Maurice Tenwright — Fugitives for a Night Character Profile

About Maurice Tenwright

A manipulative studio boss who demotes Matt Ryan and assigns him to Dennis Poole. He instructs Ryan to extract Poole from an illegal gambling club but is fatally shot during a police raid when the lights go out.

Character Facts

Played by

Russell Hicks

Appears in

Fugitives for a Night (1938)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Maurice Tenwright — Professional Boss — Matt Ryan (Frank Albertson)

  Studio boss and subordinate relationship defined by managerial control.

• Maurice Tenwright — Professional Subordinate — Ann Wray (Eleanor Lynn)

  Employment relationship within the studio publicity department.

• Maurice Tenwright — Conflict Estranged Boss — John Nelson (Allan Lane)

  Professional relationship fractured by Nelson's departure from the studio.

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More characters from Fugitives for a Night

• Matt Ryan (Frank Albertson)
• Ann Wray (Eleanor Lynn)
• Eileen Baker (Adrienne Ames)
• Police Captain (Jonathan Hale)
• Dennis Poole (Bradley Page)
• John Nelson (Allan Lane)
• Doorman at Jericho Club (Stanley Blystone)
• Tootsies, Car Rental Man (Johnny Arthur)
• Monks (Paul Guilfoyle)
• Gambler in Fake Fight (Ward Bond)
• Man Greeting Nelson on Studio Lot (Donald Kerr)
• Extra at Jericho Club (James Conaty)