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Morris Ankrum
Actor
Died September 2, 1964 (68 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1964 | Guns of Diablo · as Ray Macklin |
| 1963 | X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes · as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Chief Austin |
| 1962 | Tower of London · as The Archbishop |
| 1961 | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come · as Gen. Lew Wallace |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Walter Harwood |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as C.C. Thompson |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Dr. Morgan |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace (TV Series) · as Minister |
| 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon · as President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1958 | Giant from the Unknown · as Dr. Frederick Cleveland |
| 1958 | Curse of the Faceless Man · as Narrator (unconfirmed) |
| 1958 | Half Human · as Dr. Carl Jordan |
| 1958 | How to Make a Monster · as Police Capt. Hancock |
| 1958 | Badman's Country · as Mayor Coleman |
| 1958 | The Saga of Hemp Brown · as Bo Slauter |
| 1958 | The Power of the Resurrection · as Annas |
| 1958 | Northwest Passage (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Fenton |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) · as Dan Peppin |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Sheriff Bailey |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Boris Karloff's The Veil (TV Series) · as Judge Davis |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Ike Smith |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Judge Dorset |
| 1957 | The Giant Claw · as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine |
| 1957 | Drango · as Henry Calder |
| 1957 | Omar Khayyam · as Sharain's Father |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Maxim Bruckner |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Police Inspector Dean |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Joshua Haines |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Galeno Mayor |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Col. Sanders |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Cash Billings |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Michael Folsom |
| 1956 | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers · as Brig. Gen. John Hanley |
| 1956 | Death of a Scoundrel · as Captain LaFarge - Homicide Squad |
| 1956 | Quincannon, Frontier Scout · as Col. Harry Conover |
| 1956 | Naked Gun · as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum) |
| 1956 | Walk the Proud Land · as Gen. Wade |
| 1956 | Frontier Doctor (TV Series) · as Colonel Martin Brandt |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Gabriel Durand |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (TV Series) · as Professor Rutledge |
| 1956 | The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1955 | Chief Crazy Horse · as Red Cloud |
| 1955 | The Last Command · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Tennessee's Partner · as Judge Parker |
| 1955 | Many Rivers to Cross · as Mr. Emmett |
| 1955 | Duel on the Mississippi · as Magistrate |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea · as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Merle |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Old Man Cullen |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Cyrus Dawson |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz · as Gen. Ramírez |
| 1954 | Silver Lode · as Zachary Evans |
| 1954 | Apache · as Dawson |
| 1954 | Drums Across the River · as Chief Ouray |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana · as J.I. 'Pop' Jones |
| 1954 | Southwest Passage · as Dr. Stanton |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) · as Brig. General Jack Lawrence |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Dr. Conrad |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Chris Evans |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as George Fulton |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Harry |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Leland |
| 1953 | Invaders from Mars · as Col. Fielding |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Gun · as Bram Creegan |
| 1953 | Arena · as Bucky Hillberry |
| 1953 | The Moonlighter · as Alexander Prince |
| 1953 | Devil's Canyon · as Ed |
| 1953 | Fort Vengeance · as Chief Crowfoot |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Marshal Olds |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 1953 | I Beheld His Glory · as Simon Peter |
| 1952 | Red Planet Mars · as Secretary of Defense Sparks |
| 1952 | Son of Ali Baba · as Ali Baba |
| 1952 | |
| 1952 | Hiawatha · as Iagoo |
| 1952 | Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Major Rogers |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) · as Chief Tall Horse |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Gen. Stonewall Jackson |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Mason |
| 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day · as Hugh Wagner |
| 1951 | Flight to Mars · as Ikron |
| 1951 | Along the Great Divide · as Ed Roden |
| 1951 | My Favorite Spy · as Gen. Frazer |
| 1951 | The Redhead and the Cowboy · as Sheriff |
| 1951 | The Lion Hunters · as Tom Forbes |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Detective Burns |
| 1951 | Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place · as Lloyd Barnes |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry · as Jim Whitehead |
| 1950 | Rocketship X-M · as Dr. Ralph Fleming |
| 1950 | Borderline · as Bill Whittaker |
| 1950 | Chain Lightning · as Ed Bostwick |
| 1950 | Short Grass · as Hal Fenton |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Reynolds |
| 1950 | The Trouble with Father (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as The General |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Mr. Murdock |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead · as Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Slattery's Hurricane · as Dr. Holmes |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory · as United States Marshal |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc · as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Considine |
| 1947 | Song of the Thin Man · as Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Good News · as Dean Griswold |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass · as A.J. Crane |
| 1947 | Undercover Maisie · as Parker |
| 1947 | Cynthia · as Mr. Phillips, Principal |
| 1947 | Desire Me · as Hector Martin |
| 1946 | Lady in the Lake · as Eugene Grayson |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice · as Judge (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls · as Rev. Claggett |
| 1946 | Courage of Lassie · as Farmer Crews |
| 1945 | Adventure · as Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home · as Willoughby Peavy |
| 1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo · as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' |
| 1944 | Kismet · as The Caliph's Messenger |
| 1943 | Best Foot Forward · as Col. Harkrider |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy · as Mr. Beaufrere |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine · as Col. Demas |
| 1943 | Whistling in Brooklyn · as Blake - Newspaper Editor |
| 1942 | Reunion in France · as Martin |
| 1942 | Roxie Hart · as Martin S. Harrison |
| 1941 | In Old Colorado · as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman |
| 1941 | Pirates on Horseback · as Ace Gibson |
| 1941 | Wide Open Town · as Jim Stuart |
| 1941 | Border Vigilantes · as Dan Forbes |
| 1941 | Doomed Caravan · as Stephen Westcott |
| 1941 | Cheers for Miss Bishop · as Professor at Minna's Hearing |
| 1940 | Three Men from Texas · as Bruce Morgan |
| 1940 | The Showdown · as Baron Rendor |
| 1940 | The Light of Western Stars · as Nat Hayworth |
| 1937 | North of the Rio Grande · as Henry Stoneham |
| 1937 | Borderland · as Loco |
| 1937 | Rustlers' Valley · as Glen Randall |
| 1936 | Hopalong Cassidy Returns · as Blackie Felton |
| 1936 | Trail Dust · as Tex Anderson |
| 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! · as Washington Press Correspondent |