
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morris Ankrum (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.
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Guns of Diablo | Ray Macklin | 1964-10-04 |
Movie | X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes | Mr. Bowhead (uncredited) | 1963-07-13 |
Movie | Tower of London | The Archbishop | 1962-10-24 |
Movie | The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come | Gen. Lew Wallace | 1961-06-01 |
Movie | Most Dangerous Man Alive | Capt. Davis | 1961-07-04 |
Movie | Badman's Country | Mayor Coleman | 1958-08-02 |
Movie | Twilight for the Gods | Sea Captain | 1958-08-04 |
Movie | How to Make a Monster | Police Capt. Hancock | 1958-07-01 |
Movie | Young and Wild | Police Capt. Egan | 1958-04-24 |
Movie | The Power of the Resurrection | Annas | 1958-01-01 |
Movie | Curse of the Faceless Man | Narrator (unconfirmed) | 1958-08-14 |
Movie | Giant from the Unknown | Dr. Frederick Cleveland | 1958-01-03 |
Movie | From the Earth to the Moon | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1958-11-26 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Tarawa Beachhead | Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited) | 1958-11-02 |
Movie | Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman | Dr. Carl Jordan | 1958-12-01 |
Movie | The Saga of Hemp Brown | Bo Slauter | 1958-10-01 |
Movie | Frontier Gun | Andrew Barton | 1958-10-31 |
Movie | Hell's Crossroads | Wheeler | 1957-03-08 |
Movie | Drango | Henry Calder | 1957-01-01 |
Movie | Kronos | Dr. Albert Stern | 1957-03-31 |
Movie | Zombies of Mora Tau | Dr. Jonathan Eggert | 1957-03-01 |
Movie | The Giant Claw | Lt. Gen. Edward Considine | 1957-06-01 |
Movie | Omar Khayyam | Sharain's Father | 1957-08-23 |
Movie | Beginning of the End | Gen. John Hanson | 1957-06-28 |
Movie | Quincannon, Frontier Scout | Col. Harry Conover | 1956-05-01 |
Movie | Fury at Gunsight Pass | Doc Phillips | 1956-02-15 |
Movie | When Gangland Strikes | Leo Fantzler | 1956-03-15 |
Movie | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Brig. Gen. John Hanley | 1956-07-04 |
Movie | Walk the Proud Land | Gen. Wade | 1956-09-01 |
Movie | The Desperados Are in Town | Mr. Rutherford | 1956-11-01 |
Movie | Naked Gun | Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum) | 1956-11-01 |
Movie | The Silver Star | Charlie Childress | 1955-04-07 |
Movie | The Eternal Sea | Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble | 1955-04-19 |
Movie | Chief Crazy Horse | Red Cloud | 1955-04-01 |
Movie | The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story | Azar the Shepherd | 1955-01-01 |
Movie | Tennessee's Partner | Judge Parker | 1955-09-21 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Duel on the Mississippi | Magistrate (uncredited) | 1955-09-16 |
Movie | Drums Across the River | Chief Ouray | 1954-06-01 |
Movie | Southwest Passage | Dr. Stanton | 1954-04-01 |
Movie | Taza, Son of Cochise | Grey Eagle | 1954-02-18 |
Movie | The Outlaw Stallion | Sheriff | 1954-07-03 |
Movie | Silver Lode | Zachary Evans | 1954-07-23 |
Movie | Vera Cruz | Gen. Ramírez | 1954-12-25 |
Movie | Three Young Texans | Jeff Blair | 1954-11-25 |
Movie | The Steel Cage | Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages" | 1954-12-01 |
Movie | Two Guns and a Badge | Sheriff Jackson | 1954-09-11 |
Movie | Cattle Queen of Montana | J.I. 'Pop' Jones | 1954-11-18 |
Movie | Invaders from Mars | Col. Fielding | 1953-04-22 |
Movie | The Man Behind The Gun | Bram Creegan | 1953-01-31 |
Movie | Arena | Bucky Hillberry | 1953-06-24 |
Movie | Fort Vengeance | Chief Crowfoot | 1953-03-28 |
Movie | I Beheld His Glory | Peter | 1953-03-31 |
Movie | Devil's Canyon | Ed | 1953-08-13 |
Movie | The Moonlighter | Alexander Prince | 1953-09-19 |
Movie | Flight Nurse | Interrogation Officer | 1953-11-15 |
Movie | Sky Commando | Gen. W.R. Combs | 1953-08-21 |
Movie | Mexican Manhunt | Tip Morgan | 1953-09-13 |
Movie | Son of Ali Baba | Ali Baba | 1952-08-15 |
Movie | Fort Osage | Arthur Pickett | 1952-02-10 |
Series | Cowboy G-Men | 1952-09-13 | |
Movie | Mutiny | Capt. Radford | 1952-03-05 |
Movie | Red Planet Mars | Secretary of Defense Sparks | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | The Raiders | Thomas Ainsworth | 1952-11-20 |
Movie | A Star Shall Rise | King Herod | 1952-12-25 |
Movie | Hiawatha | Iagoo | 1952-12-28 |
Movie | Because of You | Dr. Travis | 1952-12-04 |
Movie | The Lion Hunters | Tom Forbes | 1951-03-25 |
Movie | The Redhead and The Cowboy | Sheriff | 1951-03-15 |
Movie | Fighting Coast Guard | Navy Captain | 1951-05-31 |
Movie | Tomorrow Is Another Day | Hugh Wagner | 1951-08-08 |
Movie | Along the Great Divide | Ed Roden | 1951-06-02 |
Movie | My Favorite Spy | Gen. Frazer | 1951-12-25 |
Movie | Flight to Mars | Ikron | 1951-11-11 |
