Birthday
1896/08/28
Day of death
1964/09/02 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Danville, Illinois, USA
Also know 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 au...Read more
(1946) Lady in the Lake
as Eugene Grayson
(1968) The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1953) Invaders from Mars
as Col. Fielding
(1945) Fall Guy
as District Attorney (uncredited)
(1941) I Wake Up Screaming
as Assistant District Attorney
(1944) The Heavenly Body
as Dr. Green
(1946) The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Judge (uncredited)
(1958) Young and Wild
as Police Capt. Egan
(1955) Crashout
as Head Guard
(1947) High Wall
as Dr. Stanley Griffin
(1954) Silver Lode
as Zachary Evans
(1949) Colorado Territory
as United States Marshal
(1957) The Giant Claw
as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
(1950) The Damned Don't Cry
as Jim Whitehead
(1951) Tomorrow Is Another Day
as Hugh Wagner
(1944) The Thin Man Goes Home
as Willoughby Peavy
(1954) Apache
as Dawson
(1955) Tennessee's Partner
as Judge Parker
(1951) Flight to Mars
as Ikron
(1957) Kronos
as Dr. Albert Stern
(1946) Courage of Lassie
as Farmer Crews
(1950) Rocketship X-M
as Dr. Ralph Fleming
(1957) Zombies of Mora Tau
as Dr. Jonathan Eggert
(1955) The Last Command
as ---
(1958) From the Earth to the Moon
as President Ulysses S. Grant
(1958) Twilight for the Gods
as Sea Captain
(1961) Most Dangerous Man Alive
as Capt. Davis
(1950) Borderline
as Bill Whittaker
(1950) In a Lonely Place
as Lloyd Barnes
(1957) Beginning of the End
as Gen. John Hanson
(1950) Southside 1-1000
as Eugene Deane
(1956) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
as Brig. Gen. John Hanley
(1956) When Gangland Strikes
as Leo Fantzler
(1942) Time to Kill
as Alexander Morny
(1949) We Were Strangers
as M. Seymour
(1940) The Showdown
as Baron Rendor
(1941) Doomed Caravan
as Stephen Westcott
(1941) Pirates on Horseback
as Ace Gibson
(1941) In Old Colorado
as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman
(1940) Three Men from Texas
as Bruce Morgan
(1941) Wide Open Town
as Jim Stuart
(1937) North of the Rio Grande
as Henry Stoneham
(1936) Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Blackie Felton
(1937) Rustlers' Valley
as Glen Randall
(1937) Borderland
as Loco
(1955) Duel on the Mississippi
as Magistrate (uncredited)
(1937) Hills of Old Wyoming
as Andrews
(1936) Trail Dust
as Tex Anderson
(1954) Taza, Son of Cochise
as Grey Eagle
(1958) Giant from the Unknown
as Dr. Frederick Cleveland
(1955) No Man's Woman
as Capt. Hostedder
(1952) Son of Ali Baba
as Ali Baba
(1961) The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
as Gen. Lew Wallace
(1942) Roxie Hart
as Martin S. Harrison
(1953) The Man Behind The Gun
as Bram Creegan
(1964) Guns of Diablo
as Ray Macklin
(1945) The Hidden Eye
as Ferris (henchman)
(1950) Chain Lightning
as Ed Bostwick
(1953) Sky Commando
as Gen. W.R. Combs
(1951) My Favorite Spy
as Gen. Frazer
(1951) The Redhead and The Cowboy
as Sheriff
(1944) Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
(1954) Drums Across the River
as Chief Ouray
(1956) Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Col. Harry Conover
(1952) Hiawatha
as Iagoo
(1954) The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"
(1946) The Cockeyed Miracle
as Dr. Wilson
(1958) Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Dr. Carl Jordan
(1958) How to Make a Monster
as Police Capt. Hancock
(1957) Hell's Crossroads
as Wheeler
(1948) The Fabulous Fraud
as Blind Girl's Father
(1953) Devil's Canyon
as Ed
(1943) Swing Fever
as Dan Conlon
(1944) Rationing
as Morgan
(1947) Desire Me
as Hector Martin
(1951) The Lion Hunters
as Tom Forbes
(1952) Mutiny
as Capt. Radford
(1952) Because of You
as Dr. Travis
(1945) Adventure
as Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited)
(1947) Cynthia
as Mr. Phillips, Principal
(1954) Southwest Passage
as Dr. Stanton
(1955) The Eternal Sea
as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
(1947) Good News
as Dean Griswold
(1957) Omar Khayyam
as Sharain's Father
(1956) Fury at Gunsight Pass
as Doc Phillips
