Morris Ankrum
Age: N/A | From: Danville, Illinois, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Morris Nussbaum , Morris Winslow Ankrum , Morrie Ankrum , Morri Ankrum , Stephen Morris
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Danville, Illinois, USA
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Movie Involvements: 132
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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 movies. One standout role was in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's production of Tennessee Johnson (1942), a biographical film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th U.S. president. As Sen. Jefferson Davis, Ankrum movingly addresses the United States Senate upon his resignation to lead the Confederate States of America as that republic's first—and only—president. Ankrum's film career was extensive and spanned 30 years. His credits were largely concentrated in the western and science-fiction genres. Ankrum appeared in such westerns as Ride 'Em Cowboy in 1942, Vera Cruz opposite Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, Apache (1954), and Cattle Queen of Montana with Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Reagan. In the sci-fi genre, he appeared in Rocketship X-M (1950), Flight to Mars (1951), as a Martian, Red Planet Mars (1952), playing the United States Secretary of Defense; the cult classic Invaders From Mars (1953), playing a United States Army officer; and as an Army general in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956). In 1957 he played a psychiatrist in the cult sci-fi classic Kronos and had military-officer roles in Beginning of the End and The Giant Claw.
Most Famous Work
Gunsmoke
(1955) Merle
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
(1956) Brig. Gen. John Hanley
M Squad
(1957) Police Inspector Dean
In a Lonely Place
(1950) Lloyd Barnes
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1946) Judge (uncredited)
Apache
(1954) Dawson
Invaders from Mars
(1953) Col. Fielding
Vera Cruz
(1954) Gen. RamírezActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1964 | Ray Macklin | |
| 1963 | Mr. Bowhead (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | The Archbishop | |
| 1961 | Capt. Davis | |
| Gen. Lew Wallace | ||
| 1960 | Walter Harwood | |
| 1958 | Dr. Carl Jordan | |
| President Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited) | ||
| Andrew Barton | ||
| Bo Slauter | ||
| N/A | ||
| Narrator (unconfirmed) | ||
| Sea Captain | ||
| Mayor Coleman | ||
| Police Capt. Hancock | ||
| Police Capt. Egan | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Frederick Cleveland | ||
| Annas | ||
| 1957 | Joshua Haines | |
| Police Inspector Dean | ||
| Sharain's Father | ||
| Gen. John Hanson | ||
| Lt. Gen. Edward Considine | ||
| Dr. Albert Stern | ||
| Wheeler | ||
| Dr. Jonathan Eggert | ||
| Henry Calder | ||
| 1956 | Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum) | |
| Mr. Rutherford | ||
| Gen. Wade | ||
| Brig. Gen. John Hanley | ||
| Col. Harry Conover | ||
| Leo Fantzler | ||
| Doc Phillips | ||
| 1955 | Capt. Hostedder | |
| Judge Parker | ||
| Magistrate (uncredited) | ||
| Merle | ||
| N/A | ||
| Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble | ||
| Charlie Childress | ||
| Red Cloud | ||
| Head Guard | ||
| Azar the Shepherd | ||
| 1954 | Gen. Ramírez | |
| Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages" | ||
| Jeff Blair | ||
| J.I. 'Pop' Jones | ||
| Sheriff Jackson | ||
| Zachary Evans | ||
| Dawson | ||
| Sheriff | ||
| Chief Ouray | ||
| Dr. Stanton | ||
| Grey Eagle | ||
| 1953 | Interrogation Officer | |
| Alexander Prince | ||
| Tip Morgan | ||
| Gen. W.R. Combs | ||
| Ed | ||
| Bucky Hillberry | ||
| Col. Fielding | ||
| Peter | ||
| Chief Crowfoot | ||
| Bram Creegan | ||
| 1952 | Iagoo | |
| King Herod | ||
| Dr. Travis | ||
| Thomas Ainsworth | ||
| Warden | ||
| Mr. Mason | ||
| Mr. Raymond | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ali Baba | ||
| Secretary of Defense Sparks | ||
| Capt. Radford | ||
| Arthur Pickett | ||
| 1951 | Gen. Frazer | |
| Ikron | ||
| Hugh Wagner | ||
| Ed Roden | ||
| Navy Captain | ||
| Tom Forbes | ||
| Sheriff | ||
| 1950 | Hal Fenton | |
| Eugene Deane | ||
| Dr. Ralph Fleming | ||
| Lloyd Barnes | ||
| Jim Whitehead | ||
| Bill Whittaker | ||
| Ed Bostwick | ||
| 1949 | Prosecutor (uncredited) | |
| United States Marshal | ||
| M. Seymour | ||
| Mr. Jones | ||
| 1948 | Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain | |
| Adm. Walton | ||
| Blind Girl's Father | ||
| Robert J. Higby | ||
| Gangster (uncredited) | ||
| 1947 | Dr. Stanley Griffin | |
| Dean Griswold | ||
| Hector Martin | ||
| Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Phillips, Principal | ||
| Inspector (uncredited) | ||
| A.J. Crane | ||
| Col. W.I. Starwell | ||
| Fowles | ||
| 1946 | Eugene Grayson | |
| Farmer Crews | ||
| Dr. Wilson | ||
| Judge (uncredited) | ||
| Rev. Claggett | ||
| 1945 | Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited) | |
| Dr. Adams (uncredited) | ||
| Ferris (henchman) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| District Attorney (uncredited) | ||
| 1944 | Willoughby Peavy | |
| Lt. Pat McKay | ||
| Deputy Gansby | ||
| Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited) | ||
| Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| Alec Veeder | ||
| Ed Scofield | ||
| Monte Rowland | ||
| Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited) | ||
| Morgan | ||
| Dr. Green | ||
| 1943 | Dan Conlon | |
| Col. Harkrider | ||
| Editor | ||
| 1942 | Martin | |
| Alexander Morny | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| Henchman Job | ||
| Mr. Graham | ||
| Judge | ||
| Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence) | ||
| Wood | ||
| Martin S. Harrison | ||
| Ace Anderson | ||
| 1941 | Big John Morgan | |
| Assistant District Attorney | ||
| Red Haggerty | ||
| Roussel | ||
| Jim Stuart | ||
| Ace Gibson | ||
| Dan Forbes | ||
| 'Parenthesis' | ||
| Weiler, Davidson's Foreman | ||
| Stephen Westcott | ||
| 1940 | Bruce Morgan | |
| Hawk Barrett | ||
| Second Outlaw | ||
| Nat Hayworth | ||
| Baron Rendor | ||
| Gamecock | ||
| 1937 | Glen Randall | |
| Henry Stoneham | ||
| Andrews | ||
| Loco | ||
| 1936 | Tex Anderson | |
| Blackie Felton | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
