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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 28, 1896
Died
September 2, 1964
Place of Birth
Danville, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Morris Nussbaum
- Morris Winslow Ankrum
- Morrie Ankrum
- Morri Ankrum
- Stephen Morris
Morris Ankrum
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
5.3
Ray Macklin
Guns of Diablo
1964
6.6
Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
6.0
The Archbishop
Tower of London
1962
4.9
Capt. Davis
Most Dangerous Man Alive
1961
4.0
Gen. Lew Wallace
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1961
6.2
Walter Harwood
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
3.0
Dr. Carl Jordan
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1958
5.2
President Ulysses S. Grant
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
6.0
Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
Tarawa Beachhead
1958
Credits
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.5
Guns of Diablo
as Ray Macklin
1964
5.3
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)
1963
6.6
Tower of London
as The Archbishop
1962
6.0
Most Dangerous Man Alive
as Capt. Davis
1961
4.9
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
as Gen. Lew Wallace
1961
4.0
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Walter Harwood
1960
6.2
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Dr. Carl Jordan
1958
3.0
From the Earth to the Moon
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1958
5.2
Tarawa Beachhead
as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
1958
6.0
Frontier Gun
as Andrew Barton
1958
6.0
The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Bo Slauter
1958
5.7
The Rifleman
1958
7.0
Curse of the Faceless Man
as Narrator (unconfirmed)
1958
5.4
Twilight for the Gods
as Sea Captain
1958
4.2
Badman's Country
as Mayor Coleman
1958
5.4
How to Make a Monster
as Police Capt. Hancock
1958
5.6
Young and Wild
as Police Capt. Egan
1958
3.5
Sea Hunt
1958
6.6
Giant from the Unknown
as Dr. Frederick Cleveland
1958
4.0
The Power of the Resurrection
as Annas
1958
0.0
Maverick
as Joshua Haines
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Judge
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Judge Hoyt
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Police Inspector Dean
1957
5.2
Omar Khayyam
as Sharain's Father
1957
5.0
Beginning of the End
as Gen. John Hanson
1957
3.8
The Giant Claw
as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
1957
4.8
Kronos
as Dr. Albert Stern
1957
5.6
Hell's Crossroads
as Wheeler
1957
5.4
Zombies of Mora Tau
as Dr. Jonathan Eggert
1957
5.5
Drango
as Henry Calder
1957
5.4
Naked Gun
as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)
1956
6.8
The Desperados Are in Town
as Mr. Rutherford
1956
0.0
Walk the Proud Land
as Gen. Wade
1956
6.1
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
as Brig. Gen. John Hanley
1956
6.0
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Col. Harry Conover
1956
4.4
When Gangland Strikes
as Leo Fantzler
1956
0.0
Fury at Gunsight Pass
as Doc Phillips
1956
6.0
No Man's Woman
as Capt. Hostedder
1955
4.8
Tennessee's Partner
as Judge Parker
1955
6.5
Duel on the Mississippi
as Magistrate (uncredited)
1955
6.5
Gunsmoke
as Merle
1955
6.6
The Last Command
1955
6.4
The Eternal Sea
as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
1955
6.4
The Silver Star
as Charlie Childress
1955
5.0
Chief Crazy Horse
as Red Cloud
1955
5.6
Crashout
as Head Guard
1955
6.5
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
as Azar the Shepherd
1955
2.0
Vera Cruz
as Gen. Ramírez
1954
6.6
The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"
1954
0.0
Three Young Texans
as Jeff Blair
1954
5.2
Cattle Queen of Montana
as J.I. 'Pop' Jones
1954
5.6
Two Guns and a Badge
as Sheriff Jackson
1954
0.0
Silver Lode
as Zachary Evans
1954
6.2
Apache
as Dawson
1954
6.1
The Outlaw Stallion
as Sheriff
1954
5.0
Drums Across the River
as Chief Ouray
1954
5.4
Southwest Passage
as Dr. Stanton
1954
5.4
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Grey Eagle
