Maurice Curtis

Maurice Curtis
Born
Mauritz Bertram Strelinger

1849
Nagyselmec, Kingdom of Hungary (now Liptovská Štiavnica, Slovakia)
Diedc. 1920 (aged 70–71)
Criminal chargeMurder
Criminal statusAcquitted

Maurice Curtis (1849 – 1920), stage name M. B. Curtis, was an American stage actor, producer, and real estate developer, at one point tried and acquitted of a policeman's murder. He achieved fame in the title role of George H. Jessop's 1881 play Sam'l of Posen; or, The Commercial Drummer.