Maurice Cass

From Wikipedia Maurice Cass was a character actor in numerous films and television shows Born in Lithuania he came to the US to pursue an acting career His slight build frizzy hair and pincenez glasses cast him as the absent minded professor or eccentric scientist type in many of his films such as the character who discovers the element kryptonite in Adventures of Superman He is best remembered for his role as Professor Newton in the 1954 TV science fiction series Rocky Jones Space Ranger