Morris Ankrum
Biography
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.
Acting (162 movies)
Lady in the Lake
1946
The Movie Orgy
1968
Invaders from Mars
1953
Fall Guy
1945
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
The Heavenly Body
1944
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
Young and Wild
1958
Crashout
1955
High Wall
1947
Silver Lode
1954
Colorado Territory
1949
The Giant Claw
1957
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Tennessee's Partner
1955
Apache
1954
Flight to Mars
1951
Kronos
1957
Courage of Lassie
1946
Rocketship X-M
1950
Zombies of Mora Tau
1957
The Last Command
1955
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
Twilight for the Gods
1958
Most Dangerous Man Alive
1961
Borderline
1950
In a Lonely Place
1950
Beginning of the End
1957
Southside 1-1000
1950
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
When Gangland Strikes
1956
Time to Kill
1942
We Were Strangers
1949
Doomed Caravan
1941
Pirates on Horseback
1941
In Old Colorado
1941
The Showdown
1940
Wide Open Town
1941
Three Men from Texas
1940
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
North of the Rio Grande
1937
Borderland
1937
Rustlers' Valley
1937
Duel on the Mississippi
1955
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937
Trail Dust
1936
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954
Giant from the Unknown
1958
No Man's Woman
1955
Son of Ali Baba
1952
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1961
Roxie Hart
1942
The Man Behind The Gun
1953
Guns of Diablo
1964
The Hidden Eye
1945
Chain Lightning
1950
Sky Commando
1953
My Favorite Spy
1951
The Redhead and The Cowboy
1951
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
Drums Across the River
1954
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956
Hiawatha
1952
The Steel Cage
1954
The Cockeyed Miracle
1946
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
How to Make a Monster
1958
Hell's Crossroads
1957
The Fabulous Fraud
1948
Devil's Canyon
1953
Swing Fever
1943
Rationing
1944
Desire Me
1947
The Lion Hunters
1951
Mutiny
1952
Because of You
1952
Adventure
1945
Cynthia
1947
Southwest Passage
1954
The Eternal Sea
1955
Good News
1947
Omar Khayyam
1957
Fury at Gunsight Pass
1956
For the Love of Mary
1948
Fort Vengeance
1953
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
The Raiders
1952
A Star Shall Rise
1952
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
1955
Fighting Back
1948
Gentle Annie
1944
Fort Osage
1952
Dixie Dugan
1943
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942
Flight Nurse
1953
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
Dark Shadows
1944
Best Foot Forward
1943
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|