Maurice Tarplin (April 1, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts – May 12, 1975) was an American novelist and a radio actor best known as the narrator of The Mysterious Traveler, employing a voice once described as "eerily sardonic.

[2] He was heard on numerous other shows, including Valiant Lady,[3] The Shadow, Theater Five, The March of Time (as Winston Churchill),[4] Gangbusters[5] and various soap operas.

On Myrt and Marge he played Barnie Belzer, and he was in several episodes of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.

[6] Tarplin's novel, Seven Casks of Death, was published in the June 1948 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine.

In later years, Tarplin did voiceovers for TV commercials and worked on the English language soundtracks for foreign films.