Morris Ankrum
161 movies · 18 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 28, 1896
- Died
- Sep 2, 1964 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Danville, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Morris Nussbaum · Morris Winslow Ankrum · Morrie Ankrum · Morri Ankrum
Biography
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Morris Ankrum (born Morris Nussbaum, August 28, 1896 – September 2, 1964) was an American radio, television and film character actor.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.6 In a Lonely Place
1950 · Film
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★ 7.5 Bonanza
1959 · TV
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★ 7.1 The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Film
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★ 6.7 Vera Cruz
1954 · Film
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★ 6.6 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963 · Film
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★ 5.9 Invaders from Mars
1953 · Film
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★ 6.1 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956 · Film
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★ 6.9 The Fountainhead
1949 · Film
Morris Ankrum: movies and TV shows
Acting (179)
- 1964 Guns of Diablo
as Ray Macklin
- 1963 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)
- 1962 Tower of London
as The Archbishop
- 1961 Most Dangerous Man Alive
as Capt. Davis
- 1961 The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
as Gen. Lew Wallace
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958 From the Earth to the Moon
as President Ulysses S. Grant
- 1958 Tarawa Beachhead
as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
- 1958 Frontier Gun
as Andrew Barton
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Bo Slauter
- 1958 Curse of the Faceless Man
as Narrator (unconfirmed)
- 1958 Twilight for the Gods
as Sea Captain
- 1958 Badman's Country
as Mayor Coleman
- 1958 How to Make a Monster
as Police Capt. Hancock
- 1958 Young and Wild
as Police Capt. Egan
- 1958
- 1958 Giant from the Unknown
as Dr. Frederick Cleveland
- 1958 The Power of the Resurrection
as Annas
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Omar Khayyam
as Sharain's Father
- 1957 Beginning of the End
as Gen. John Hanson
- 1957 The Giant Claw
as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
- 1957 Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Dr. Carl Jordan
- 1957 Kronos
as Dr. Albert Stern
- 1957 Hell's Crossroads
as Wheeler
- 1957 Zombies of Mora Tau
as Dr. Jonathan Eggert
- 1957 Drango
as Henry Calder
- 1957 Down Liberty Road
as Fred Schroder
- 1956 The Desperados Are in Town
as Mr. Rutherford
- 1956 Naked Gun
as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Walk the Proud Land
as Gen. Wade
- 1956 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
as Brig. Gen. John Hanley
- 1956 Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Col. Harry Conover
- 1956 When Gangland Strikes
as Leo Fantzler
- 1956 Fury at Gunsight Pass
as Doc Phillips
- 1955 No Man's Woman
as Capt. Hostedder
- 1955
- 1955 Tennessee's Partner
as Judge Parker
- 1955
- 1955 Duel on the Mississippi
as Magistrate (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Eternal Sea
as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
- 1955 The Silver Star
as Charlie Childress
- 1955 Chief Crazy Horse
as Red Cloud
- 1955 Crashout
as Head Guard
- 1955 The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
as Azar the Shepherd
- 1954 Vera Cruz
as Gen. Ramírez
- 1954 The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"
- 1954 Three Young Texans
as Jeff Blair
- 1954 Cattle Queen of Montana
as J.I. 'Pop' Jones
- 1954 Two Guns and a Badge
as Sheriff Jackson
- 1954 Apache
as Dawson
- 1954 The Outlaw Stallion
as Sheriff
- 1954 Silver Lode
as Zachary Evans
- 1954 Drums Across the River
as Chief Ouray
- 1954 Southwest Passage
as Dr. Stanton
- 1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
as Grey Eagle
- 1953 Flight Nurse
as Interrogation Officer
- 1953
- 1953 The Moonlighter
as Alexander Prince
- 1953 Mexican Manhunt
as Tip Morgan
- 1953 Sky Commando
as Gen. W.R. Combs
- 1953 Devil's Canyon
as Ed
- 1953 Arena
as Bucky Hillberry
- 1953 Invaders from Mars
as Col. Fielding
- 1953 I Beheld His Glory
as Peter
- 1953 Fort Vengeance
as Chief Crowfoot
- 1953 The Man Behind The Gun
as Bram Creegan
- 1952 Hiawatha
as Iagoo
- 1952 A Star Shall Rise
as King Herod
- 1952 Because of You
