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