Maurice EvansFilmography

The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything

Actors: Robert Hays

Synopsis: John D. MacDonald's offbeat semifantasy novel The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything was enjoyably hoked up for television in this "Operation Prime Time" presentation. Robert Hays stars as Kirby Winter, an unprepossessing chap who inherits a gold watch from his late uncle. Kirby soon discovers Read More

The Jerk

Actors: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward

Synopsis: Carl Reiner directs Steve Martin (who co-wrote the script with Carl Gottlieb) in this gag-laden comedy about an idiotic white man, raised by a poor family of black sharecroppers, who doesn't realize he's not black. Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) is told the horrible truth when he finds himself Read More

Columbo: Forgotten Lady

Synopsis: This 2-hour TV movie stars Janet Leigh as a onetime musical star who dreams of a comeback. Leigh's autocratic and much-older husband Sam Jaffe refuses to finance her re-entry into show business. Leigh responds by killing Jaffe and placing the blame elsewhere. The plan almost works....and then Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: School of Fear

Synopsis: Eminent Shakespearean actor Maurice Evans guest stars as Leopold Summer, a history teacher dismissed from his job because he is a firm proponent of corporal punishment. Upon learning that one of his former colleagues has been shot in a tough high school, the already disturbed Summer goes Read More

Terror in the Wax Museum

Synopsis: Murder abounds at a wax museum after the owner decides to sell it, and seemingly waxen figures come alive. By the way, are wax images normally supposed to breathe when being filmed? ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Bewitched: A Plague on Maurice and Samantha

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Maurice Evans

Synopsis: Because of her marriage to Darrin, Samantha is stripped of her powers by the Witches' Council. Unaware of Sam's plight, her father, Maurice, kisses her on the cheek and promptly loses his powers as well. Grudgingly resigning himself to the life of a mortal, Maurice makes a pest of himself Read More

Bewitched: Adam, Warlock or Washout?

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Maurice Evans

Synopsis: Samantha's father, Maurice, must prove that his grandson, Adam, is a warlock, lest the Council of Witches declare the marriage of Sam and Darrin to be null and void. In his efforts to cover up Adam's "mortal-hood," Maurice sets himself wide open for a few startling surprises. This time around, Diana Chesney Read More

Bewitched: Paris Witch's Style

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Erin Murphy

Synopsis: In the sixth episode of a seven-part story arc, Samantha and Darrin arrive in Paris, only to face the wrath of Sam's father, Maurice. Incensed that the Stephenses did not pay him a visit in London, Maurice gets his revenge by sending Darrin to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Want to bet that this Read More

Bewitched: Season 08

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis: Bewitched enters its eighth and final season with the usual dramatis personae present and accounted for: Elizabeth Montgomery as sexy, spunky witch Samantha Stephens; Dick Sargent as "Sam"'s long-suffering mortal husband, ad executive Darrin Stephens; Agnes Moorehead as Sam's imperious Read More

Bewitched: Season 07

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Maurice Evans

Synopsis: The seventh season of the fantasy sitcom Bewitched is launched by a multi-episode story arc, representing the first time that the series was filmed on location outside of Hollywood. In "To Go or Not to Go, That Is the Question," "Salem Here We Come," "Samantha's Hot Bedwarmer," and several other Read More

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Synopsis: Glenn Ford plays a man who joins a mysterious fraternity, "The Brotherhood of the Bell", while in college. Upon attaining wealth and prominence, Ford discovers that the Brotherhood has been keeping tabs on him, and expects certain favors from him in the private sector. It dawns on Ford that the Read More

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Actors: James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, Paul Richards, Charlton Heston

Synopsis: Sometime after the events of the first Planet of the Apes, the climax of which is repeated frame for frame at the beginning of this sequel, another set of astronauts arrives on the far-future Earth that is the titular planet. This time it's Brent (James Franciscus) who survives the crash landing Read More

Bewitched: Daddy Does His Thing

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: On another of his "no witchcraft" kicks, Darrin wants nothing to do with the magical cigarette lighter given to him as a birthday present by Samantha's father, Maurice. His feelings hurt, Maurice pays Darrin back for his stubborness by transforming him into a mule. This metamorphosis coincides Read More

