Morris Ankrum

Morris Ankrum

Birthday: 1896-08-28

Deathday: 1964-09-02

Place of birth: Danville, Illinois, USA

Also known as: Morris Nussbaum, Morris Winslow Ankrum, Morrie Ankrum, Morri Ankrum, Stephen Morris

imdb_id: nm0030194

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.

Played in movies:

Dark Shadows

Score: 9.1

The Roundup

Score: 8.0

Fall Guy

Score: 8.0

The Hidden Eye

Score: 7.6

In a Lonely Place

Score: 7.6

Along the Great Divide

Score: 7.4

The Damned Don't Cry

Score: 7.1

The Thin Man Goes Home

Score: 7.1

The Omaha Trail

Score: 7.0

Purity Squad

Score: 7.0

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Score: 7.0

Colorado Territory

Score: 7.0

Roxie Hart

Score: 6.9

I Wake Up Screaming

Score: 6.9

The Fountainhead

Score: 6.8

Naked Gun

Score: 6.8

Merton of the Movies

Score: 6.8

Song of the Thin Man

Score: 6.7

Vera Cruz

Score: 6.7

The Cockeyed Miracle

Score: 6.7

Duel on the Mississippi

Score: 6.7

Crashout

Score: 6.7

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Score: 6.6

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Score: 6.6

The Green Years

Score: 6.5

The Harvey Girls

Score: 6.5

Souvenirs of Death

Score: 6.5

Fighting Coast Guard

Score: 6.5

The Bandit Trail

Score: 6.5

Tennessee's Partner

Score: 6.5

Tomorrow Is Another Day

Score: 6.5

The Movie Orgy

Score: 6.5

Reunion in France

Score: 6.4

The Mighty McGurk

Score: 6.4

The Eternal Sea

Score: 6.4

The Last Command

Score: 6.4

The Sea of Grass

Score: 6.3

Tales of Manhattan

Score: 6.3

Bad Men of Tombstone

Score: 6.3

Tales of Manhattan

Score: 6.3

Chain Lightning

Score: 6.3

Main Street Today

Score: 6.2

The Raiders

Score: 6.2

Fort Vengeance

Score: 6.2

Good News

Score: 6.2

Adventure

Score: 6.2

Silver Lode

Score: 6.2

High Wall

Score: 6.2

Tennessee Johnson

Score: 6.1

Joan of Arc

Score: 6.1

Walk the Proud Land

Score: 6.1

Apache

Score: 6.1

Lady in the Lake

Score: 6.0

Tarawa Beachhead

Score: 6.0

Frontier Gun

Score: 6.0

Short Grass

Score: 6.0

Best Foot Forward

Score: 6.0

Fort Osage

Score: 6.0

Fighting Back

Score: 6.0

Fury at Gunsight Pass

Score: 6.0

My Favorite Spy

Score: 6.0

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Score: 6.0

We Were Strangers

Score: 6.0

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Score: 6.0

Tower of London

Score: 6.0

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Score: 5.9

The Saga of Hemp Brown

Score: 5.9

Cynthia

Score: 5.9

Invaders from Mars

Score: 5.9

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Score: 5.8

Mexican Manhunt

Score: 5.8

For the Love of Mary

Score: 5.8

Son of Ali Baba

Score: 5.8

In Old Colorado

Score: 5.8

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Score: 5.7

The Moonlighter

Score: 5.7

Because of You

Score: 5.7

Desire Me

Score: 5.7

The Man Behind The Gun

Score: 5.7

Southside 1-1000

Score: 5.7

The Heavenly Body

Score: 5.7

Courage of Lassie

Score: 5.7

Cattle Queen of Montana

Score: 5.6

How to Make a Monster

Score: 5.6

Three Men from Texas

Score: 5.6

Kronos

Score: 5.6

Drums Across the River

Score: 5.6

Chief Crazy Horse

Score: 5.6

Phantoms, Inc.

Score: 5.5

Flight Nurse

Score: 5.5

Sky Commando

Score: 5.5

Taza, Son of Cochise

Score: 5.5

North of the Rio Grande

Score: 5.5

Time to Kill

Score: 5.5

Borderline

Score: 5.5

Zombies of Mora Tau

Score: 5.5

Hell's Crossroads

Score: 5.4

Badman's Country

Score: 5.4

Curse of the Faceless Man

Score: 5.4

Drango

Score: 5.4

Southwest Passage

Score: 5.4

Rustlers' Valley

Score: 5.3

The Lion Hunters

Score: 5.3

Guns of Diablo

Score: 5.3

Flight to Mars

Score: 5.3

Marriage Is a Private Affair

Score: 5.2

Three Young Texans

Score: 5.2

Gentle Annie

Score: 5.2

From the Earth to the Moon

Score: 5.1

Return from Nowhere

Score: 5.0

The Outlaw Stallion

Score: 5.0

The Silver Star

Score: 5.0

Border Vigilantes

Score: 5.0

Meet the People

Score: 5.0

Dixie Dugan

Score: 5.0

Omar Khayyam

Score: 5.0

Swing Fever

Score: 5.0

The Fabulous Fraud

Score: 5.0

Borderland

Score: 5.0

The Showdown

Score: 5.0

No Man's Woman

Score: 4.9

The Redhead and The Cowboy

Score: 4.9

Most Dangerous Man Alive

Score: 4.9

Stand Up and Cheer!

Score: 4.9

Devil's Canyon

Score: 4.8

Rocketship X-M

Score: 4.8

The Giant Claw

Score: 4.8

Mutiny

Score: 4.8

Red Planet Mars

Score: 4.7

Arena

Score: 4.7

Barbary Coast Gent

Score: 4.6

Let's Face It

Score: 4.5

Cherokee Strip

Score: 4.5

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

Score: 4.4

Twilight for the Gods

Score: 4.2

Little Mister Jim

Score: 4.0

This Woman Is Mine

Score: 4.0

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

Score: 4.0

Giant from the Unknown

Score: 4.0

Trail Dust

Score: 4.0

Beginning of the End

Score: 3.8

Doomed Caravan

Score: 3.5

Young and Wild

Score: 3.5

Rationing

Score: 3.0

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Score: 3.0

Hills of Old Wyoming

Score: 3.0

Wide Open Town

Score: 3.0

Pirates on Horseback

Score: 3.0

Light of Western Stars

Score: 2.5

The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story

Score: 2.0

Road Agent

Score: 0.0

The Desperados Are in Town

Score: 0.0

I Beheld His Glory

Score: 0.0

The Power of the Resurrection

Score: 0.0

Knights of the Range

Score: 0.0

Buck Benny Rides Again

Score: 0.0

Two Guns and a Badge

Score: 0.0

A Star Shall Rise

Score: 0.0

The Steel Cage

Score: 0.0

Hiawatha

Score: 0.0

When Gangland Strikes

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

The Rifleman

Score: 7.0

Maverick

Score: 6.8

Sea Hunt

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Score: 6.2

Cheyenne

Score: 5.8

Cowboy G-Men

Score: 5.3

M Squad

Score: 5.2

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Score: 0.0