror film. Made by Hammer Film Productions, it was based on the 1953 BBC Television serial The Quatermass Experiment written by Nigel Kneale. It was directed by Val Guest and stars Brian Donlevy as the eponymous Professor Bernard...
  
  (1955)
• Secret Venture
  Secret Venture
  Secret Venture is a 1955 British B-movie thriller film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Kent Taylor, Jane Hylton and Kathleen Byron.-Plot:...
  
  (1955)
• An Alligator Named Daisy
  An Alligator Named Daisy
  An Alligator Named Daisy is a 1955 British comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, James Robertson Justice, Diana Dors, Roland Culver and Stanley Holloway.-Plot:...
  
  (1955)
• Women Without Men
  Women Without Men
  Women Without Men is a 1956 British drama film directed by Elmo Williamsand Herbert Glazer and starring Beverly Michaels, Joan Rice and Hermione Baddeley. Three woman break out of prison together, for varying personal reasons...
  
  (1956)
• It's a Wonderful World
  It's a Wonderful World (1956 film)
  It's a Wonderful World is a 1956 British musical film directed by Val Guest and starring Terence Morgan, George Cole and Kathleen Harrison.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1956)
• Find the Lady
  Find the Lady (1956 film)
  Find the Lady is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks and Mervyn Johns. During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing....
  
  (1956)
• The Girl in the Picture (1957)
• The Man Without a Body
  The Man Without a Body
  The Man Without a Body is a 1957 British horror film directed by Charles Saunders and W. Lee Wilder and starring Robert Hutton, George Coulouris and Julia Arnall. A wealthy man pays a surgeon to replace his brain with that of Nostradamus. It is also known as Curse of Nostradamus.-Cast:* Robert...
  
  (1957)
• Fire Down Below
  Fire Down Below (1957 film)
  Fire Down Below is a 1957 adventure drama film starring Rita Hayworth, Jack Lemmon and Robert Mitchum and was directed by Robert Parrish.It was based on Max Catto's 1954 novel and filmed by Warwick Films on location in Trinidad and Tobago in Technicolor and CinemaScope.-Plot:After the Korean War,...
  
  (1957)
• Date with Disaster
  Date with Disaster
  Date with Disaster is a 1957 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Tom Drake, William Hartnell and Shirley Eaton. It was made at Southall Studios.-Cast:* Tom Drake as Miles* William Hartnell as Tracy* Shirley Eaton as Sue...
  
  (1957)
• Campbell's Kingdom
  Campbell's Kingdom
  Campbell's Kingdom is a 1957 British action film directed by Ralph Thomas, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. The film stars Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker, with Michael Craig, James Robertson Justice and Sid James in support...
  
  (1957)
• The Big Money
  The Big Money (film)
  The Big Money is a 1958 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee and Kathleen Harrison.-Partial cast:* Ian Carmichael - Willie Frith* Belinda Lee - Gloria* Kathleen Harrison - Mrs Frith...
  
  (1958)
• Behemoth, the Sea Monster
  Behemoth, the Sea Monster
  Behemoth, the Sea Monster is an American-British science-fiction film co-production. Originally a story about an amorphous blob of radiation, the script was changed at the distributor's insistence to a pastiche of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms , though elements of the original concept remain in...
  
  (1959)

• Life in Emergency Ward 10
  Life in Emergency Ward 10
  Life in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series Emergency – Ward 10.-Cast:*Michael Craig as Dr. Stephen Russell...
  
  (1959)
• Top Floor Girl
  Top Floor Girl
  Top Floor Girl is a 1959 British drama film directed by Max Varnel and starring Kay Callard, Neil Hallett and Robert Raikes. A ruthlessly ambitious woman becomes involved with the son of a wealthy man, but begins to have regrets about abandoning her previous lover.-Cast:* Kay Callard ... Connie*...
  
  (1959)
• The Crowning Touch
  The Crowning Touch
  The Crowning Touch is a 1959 British comedy film directed by David Eady and starring Ted Ray, Irene Handl and Greta Gynt.-Cast:* Ted Ray as Bert* Greta Gynt as Rosie* Griffith Jones as Mark* Sydney Tafler as Joe* Dermot Walsh as Aubrey Drake...
  
  (1959)
• House of Mystery (1961)
• Gorgo (1961)
• Play It Cool
  Play It Cool (film)
  Play it Cool is a 1962 British musical film directed by Michael Winner and starring Billy Fury, Michael Anderson Jr., Dennis Price, Richard Wattis and Anna Palk....
  
  (1962)
• Tarnished Heroes (1962)
• On the Beat
  On the Beat (1962 film)
  On the Beat is a 1962 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom, and directed by Robert Asher.-Plot:Norman Pitkin works at Scotland Yard as a car cleaner but dreams of becoming a policeman like his late father....
  
  (1962)
• We Shall See
  We Shall See
  We Shall See is a 1964 British drama film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook and Alec Mango. It was adapted from a 1926 novel We Shall See! by Edgar Wallace.-Partial cast:* Maurice Kaufmann - Evan Collins...
  
  (1964)
• A Shot in the Dark
  A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)
  A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. Peter Sellers is featured again as Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté...
  
  (1964)
• Fanatic
  Fanatic (1965 film)
  Fanatic is a 1965 British thriller directed by Silvio Narizzano for Hammer Films. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce, Maurice Kaufmann and Donald Sutherland....
  
  (1965)
• Circus of Fear
  Circus of Fear
  Circus of Fear is a 1966 British-German international co-production thriller film starring Christopher Lee, Suzy Kendall, Cecil Parker and Victor Maddern. The U.S. title was Psycho-Circus. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace.-Plot:...
  
  (1966)
• Man of Violence
  Man of Violence
  Man of Violence is a 1969 British crime film directed by Pete Walker and starring Michael Latimer, Hammer girls Virginia Wetherell and Luan Peters , and Derek Aylward. It is also known as Moon...
  
  (1969)
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes
  The Abominable Dr. Phibes
  The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 horror film starring Vincent Price. Its art deco sets, dark humor and performance by Price has made the film and its sequel Dr. Phibes Rises Again classics.-Plot:...
  
  (1971)
• Bloomfield
  Bloomfield (film)
  Bloomfield is a 1971 British-Israeli drama film directed by Richard Harris and Uri Zohar. It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Richard Harris – Eitan...
  
  (1971)
• Cry Wolf (1972)
• Fright
  Fright (film)
  Fright is a 1971 British thriller film starring Susan George, Ian Bannen and Honor Blackman.-Plot:Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have...
  
  (1972)
• The Vault of Horror
  The Vault of Horror (film)
  The Vault of Horror is a British portmanteau horror film made in 1973 by Amicus Productions. Like its predecessor, Tales from the Crypt, it is based on stories from the EC Comics series written by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines...
  
  (1973)
• The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
  The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
  The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It is a 1977 comedy starring John Cleese. It is a low-budget spoof of the Sherlock Holmes detective series, as well as the mystery genre in general.- Plot :...
  
  (1977)

Reference

Death:
Registration District: Fulham
County: London.
Year of Registration: 1997.
Month of Registration: September.
Date of Birth: 29 June 1927.
District No: 2281.
Reg No: 85A.
Ent No: 052.