Thin Air

Synopsis: Produced by Britain's Trigor Pictures, Thin Air stars Patrick Allen as Bob Megan, an investigator called in to solve a bizarre mystery: During training courses, British parachutists are disappearing in a strange red mist, leaving no trace. Even more mysterious is the fact that they later turn up Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Good News

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy, Maurice Evans

Synopsis: Samantha once again finds herself in the position of saving the 2,000-year-old marriage between her mother Endora and her father, Maurice. This time, the couple is squabbling over Maurice's attentions (and intentions) toward his pretty young secretary, Abigail Beecham (Janine Gray). Sam's Read More

Bewitched: Season 06

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis: Yes, that's Elizabeth Montgomery, still securely in her role as glamorous witch Samantha Stevens as the fantasy sitcom Bewitched enters its sixth season. But, gosh, doesn't Samantha's mortal husband, ad executive Darrin Stephens look a bit different this year? This, of course, is because Dick Read More

Bewitched: Darrin the Warlock

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, an enchanted pocket watch has endowed Darrin with the powers of a warlock. Alas, Darrin's newfound magical skills have gone to his head, delighting Endora and Maurice, while devastating Samantha. Clearly, Sam's parents will have to be convinced that Darrin Read More

Bewitched: Naming Samantha's New Baby

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Assuming that Samantha will name her new baby after him, Sam's father, Maurice, is outraged when Darrin declares that the child will be named after Darrin's dad, Frank. Not one to do things by halves, Maurice expresses his anger by trapping Darrin inside of a mirror. Sam saves the day by applying Read More

Bewitched: Daddy Comes to Visit

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: In this first episode of a two-part story, Samantha's father, Maurice, gives Darrin a most unusual birthday present: a pocket watch, which endows Darrin with the powers of a warlock. Mired in another troublesome ad campaign, Darrin figures that it wouldn't hurt to try out his new magical skills Read More

Bewitched: Season 05

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis: With the exception of Marion Lorne, who passed away in the spring of 1968, the familiar cast members of the fantasy sitcom Bewitched are all back on the job as the series enters its fifth season. Heading the cast as always are Elizabeth Montgomery as attractive witch Samantha "Sam" Stephens; Dick York Read More

The F.B.I.: The Intermediary

Synopsis: FBI Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) agrees to act as go-between for jeweler Victor Toler (played by eminent Shakespearian Maurice Evans), who wants to ransom a fortune in stolen diamonds. This requires the Inspector to take a crash course in the diamond business, the better to convince the Read More

Rosemary's Baby

Actors: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans

Synopsis: In Roman Polanski's first American film, adapted from Ira Levin's horror bestseller, a young wife comes to believe that her offspring is not of this world. Waifish Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her struggling actor husband, Guy (John Cassavetes), move into the Bramford, an old New York City Read More

Planet of the Apes

Actors: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore

Synopsis: Originally intended as a project for Blake Edwards, the film version of Pierre Boule's semisatiric sci-fi novel came to the screen in 1968 under the directorial guidance of Franklin J. Schaffner. Charlton Heston is George Taylor, one of several astronauts on a long, long space mission whose Read More

Jack of Diamonds

Actors: George Hamilton, Joseph Cotten, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Evans, Wolfgang Preiss

Synopsis: The success of several 1960s-era cat-burglar movies depended upon the suave and agreeable machinations of the film's antiheroic hero, as he stylishly worked to remove surplus wealth from the obscenely wealthy. That formula reaped a box-office bonanza, and here the producers are back with it again Read More

Bewitched: Season 04

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis: Sexy witch Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) continues to be compelled to cast various and sundry magical spells despite the objections of her mortal ad executive husband, Darrin Stephens (Dick York), as the fantasy sitcom Bewitched enters its fourth season. Also returning for more fun Read More

