Background
Manson was born Moritz Levine in Toronto, Ontario, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents.
Manson was born Moritz Levine in Toronto, Ontario, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents.
He moved to New York City to become an actor and worked steadily on and off Broadway throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s. Among his credits were productions of Othello and Macbeth at the Barrymore Theater. In the 1950s, he moved to Hollywood, California, and was cast mostly in small roles.
He appeared in films such as Hellcats of the Navy and The Spirit of Saint Louis.
He also appeared on The Americans, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Leave lieutenant To Beaver, and The Munsters.TV series Gunsmoke. Mary of Scotland (1933) as a page and as Graeme a sergeant.