Morris Ankrum
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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.
Known for
Credits
Chain Lightning (1950)
as Ed Bostwick
Swing Fever (1943)
as Dan Conlon
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Desire Me (1947)
as Hector Martin
My Favorite Spy (1951)
as Gen. Frazer
In a Lonely Place (1950)
as Lloyd Barnes
Roxie Hart (1942)
as Martin S. Harrison
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
as Judge (uncredited)
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957)
as Dr. Carl Jordan
Phantoms, Inc. (1945)
as Narrator (voice)
Vera Cruz (1954)
as Gen. Ramírez
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)
as Sheriff
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
as Brig. Gen. John Hanley
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)
Courage of Lassie (1946)
as Farmer Crews
Apache (1954)
as Dawson
Son of Ali Baba (1952)
as Ali Baba
Road Agent (1941)
as Big John Morgan
Invaders from Mars (1953)
as Col. Fielding
Good News (1947)
as Dean Griswold
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
as Inspector (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Willoughby Peavy
Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
as Navy Captain
Two Guns and a Badge (1954)
as Sheriff Jackson
Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
Rocketship X-M (1950)
as Dr. Ralph Fleming
Hiawatha (1952)
as Iagoo
We Were Strangers (1949)
as M. Seymour
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
as Washington Press Correspondent
Purity Squad (1945)
as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
Joan of Arc (1948)
as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain
The Fountainhead (1949)
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake (1946)
as Eugene Grayson
The Silver Star (1955)
as Charlie Childress
Along the Great Divide (1951)
as Ed Roden
The Green Years (1946)
as Dr. Galbraith
Time to Kill (1942)
as Alexander Morny
Guns of Diablo (1964)
as Ray Macklin
Tower of London (1962)
as The Archbishop
Fighting Back (1948)
as Robert J. Higby
The Harvey Girls (1946)
as Reverend Claggett
Duel on the Mississippi (1955)
as Magistrate (uncredited)
Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
as Red Cloud
The Giant Claw (1957)
as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as A.J. Crane
The Steel Cage (1954)
as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"
I Beheld His Glory (1953)
as Peter
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
as Ace Anderson
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come (1961)
as Gen. Lew Wallace
The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
as Dr. Wilson
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
as Grey Eagle
Little Mister Jim (1947)
as Col. W.I. Starwell
Fall Guy (1945)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
as Jim Whitehead
Souvenirs of Death (1948)
as Gangster (uncredited)
The Man Behind The Gun (1953)
as Bram Creegan
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
as J.I. 'Pop' Jones
Down Liberty Road (1957)
as Fred Schroder
Beginning of the End (1957)
as Gen. John Hanson
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
as Dr. Jonathan Eggert
Colorado Territory (1949)
as United States Marshal
The Last Command (1955)
Actor
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
as Mr. Graham
Reunion in France (1942)
as Martin
This Woman Is Mine (1941)
as Roussel
Silver Lode (1954)
as Zachary Evans
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Judge
Adventure (1945)
as Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited)
Kronos (1957)
as Dr. Albert Stern
High Wall (1947)
as Dr. Stanley Griffin
Drums Across the River (1954)
as Chief Ouray
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
as Judge Parker
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
as Wood
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Second Outlaw
Mutiny (1952)
as Capt. Radford
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
as Mr. Jones
Fort Osage (1952)
as Arthur Pickett
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
as Hugh Wagner
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
as Assistant District Attorney
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
as Ed Scofield
No Man's Woman (1955)
as Capt. Hostedder
The Heavenly Body (1944)
as Dr. Green
The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)
as Bo Slauter
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Gen. Wade
Red Planet Mars (1952)
as Secretary of Defense Sparks
The Desperados Are in Town (1956)
as Mr. Rutherford
Three Men from Texas (1940)
as Bruce Morgan
Devil's Canyon (1953)
as Ed
Doomed Caravan (1941)
as Stephen Westcott
Southwest Passage (1954)
as Dr. Stanton
Borderline (1950)
as Bill Whittaker
Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961)
as Capt. Davis
Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
Twilight for the Gods (1958)
as Sea Captain
Giant from the Unknown (1958)
as Dr. Frederick Cleveland
Short Grass (1950)
as Hal Fenton
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
as Narrator (unconfirmed)
Crashout (1955)
as Head Guard
Three Young Texans (1954)
as Jeff Blair
Flight to Mars (1951)
as Ikron
Omar Khayyam (1957)
as Sharain's Father
The Raiders (1952)
as Thomas Ainsworth
Gentle Annie (1944)
as Deputy Gansby
The Moonlighter (1953)
as Alexander Prince
Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)
as Doc Phillips
The Eternal Sea (1955)
as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
Hell's Crossroads (1957)
as Wheeler
A Star Shall Rise (1952)
as King Herod
Hills of Old Wyoming (1937)
as Andrews
Drango (1957)
as Henry Calder
How to Make a Monster (1958)
as Police Capt. Hancock
Arena (1953)
as Bucky Hillberry
The Mighty McGurk (1947)
as Fowles
Cynthia (1947)
as Mr. Phillips, Principal
For the Love of Mary (1948)
as Adm. Walton
Frontier Gun (1958)
as Andrew Barton
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
as Col. Demas (uncredited)
Young and Wild (1958)
as Police Capt. Egan
Fort Vengeance (1953)
as Chief Crowfoot
The Light of Western Stars (1940)
as Nat Hayworth
Let's Face It (1943)
as Man in Sun Shell Cafe
Because of You (1952)
as Dr. Travis
Best Foot Forward (1943)
as Col. Harkrider
The Outlaw Stallion (1954)
as Sheriff
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
as Jefferson Davis
Southside 1-1000 (1950)
as Eugene Deane
The Power of the Resurrection (1958)
as Annas
Mexican Manhunt (1953)
as Tip Morgan
Dixie Dugan (1943)
as Editor
The Bandit Trail (1941)
as Red Haggerty
Wide Open Town (1941)
as Jim Stuart
Badman's Country (1958)
as Mayor Coleman
North of the Rio Grande (1937)
as Henry Stoneham
Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956)
as Col. Harry Conover
Dark Shadows (1944)
as Lt. Pat McKay
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story (1955)
as Azar the Shepherd
Naked Gun (1956)
as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)
Pirates on Horseback (1941)
as Ace Gibson
Rustlers' Valley (1937)
as Glen Randall
Cherokee Strip (1940)
as Hawk Barrett
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
as Alec Veeder
Sky Commando (1953)
as Gen. W.R. Combs
Main Street Today (1944)
as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
In Old Colorado (1941)
as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman
The Hidden Eye (1945)
as Ferris (henchman)
Rationing (1944)
as Morgan
The Roundup (1941)
as 'Parenthesis'
Borderland (1937)
as Loco
Border Vigilantes (1941)
as Dan Forbes
When Gangland Strikes (1956)
as Leo Fantzler
The Showdown (1940)
as Baron Rendor
Knights of the Range (1940)
as Gamecock
The Lion Hunters (1951)
as Tom Forbes
The Omaha Trail (1942)
as Henchman Job
Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)
as Blackie Felton
Flight Nurse (1953)
as Interrogation Officer
Return from Nowhere (1944)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Trail Dust (1936)
as Tex Anderson
Meet the People (1944)
as Monte Rowland
The Fabulous Fraud (1948)
as Blind Girl's Father