Los Traidores de San Angel

Actors: Ian Hendry, Graciela Borges, Maurice Evans, Enrique Lucero

Synopsis: Henchmen of the dictator from an unnamed South American country blackmail Nick Thomas (Ian Hendry) into being a government spy. The former smuggler is to pose as a priest and enter a monastery thought to be sympathetic with rebel guerillas. For his compliancy, Nick is supposed to receive money and Read More

Bewitched: Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Samantha's mother, Endora, and aunts, Enchantra (Estelle Winwood) and Hagatha (Reta Shaw), want to take baby Tabitha away to a school for witches. With nowhere else to turn, Sam begs her warlock father, Maurice, to prevent the ladies from carrying out their plans. They receive unexpected and Read More

Bewitched: Season 03

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis: Season three of the fantasy sitcom Bewitched not only marks the series' switchover from black-and-white to color, but also introduces several new regular and recurring actors. Joining series stars Elizabeth Montgomery (as glamorous witch Samantha Stephens), Dick York (as Samantha's nervous mortal Read More

One of Our Spies Is Missing

Actors: Leo G. Carroll, David McCallum, Robert Vaughn

Synopsis: One of Our Spies is Missing was cobbled together from a two-part episode of the American TV series Man From UNCLE, then shipped overseas as a feature film. Robert Vaughn and David McCallum head the cast as Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin, U.N.C.L.E's top agents. The original two-parter, "The Read More

Bewitched: My Grandson, the Warlock

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Maurice Evans, David White

Synopsis: Samantha's warlock father, Maurice, pays a visit to his expectant daughter. Unfortunately, Maurice mistakes the Tates' infant son for his own, yet unborn grandson. Taking the baby under his wing (so to speak), Maurice determines to instruct the child in the fine art of witchcraft. Unfortunately Read More

Bewitched: Season 02

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis: The big news in season two of Bewitched is the birth of Tabitha Stephens, the daughter of attractive witch Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) and her mortal ad executive husband, Darrin Stevens (Dick York). The big event occurs in the episode titled "And Then There Were Three," originally Read More

The War Lord

Actors: Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth, Maurice Evans, Guy Stockwell

Synopsis: The painstakingly accurate historical drama The War Lord is predicated on the old practice of le droit du seigneur. Norman knight Charlton Heston, in charge of an 11th century Druid community, exercises his right to claim bride Rosemary Forsyth on the night of her wedding to James Farentino. Read More

Bewitched: Season 01

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis: Filmed in black-and-white, the first season of Bewitched got under way just after the wedding of Darrin and Samantha Stephens (Dick York and Elizabeth Montgomery). The first major crisis in the marriage arises when "Sam" calmly informs her ad executive hubby, Darrin, that she is a witch -- "a Read More

Bewitched: Just One Happy Family

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Maurice Evans, David White

Synopsis: Maurice Evans makes his first series appearance as Samantha's father, powerful warlock Maurice. Paying a surprise visit to Sam, Maurice is delighted that his daughter has gotten married. But he is somewhat less than delighted to learn that his new son-in-law is a mere mortal. Such is the extent of Read More

Gli Invasori

Actors: Cameron Mitchell, Andrea Checchi, Françoise Christophe, Giorgio Ardisson

Synopsis: Italian director Mario Bava took a brief hiatus from horror films to make this fairly interesting Viking-themed adventure. Iron (Cameron Mitchell) is a Viking leader whose long-lost brother Erik (Giorgio Ardisson) was raised by Queen Alice of England. Alice's counselor, Gunnar (Andrea Checchi) Read More

Macbeth

Actors: Malcolm Keen, Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson, Michael Hordern, Ian Bannen, Felix Aylmer

Synopsis: Breaking with their usual videotape tradition, the producers of NBC television's Hallmark Hall of Fame decided to commit its 1960 production of Macbeth to film. Maurice Evans stars as the fatally ambitious Scots warrior, with Judith Anderson as Lady MacBeth and Malcolm Keen as Duncan, whom MacBeth Read More

The Tempest

Synopsis: William Shakespeare's last completed play The Tempest was pared down to 90 minutes for this full-color TV adaptation. Maurice Evans stars as Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, who was usurped by his brother Antonio (William H. Bassett) and exiled to an enchanted island. Living in seclusion with Read More

