Morris Ankrum
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 28, 1896
Day of Death: September 2, 1964 (68 years old)
Place of Birth: Danville, Illinois, USA
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.
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Actor Police Capt. Egan
Young and Wild
Actor President Ulysses S. Grant
From the Earth to the Moon
Actor Sea Captain
Twilight for the Gods
Actor Dr. Frederick Cleveland
Giant from the Unknown
Actor Dr. Carl Jordan
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Actor Police Capt. Hancock
How to Make a Monster
Actor Narrator (unconfirmed)
Curse of the Faceless Man
Actor Annas
The Power of the Resurrection
Actor Mayor Coleman
Badman's Country
Actor Bo Slauter
The Saga of Hemp Brown
Actor Andrew Barton
Frontier Gun
Actor Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
Tarawa Beachhead
1957
1956
Actor Brig. Gen. John Hanley
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Actor Leo Fantzler
When Gangland Strikes
Actor Col. Harry Conover
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
Actor Doc Phillips
Fury at Gunsight Pass
Actor Mr. Rutherford
The Desperados Are in Town
Actor Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)
Naked Gun
Actor Gen. Wade
Walk the Proud Land
1955
Actor Head Guard
Crashout
Actor Judge Parker
Tennessee's Partner
Actor
The Last Command
Actor Magistrate (uncredited)
Duel on the Mississippi
Actor Capt. Hostedder
No Man's Woman
Actor Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
The Eternal Sea
Actor Azar the Shepherd
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
Actor Charlie Childress
The Silver Star
Actor Red Cloud
Chief Crazy Horse
1954
Actor Zachary Evans
Silver Lode
Actor Dawson
Apache
Actor Grey Eagle
Taza, Son of Cochise
Actor Chief Ouray
Drums Across the River
Actor Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"
The Steel Cage
Actor Dr. Stanton
Southwest Passage
Actor Sheriff Jackson
Two Guns and a Badge
Actor Gen. Ramírez
Vera Cruz
Actor J.I. 'Pop' Jones
Cattle Queen of Montana
Actor Sheriff
The Outlaw Stallion
Actor Jeff Blair
Three Young Texans
1953
Actor Col. Fielding
Invaders from Mars
Actor Bram Creegan
The Man Behind The Gun
Actor Gen. W.R. Combs
Sky Commando
Actor Ed
Devil's Canyon
Actor Chief Crowfoot
Fort Vengeance
Actor Interrogation Officer
Flight Nurse
Actor Alexander Prince
The Moonlighter
Actor Tip Morgan
Mexican Manhunt
Actor Peter
I Beheld His Glory
Actor Bucky Hillberry
Arena
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
Actor Dr. Stanley Griffin
High Wall
Actor Hector Martin
Desire Me
Actor Mr. Phillips, Principal
Cynthia
Actor Dean Griswold
Good News
Actor Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
Actor Col. W.I. Starwell
Little Mister Jim
Actor Fowles
The Mighty McGurk
Actor Inspector (uncredited)
Song of the Thin Man
Actor A.J. Crane
The Sea of Grass
1946
1945
1944
Actor Dr. Green
The Heavenly Body
Actor Willoughby Peavy
The Thin Man Goes Home
Actor Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Actor Morgan
Rationing
Actor Alec Veeder
Barbary Coast Gent
Actor Deputy Gansby
Gentle Annie
Actor Lt. Pat McKay
Dark Shadows
Actor Monte Rowland
Meet the People
Actor Ed Scofield
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Actor Doctor (uncredited)
Return from Nowhere
Actor Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
Main Street Today
1943
1942
Actor Alexander Morny
Time to Kill
Actor Martin S. Harrison
Roxie Hart
Actor Ace Anderson
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Actor Henchman Job
The Omaha Trail
Actor Mr. Graham
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Actor Judge
Tales of Manhattan
Actor Wood
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Actor Martin
Reunion in France
Actor Jefferson Davis
Tennessee Johnson
Actor Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence)
Tales of Manhattan
1941
Actor Assistant District Attorney
I Wake Up Screaming
Actor Stephen Westcott
Doomed Caravan
Actor Weiler, Davidson's Foreman
In Old Colorado
Actor Ace Gibson
Pirates on Horseback
Actor Jim Stuart
Wide Open Town
Actor Red Haggerty
The Bandit Trail
Actor Roussel
This Woman Is Mine
Actor Dan Forbes
Border Vigilantes
Actor 'Parenthesis'
The Roundup
Actor Big John Morgan
Road Agent