(1948) For the Love of Mary
as Adm. Walton
(1953) Fort Vengeance
as Chief Crowfoot
(1944) Barbary Coast Gent
as Alec Veeder
(1952) The Raiders
as Thomas Ainsworth
(1952) A Star Shall Rise
as King Herod
(1955) The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
as Azar the Shepherd
(1948) Fighting Back
as Robert J. Higby
(1944) Gentle Annie
as Deputy Gansby
(1952) Fort Osage
as Arthur Pickett
(1943) Dixie Dugan
as Editor
(1942) Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Ace Anderson
(1953) Flight Nurse
as Interrogation Officer
(1963) X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)
(1944) Dark Shadows
as Lt. Pat McKay
(1943) Best Foot Forward
as Col. Harkrider
(1940) Cherokee Strip
as Hawk Barrett
(1954) Two Guns and a Badge
as Sheriff Jackson
(1945) Purity Squad
as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
(1957) Drango
as Henry Calder
(1944) Meet the People
as Monte Rowland
(1953) The Moonlighter
as Alexander Prince
(1951) Along the Great Divide
as Ed Roden
(1947) Merton of the Movies
as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
(1942) The Omaha Trail
as Henchman Job
(1941) The Bandit Trail
as Red Haggerty
(1958) Curse of the Faceless Man
as Narrator (unconfirmed)
(1953) Mexican Manhunt
as Tip Morgan
(1940) Light of Western Stars
as Nat Hayworth
(1940) Buck Benny Rides Again
as Second Outlaw
(1962) Tower of London
as The Archbishop
(1940) Knights of the Range
as Gamecock
(1954) Vera Cruz
as Gen. Ramírez
(1942) The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mr. Graham
(1945) Phantoms, Inc.
as Narrator (voice)
(1950) Short Grass
as Hal Fenton
(1942) Tales of Manhattan
as Judge
(1958) The Power of the Resurrection
as Annas
(1953) I Beheld His Glory
as Peter
(1941) This Woman Is Mine
as Roussel
(1941) Border Vigilantes
as Dan Forbes
(1941) The Roundup
as 'Parenthesis'
(1949) Bad Men of Tombstone
as Mr. Jones
(1953) Arena
as Bucky Hillberry
(1955) The Silver Star
as Charlie Childress
(1942) Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Wood
(1954) Cattle Queen of Montana
as J.I. 'Pop' Jones
(1954) The Outlaw Stallion
as Sheriff
(1956) The Desperados Are in Town
as Mr. Rutherford
(1958) Badman's Country
as Mayor Coleman
(1954) Three Young Texans
as Jeff Blair
(1958) The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Bo Slauter
(1958) Frontier Gun
as Andrew Barton
(1956) Naked Gun
as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)
(1947) Little Mister Jim
as Col. W.I. Starwell
(1947) The Mighty McGurk
as Fowles
(1944) Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Ed Scofield
(1951) Fighting Coast Guard
as Navy Captain
(1944) Return from Nowhere
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1947) Song of the Thin Man
as Inspector (uncredited)
(1955) Chief Crazy Horse
as Red Cloud
(1944) Main Street Today
as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
(1948) Souvenirs of Death
as Gangster (uncredited)
(1949) The Fountainhead
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
(1956) Walk the Proud Land
as Gen. Wade
(1942) Reunion in France
as Martin
(1952) Red Planet Mars
as Secretary of Defense Sparks
(1958) Tarawa Beachhead
as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
(1948) Joan of Arc
as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain
(1942) Tennessee Johnson
as Jefferson Davis
(1942) Tales of Manhattan
as Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence)
(1946) The Harvey Girls
as Rev. Claggett
(1947) The Sea of Grass
as A.J. Crane
(1941) Road Agent
as Big John Morgan
(1934) Stand Up and Cheer!
as Washington Press Correspondent
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Merle
(1952) Cowboy G-Men
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1957) M Squad
as Police Inspector Dean
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Walter Harwood
(1957) Maverick
as Joshua Haines
(1957) Perry Mason
as Judge
(1958) Sea Hunt
as ---
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Warden
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Raymond
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Mason
(1957) Perry Mason
as Judge Hoyt