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Man and Superman

Synopsis: Maurice Evans adapted his 1947 Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's 1903 stage comedy Man and Superman for this 90-minute Hallmark Hall of Fame special. Evans himself played the obligatory "voice of Shaw" character, a confirmed bachelor named John Tanner. Despite his witty (and amusingly Read More

The Great Gilbert and Sullivan

Actors: Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie, Peter Finch, Martyn Green

Synopsis: Robert Morley and Maurice Evans play W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, 19th-century composers of such imperishable comic operettas as H.M.S. Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Much is made of the inescapable fact that Gilbert and Sullivan grew to dislike each other intensely. Also Read More

Androcles and the Lion

Actors: Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans

Synopsis: With George Bernard Shaw safely in his grave, RKO chief Howard Hughes had no qualms about twisting and bending Shaw's Androcles & the Lion to accommodate his own notions of entertainment. Happier, wiser heads prevailed before the Hughes-commissioned "Vestal Virgins" sequence, complete with Read More

Kind Lady

Actors: Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn, Betsy Blair

Synopsis: This remake of the 1935 version is considered far superior to the original. It is the harrowing story of a kindly old British woman with a love of art who is tricked into allowing an artist, his wife, and another couple into staying in her house. They then begin holding her prisoner in her home Read More

Checkmate

Scrooge

Actors: Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran, Mary Glynne, Garry Marsh

Synopsis: Starring Seymour Hicks as the title character, Scrooge is a faithful adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol about a heartless miser who discovers the true meaning of Christmas when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. Hicks co-wrote the screenplay to this film Read More

Bypass to Happiness

The Path of Glory

Synopsis: In this satire, two mythical countries decide to bolster their flagging economies by declaring war on each other. The trouble is, neither side wants to win. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Ich und Die Kaiserin

Actors: Mady Christians, Lilian Harvey

Synopsis: In this musical the Empress' hairdresser finds herself mistaken for the Empress by a deranged aristocrat. Mayhem and music ensues as she tries to convince him otherwise. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Heart Song

Actors: Lilian Harvey, Charles Boyer, O.B. Clarence, Ernst Thesiger

Synopsis: In this British romance, a German duke falls passionately in love with the owner of a beautiful singing voice, even though he has never seen her. When he first hears it, the duke assumes that it belongs to the empress. The voice actually belongs to her hairdresser. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

Wedding Rehearsal

Actors: George Grossmith, Roland Young, John Loder, Lady Tree, Merle Oberon

Synopsis: Quite popular when first released, Wedding Rehearsal is a bit obscure today, which is a shame when one considers the talented cast and production staff. Roland Young plays a diffident aristocrat who is pressured to marry by his veddy proper family. Imagine their shock when Young falls in love with Read More

Marry Me

Actors: George Robey, Ian Hunter, Harry Green, Renate Muller

Synopsis: Muller becomes the housekeeper of the man she loves, a member of Berlin society, in this romantic comedy. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Should a Doctor Tell?

Actors: Norah Baring, Basil Gill, Gladys Jennings, Maurice Evans, Anna Neagle

Synopsis: Dr. Bruce Smith (Basil Gill) refuses to violate his Hippocratic oath of secrecy by testifying in a divorce case. This earns him widespread public approval but ends up boomeranging on him when he learns that his son Roger's (Maurice Evans) fiancee Joan (Norah Murray) is pregnant with another man's Read More

Raise the Roof

Synopsis: In this musical, an amiable rich boy takes charge of a failing musical revue. His father disapproves of the venture and hires the show's star to ruin the production. Fortunately, another cast member is on the young man's side and convinces the fellow's manipulative father to let the boy give the Read More

White Cargo

Actors: Leslie Faber, Maurice Evans, Sebastian Smith, Humberston Wright

Synopsis: Viewers familiar with the exotic (if toned-down) 1942 MGM film version of Leon Gordon's lurid stage play White Cargo might be surprised to discover that the property was previously filmed in England in 1929. A young and handsome Maurice Evans stars as Langford, the wimpish naif who arrives in Read More