Movie | Borderline | Bill Whittaker | 1950-03-01 |
Movie | The Damned Don't Cry | Jim Whitehead | 1950-05-13 |
Movie | Chain Lightning | Ed Bostwick | 1950-02-18 |
Movie | Short Grass | Hal Fenton | 1950-12-24 |
Movie | In a Lonely Place | Lloyd Barnes | 1950-05-17 |
Movie | Southside 1-1000 | Eugene Deane | 1950-11-16 |
Movie | Rocketship X-M | Dr. Ralph Fleming | 1950-06-02 |
Movie | Bad Men of Tombstone | Mr. Jones | 1949-01-21 |
Movie | We Were Strangers | M. Seymour | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | Colorado Territory | United States Marshal | 1949-06-11 |
Movie | The Fountainhead | Prosecutor (uncredited) | 1949-06-25 |
Movie | Fighting Back | Robert J. Higby | 1948-07-30 |
Movie | The Fabulous Fraud | Blind Girl's Father | 1948-08-28 |
Movie | Joan of Arc | Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain | 1948-12-22 |
Movie | For the Love of Mary | Adm. Walton | 1948-09-01 |
Movie | Little Mister Jim | Col. W.I. Starwell | 1947-04-01 |
Movie | Undercover Maisie | Parker | 1947-03-01 |
Movie | The Mighty McGurk | Fowles | 1947-01-02 |
Movie | Song of the Thin Man | Inspector (uncredited) | 1947-08-28 |
Movie | The Sea of Grass | A.J. Crane | 1947-04-25 |
Movie | Cynthia | Mr. Phillips, Principal | 1947-08-29 |
Movie | Good News | Dean Griswold | 1947-12-04 |
Movie | Desire Me | Hector Martin | 1947-10-31 |
Movie | High Wall | Dr. Stanley Griffin | 1947-12-17 |
Movie | Merton of the Movies | Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited) | 1947-10-11 |
Movie | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Judge (uncredited) | 1946-05-02 |
Movie | The Green Years | Dr. Galbraith | 1946-07-04 |
Movie | The Harvey Girls | Rev. Claggett | 1946-01-18 |
Movie | The Cockeyed Miracle | Dr. Wilson | 1946-10-26 |
Movie | Undercurrent | (uncredited) | 1946-11-11 |
Movie | The Hidden Eye | Ferris (henchman) | 1945-08-31 |
Movie | Fall Guy | District Attorney (uncredited) | 1945-04-14 |
Movie | Phantoms, Inc. | Narrator (voice) | 1945-06-09 |
Movie | Purity Squad | Dr. Adams (uncredited) | 1945-11-03 |
Movie | Adventure | Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited) | 1945-12-28 |
Movie | Barbary Coast Gent | Alec Veeder | 1944-09-01 |
Movie | Meet the People | Monte Rowland | 1944-06-01 |
Movie | The Heavenly Body | Dr. Green | 1944-03-23 |
Movie | Rationing | Morgan | 1944-03-24 |
Movie | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Ed Scofield | 1944-08-23 |
Movie | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited) | 1944-11-15 |
Movie | The Thin Man Goes Home | Willoughby Peavy | 1944-12-24 |
Movie | Dark Shadows | Lt. Pat McKay | 1944-12-16 |
Movie | Gentle Annie | Deputy Gansby | 1944-12-05 |
Movie | Dixie Dugan | Editor | 1943-03-12 |
Movie | Let's Face It | Man in Sun Shell Cafe | 1943-08-04 |
Movie | Best Foot Forward | Col. Harkrider | 1943-10-08 |
Movie | Swing Fever | Dan Conlon | 1943-11-01 |
Movie | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Wood | 1942-06-26 |
Movie | Roxie Hart | Martin S. Harrison | 1942-02-20 |
Movie | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Ace Anderson | 1942-02-13 |
Movie | Tales of Manhattan | Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence) | 1942-08-05 |
Movie | Tennessee Johnson | Jefferson Davis | 1942-12-01 |
Movie | Reunion in France | Martin | 1942-12-25 |
Movie | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Mr. Graham | 1942-08-28 |
Movie | Time to Kill | Alexander Morny | 1942-12-24 |
Movie | The Omaha Trail | Henchman Job | 1942-09-01 |
Movie | Border Vigilantes | Dan Forbes | 1941-04-18 |
Movie | The Roundup | 'Parenthesis' | 1941-04-03 |
Movie | Pirates on Horseback | Ace Gibson | 1941-05-23 |
Movie | Doomed Caravan | Stephen Westcott | 1941-01-10 |
Movie | I Wake Up Screaming | Assistant District Attorney | 1941-10-31 |
Movie | Wide Open Town | Jim Stuart | 1941-08-08 |
Movie | Road Agent | Big John Morgan | 1941-12-19 |
Movie | The Bandit Trail | Red Haggerty | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | This Woman Is Mine | Roussel | 1941-08-22 |
Movie | Knights of the Range | Gamecock | 1940-02-23 |
Movie | Light of Western Stars | Nat Hayworth | 1940-04-17 |
Movie | The Showdown | Baron Rendor | 1940-03-08 |
Movie | Buck Benny Rides Again | Second Outlaw | 1940-05-31 |
Movie | Cherokee Strip | Hawk Barrett | 1940-10-10 |
Movie | Borderland | Loco | 1937-02-26 |
Movie | Hills of Old Wyoming | Andrews | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | North of the Rio Grande | Henry Stoneham | 1937-06-28 |
Movie | Rustlers' Valley | Glen Randall | 1937-07-23 |
Movie | Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Blackie Felton | 1936-10-16 |
Movie | Trail Dust | Tex Anderson | 1936-12-11 |
Movie | Stand Up and Cheer! | Washington Press Correspondent | 1934-05-04 |
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