Morris Ankrum

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-08-28 (68 years old)

Deathday

1964-09-02

Place of Birth

Danville, Illinois, USA

Morris Ankrum

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morris Ankrum (born Morris Nussbaum, August 28, 1896 – September 2, 1964) was an American radio, television and film character actor. Before signing with Paramount Pictures in the 1930s, Nussbaum had already changed his last name to Ankrum. Upon signing with the studio, he chose to use the name "Stephen Morris" before changing it to Morris Ankrum in 1939. Ankrum's stern visage and sharply defined features helped cast him in supporting roles as stalwart authority figures, including scientists, military men (particularly army officers), judges and even psychiatrists in more than 150 films, mostly B movie...

Acting

1946

Lady in the Lake

as Eugene Grayson

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1953

Invaders from Mars

as Col. Fielding

1945

Fall Guy

as District Attorney (uncredited)

1941

I Wake Up Screaming

as Assistant District Attorney

1944

The Heavenly Body

as Dr. Green

1946

The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Judge (uncredited)

1958

Young and Wild

as Police Capt. Egan

1955

Crashout

as Head Guard

1947

High Wall

as Dr. Stanley Griffin

1954

Silver Lode

as Zachary Evans

1949

Colorado Territory

as United States Marshal

1957

The Giant Claw

as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine

1950

The Damned Don't Cry

as Jim Whitehead

1951

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Willoughby Peavy

1954

Apache

as Dawson

1955

Tennessee's Partner

as Judge Parker

1951

1957

Kronos

as Dr. Albert Stern

1946

Courage of Lassie

as Farmer Crews

1950

Rocketship X-M

as Dr. Ralph Fleming

1957

Zombies of Mora Tau

as Dr. Jonathan Eggert

1958

From the Earth to the Moon

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1958

Twilight for the Gods

as Sea Captain

1961

1950

Borderline

as Bill Whittaker

1950

In a Lonely Place

as Lloyd Barnes

1957

Beginning of the End

as Gen. John Hanson

1950

Southside 1-1000

as Eugene Deane

1956

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

as Brig. Gen. John Hanley

1956

When Gangland Strikes

as Leo Fantzler

1942

Time to Kill

as Alexander Morny

1949

We Were Strangers

as M. Seymour

1941

Doomed Caravan

as Stephen Westcott

1940

The Showdown

as Baron Rendor

1941

In Old Colorado

as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman

1941

1940

Three Men from Texas

as Bruce Morgan

1941

Wide Open Town

as Jim Stuart

1936

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

as Blackie Felton

1937

North of the Rio Grande

as Henry Stoneham

1937

Rustlers' Valley

as Glen Randall

1937

Borderland

as Loco

1955

Duel on the Mississippi

as Magistrate (uncredited)

1937

1936

Trail Dust

as Tex Anderson

1954

1958

Giant from the Unknown

as Dr. Frederick Cleveland

1955

No Man's Woman

as Capt. Hostedder

1952

Son of Ali Baba

as Ali Baba

1942

Roxie Hart

as Martin S. Harrison

1953

The Man Behind The Gun

as Bram Creegan

1964

Guns of Diablo

as Ray Macklin

1945

The Hidden Eye

as Ferris (henchman)

1950

Chain Lightning

as Ed Bostwick

1953

Sky Commando

as Gen. W.R. Combs

1951

My Favorite Spy

as Gen. Frazer

1944

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)

1954

1956

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

as Col. Harry Conover

1952

Hiawatha

as Iagoo

1954

The Steel Cage

as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"

1946

1958

How to Make a Monster

as Police Capt. Hancock

1957

1948

The Fabulous Fraud

as Blind Girl's Father

1943

Swing Fever

as Dan Conlon

1944

Rationing

as Morgan

1947

Desire Me

as Hector Martin

1951

The Lion Hunters

as Tom Forbes

1952

Mutiny

as Capt. Radford

1952

Because of You

as Dr. Travis

1945

Adventure

as Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited)

1947

Cynthia

as Mr. Phillips, Principal

1954

Southwest Passage

as Dr. Stanton

1955

The Eternal Sea

as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble

1947

Good News

as Dean Griswold

1957

Omar Khayyam

as Sharain's Father

1956

Fury at Gunsight Pass

as Doc Phillips

1948

For the Love of Mary

as Adm. Walton

1953

Fort Vengeance

as Chief Crowfoot

1944

Barbary Coast Gent

as Alec Veeder

1952

The Raiders

as Thomas Ainsworth

1952

A Star Shall Rise

as King Herod

1955

1948

Fighting Back

as Robert J. Higby

1944

Gentle Annie

as Deputy Gansby

1952

Fort Osage

as Arthur Pickett

1943

Dixie Dugan

as Editor

1942

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Ace Anderson

1953

Flight Nurse

as Interrogation Officer

1963

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)

1944

Dark Shadows

as Lt. Pat McKay

1943

Best Foot Forward

as Col. Harkrider

1954

Two Guns and a Badge

as Sheriff Jackson

1940

Cherokee Strip

as Hawk Barrett

1945

Purity Squad

as Dr. Adams (uncredited)

1957

Drango

as Henry Calder

1944

Meet the People

as Monte Rowland

1953

The Moonlighter

as Alexander Prince

1951

1947

Merton of the Movies

as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)

1941

The Bandit Trail

as Red Haggerty

1942

The Omaha Trail

as Henchman Job

1958

Curse of the Faceless Man

as Narrator (unconfirmed)

1953

Mexican Manhunt

as Tip Morgan

1940

Light of Western Stars

as Nat Hayworth

1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

as Second Outlaw

1962

Tower of London

as The Archbishop

1940

1954

Vera Cruz

as Gen. Ramírez

1945

Phantoms, Inc.

as Narrator (voice)

1950

Short Grass

as Hal Fenton

1942

1953

1941

1941

Border Vigilantes

as Dan Forbes

1941

The Roundup

as 'Parenthesis'

1949

1953

Arena

as Bucky Hillberry

1955

The Silver Star

as Charlie Childress

1954

Cattle Queen of Montana

as J.I. 'Pop' Jones

1954

1958

Badman's Country

as Mayor Coleman

1956

1954

Three Young Texans

as Jeff Blair

1958

1958

Frontier Gun

as Andrew Barton

1956

Naked Gun

as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)

1947

Little Mister Jim

as Col. W.I. Starwell

1947

1951

Fighting Coast Guard

as Navy Captain

1944

Return from Nowhere

as Doctor (uncredited)

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as Inspector (uncredited)

1955

Chief Crazy Horse

as Red Cloud

1944

Main Street Today

as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)

1948

Souvenirs of Death

as Gangster (uncredited)

1949

The Fountainhead

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

1956

1942

1952

Red Planet Mars

as Secretary of Defense Sparks

1958

Tarawa Beachhead

as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)

1948

Joan of Arc

as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain

1942

Tennessee Johnson

as Jefferson Davis

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence)

1946

The Harvey Girls

as Rev. Claggett

1947

The Sea of Grass

as A.J. Crane

1941

Road Agent

as Big John Morgan

1934

Stand Up and Cheer!

as Washington Press Correspondent

1946

The Green Years

as Dr. Galbraith

1943

Let's Face It

as Man in Sun Shell Cafe

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