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Birthday
August 28, 1896
Day of Death
1964-09-02
(68 years old)
Place of Birth
Danville, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Morris Nussbaum
Morris Winslow Ankrum
Morrie Ankrum
Morri Ankrum
Stephen Morris
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.
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1958
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Dr. Carl Jordan
From the Earth to the Moon
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Tarawa Beachhead
as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
Frontier Gun
as Andrew Barton
The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Bo Slauter
Curse of the Faceless Man
as Narrator (unconfirmed)
Twilight for the Gods
as Sea Captain
Badman's Country
as Mayor Coleman
How to Make a Monster
as Police Capt. Hancock
Young and Wild
as Police Capt. Egan
Giant from the Unknown
as Dr. Frederick Cleveland
The Power of the Resurrection
as Annas
1957
1956
1955
No Man's Woman
as Capt. Hostedder
Tennessee's Partner
as Judge Parker
Duel on the Mississippi
as Magistrate (uncredited)
The Eternal Sea
as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
The Silver Star
as Charlie Childress
Chief Crazy Horse
as Red Cloud
Crashout
as Head Guard
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
as Azar the Shepherd
1954
Vera Cruz
as Gen. Ramírez
The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"
Three Young Texans
as Jeff Blair
Cattle Queen of Montana
as J.I. 'Pop' Jones
Two Guns and a Badge
as Sheriff Jackson
Silver Lode
as Zachary Evans
Apache
as Dawson
The Outlaw Stallion
as Sheriff
Drums Across the River
as Chief Ouray
Southwest Passage
as Dr. Stanton
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Grey Eagle
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
High Wall
as Dr. Stanley Griffin
Good News
as Dean Griswold
Desire Me
as Hector Martin
Merton of the Movies
as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
Cynthia
as Mr. Phillips, Principal
Song of the Thin Man
as Inspector (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
as A.J. Crane
Little Mister Jim
as Col. W.I. Starwell
The Mighty McGurk
as Fowles
1946
1945
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Willoughby Peavy
Dark Shadows
as Lt. Pat McKay
Gentle Annie
as Deputy Gansby
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
Return from Nowhere
as Doctor (uncredited)
Barbary Coast Gent
as Alec Veeder
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Ed Scofield
Meet the People
as Monte Rowland
Main Street Today
as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
Rationing
as Morgan
The Heavenly Body
as Dr. Green
1943
1942
1941
Road Agent
as Big John Morgan
I Wake Up Screaming
as Assistant District Attorney
The Bandit Trail
as Red Haggerty
This Woman Is Mine
as Roussel
Wide Open Town
as Jim Stuart
Pirates on Horseback
as Ace Gibson
Border Vigilantes
as Dan Forbes
The Roundup
as 'Parenthesis'
In Old Colorado
as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman
Doomed Caravan
as Stephen Westcott
1940
1937
1936
1934