as Dr. Travis
- 1952 The Raiders
as Thomas Ainsworth
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Son of Ali Baba
as Ali Baba
- 1952 Red Planet Mars
as Secretary of Defense Sparks
- 1952 Mutiny
as Capt. Radford
- 1952 Fort Osage
as Arthur Pickett
- 1951 My Favorite Spy
as Gen. Frazer
- 1951 Flight to Mars
as Ikron
- 1951
- 1951 Tomorrow Is Another Day
as Hugh Wagner
- 1951 Along the Great Divide
as Ed Roden
- 1951 Fighting Coast Guard
as Navy Captain
- 1951 The Lion Hunters
as Tom Forbes
- 1951 The Redhead and the Cowboy
as Sheriff
- 1950 Short Grass
as Hal Fenton
- 1950 Southside 1-1000
as Eugene Deane
- 1950 Rocketship X-M
as Dr. Ralph Fleming
- 1950 In a Lonely Place
as Lloyd Barnes
- 1950 The Damned Don't Cry
as Jim Whitehead
- 1950 Borderline
as Bill Whittaker
- 1950 Chain Lightning
as Ed Bostwick
- 1949 The Fountainhead
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
- 1949 Colorado Territory
as United States Marshal
- 1949 We Were Strangers
as M. Seymour
- 1949 Bad Men of Tombstone
as Mr. Jones
- 1948 Joan of Arc
as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain
- 1948
- 1948 For the Love of Mary
as Adm. Walton
- 1948 The Fabulous Fraud
as Blind Girl's Father
- 1948 Fighting Back
as Robert J. Higby
- 1948 Souvenirs of Death
as Gangster (uncredited)
- 1947 High Wall
as Dr. Stanley Griffin
- 1947 Good News
as Dean Griswold
- 1947 Desire Me
as Hector Martin
- 1947 Merton of the Movies
as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
- 1947 Cynthia
as Mr. Phillips, Principal
- 1947 Song of the Thin Man
as Inspector (uncredited)
- 1947 The Sea of Grass
as A.J. Crane
- 1947 Little Mister Jim
as Col. W.I. Starwell
- 1947 The Mighty McGurk
as Fowles
- 1946 Lady in the Lake
as Eugene Grayson
- 1946 Courage of Lassie
as Farmer Crews
- 1946 The Cockeyed Miracle
as Dr. Wilson
- 1946 The Green Years
as Dr. Galbraith
- 1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Judge (uncredited)
- 1946 The Harvey Girls
as Reverend Claggett
- 1945 Adventure
as Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited)
- 1945 Purity Squad
as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
- 1945 The Hidden Eye
as Ferris (henchman)
- 1945 Phantoms, Inc.
as Narrator (voice)
- 1945 Fall Guy
as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1944 The Thin Man Goes Home
as Willoughby Peavy
- 1944 Dark Shadows
as Lt. Pat McKay
- 1944 Gentle Annie
as Deputy Gansby
- 1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
- 1944 Return from Nowhere
as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1944 Barbary Coast Gent
as Alec Veeder
- 1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Ed Scofield
- 1944 Meet the People
as Monte Rowland
- 1944 Main Street Today
as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
- 1944 Rationing
as Morgan
- 1944 The Heavenly Body
as Dr. Green
- 1943 The Cross of Lorraine
as Col. Demas (uncredited)
- 1943 Swing Fever
as Dan Conlon
- 1943 Best Foot Forward
as Col. Harkrider
- 1943 Let's Face It
as Man in Sun Shell Cafe
- 1943 Dixie Dugan
as Editor
- 1942 Reunion in France
as Martin
- 1942 Time to Kill
as Alexander Morny
- 1942 Tennessee Johnson
as Jefferson Davis
- 1942 The Omaha Trail
as Henchman Job
- 1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mr. Graham
- 1942 Tales of Manhattan
as Judge
- 1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Wood
- 1942 Roxie Hart
as Martin S. Harrison
- 1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Ace Anderson
- 1941 Road Agent
as Big John Morgan
- 1941 I Wake Up Screaming
as Assistant District Attorney
- 1941 The Bandit Trail
as Red Haggerty
- 1941 This Woman Is Mine
as Roussel
- 1941 Wide Open Town
as Jim Stuart
- 1941 Pirates on Horseback
as Ace Gibson
- 1941 Border Vigilantes
as Dan Forbes
- 1941 The Roundup
as 'Parenthesis'
- 1941 In Old Colorado
as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman
- 1941 Doomed Caravan
as Stephen Westcott
- 1940 Three Men from Texas
as Bruce Morgan
- 1940 Cherokee Strip
as Hawk Barrett
- 1940 Buck Benny Rides Again
as Second Outlaw
- 1940 The Light of Western Stars
as Nat Hayworth
- 1940 The Showdown
as Baron Rendor
- 1940 Knights of the Range
as Gamecock
- 1937 Rustlers' Valley
as Glen Randall
- 1937 North of the Rio Grande
as Henry Stoneham
- 1937 Hills of Old Wyoming
as Andrews
- 1937 Borderland
as Loco
- 1936 Trail Dust
as Tex Anderson
- 1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Blackie Felton
- 1934 Stand Up and Cheer!
as Washington Press Correspondent
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1968