Maurice Podbrey CM (born April 25, 1934) is a South African actor and theatre director.

He has spent much of his career in Canada, where he co-founded and was the artistic director of the English-language Centaur Theatre in Montreal.

His father had had Bundist sympathies and his politics influenced his children; Podbrey's sister Pauline later became a trade union organiser.

He briefly served as the artistic director for the Chester Playhouse before moving again to Montreal in 1967, when he was invited to join the National Theatre School of Canada as an instructor.

Podbrey held his position as artistic director of the Centaur until his retirement in 1997, when he was succeeded by Gordon McCall.