1954
5.5
Flight Nurse
as Interrogation Officer
1953
5.5
The Moonlighter
as Alexander Prince
1953
5.7
Mexican Manhunt
as Tip Morgan
1953
5.8
Sky Commando
as Gen. W.R. Combs
1953
5.5
Devil's Canyon
as Ed
1953
4.8
Arena
as Bucky Hillberry
1953
4.7
Invaders from Mars
as Col. Fielding
1953
5.9
I Beheld His Glory
as Peter
1953
0.0
Fort Vengeance
as Chief Crowfoot
1953
6.2
The Man Behind The Gun
as Bram Creegan
1953
5.7
Hiawatha
as Iagoo
1952
0.0
A Star Shall Rise
as King Herod
1952
0.0
Because of You
as Dr. Travis
1952
5.7
The Raiders
as Thomas Ainsworth
1952
6.2
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Four Star Playhouse
as Warden
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Raymond
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Mason
1952
6.3
Cowboy G-Men
1952
5.3
Son of Ali Baba
as Ali Baba
1952
5.8
Red Planet Mars
as Secretary of Defense Sparks
1952
4.7
Mutiny
as Capt. Radford
1952
4.8
Fort Osage
as Arthur Pickett
1952
6.0
My Favorite Spy
as Gen. Frazer
1951
6.0
Flight to Mars
as Ikron
1951
5.3
Tomorrow Is Another Day
as Hugh Wagner
1951
6.5
Along the Great Divide
as Ed Roden
1951
7.3
Fighting Coast Guard
as Navy Captain
1951
6.5
The Lion Hunters
as Tom Forbes
1951
5.3
The Redhead and The Cowboy
as Sheriff
1951
4.9
Short Grass
as Hal Fenton
1950
6.0
Southside 1-1000
as Eugene Deane
1950
5.7
Rocketship X-M
as Dr. Ralph Fleming
1950
4.8
In a Lonely Place
as Lloyd Barnes
1950
7.6
The Damned Don't Cry
as Jim Whitehead
1950
7.1
Borderline
as Bill Whittaker
1950
5.4
Chain Lightning
as Ed Bostwick
1950
6.2
The Fountainhead
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1949
6.9
Colorado Territory
as United States Marshal
1949
6.9
We Were Strangers
as M. Seymour
1949
5.9
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Mr. Jones
1949
6.3
Joan of Arc
as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain
1948
6.1
For the Love of Mary
as Adm. Walton
1948
5.8
The Fabulous Fraud
as Blind Girl's Father
1948
5.0
Fighting Back
as Robert J. Higby
1948
6.0
Souvenirs of Death
as Gangster (uncredited)
1948
6.5
High Wall
as Dr. Stanley Griffin
1947
6.2
Good News
as Dean Griswold
1947
6.2
Desire Me
as Hector Martin
1947
5.7
Merton of the Movies
as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
1947
6.8
Cynthia
as Mr. Phillips, Principal
1947
5.9
Song of the Thin Man
as Inspector (uncredited)
1947
6.8
The Sea of Grass
as A.J. Crane
1947
6.3
Little Mister Jim
as Col. W.I. Starwell
1947
4.0
The Mighty McGurk
as Fowles
1947
6.4
Lady in the Lake
as Eugene Grayson
1946
6.0
Courage of Lassie
as Farmer Crews
1946
5.7
The Cockeyed Miracle
as Dr. Wilson
1946
6.7
The Green Years
as Dr. Galbraith
1946
6.5
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Judge (uncredited)
1946
7.1
The Harvey Girls
as Rev. Claggett
1946
6.5
Adventure
as Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited)
1945
6.2
Purity Squad
as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
1945
7.0
The Hidden Eye
as Ferris (henchman)
1945
7.6
Phantoms, Inc.
as Narrator (voice)
1945
5.5
Fall Guy
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1945
8.0
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Willoughby Peavy
1944
7.1
Dark Shadows
as Lt. Pat McKay
1944
9.0
Gentle Annie
as Deputy Gansby
1944
5.2
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
1944
6.6
Return from Nowhere
as Doctor (uncredited)
1944
5.0
Barbary Coast Gent
as Alec Veeder
1944
4.6
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Ed Scofield
1944
5.2
Meet the People
as Monte Rowland
1944
5.0
Main Street Today
as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
1944
6.2
Rationing
as Morgan
1944
3.0
The Heavenly Body
as Dr. Green
1944
5.7
Swing Fever
as Dan Conlon
1943
5.0
Best Foot Forward
as Col. Harkrider
1943
6.0
Let's Face It
as Man in Sun Shell Cafe
1943
4.5
Dixie Dugan
as Editor
1943
5.0
Reunion in France
as Martin
1942
6.4
Time to Kill
as Alexander Morny
1942
5.5
Tennessee Johnson
as Jefferson Davis
1942
6.1
The Omaha Trail
as Henchman Job
1942
7.0
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mr. Graham
1942
5.7
Tales of Manhattan
as Judge
1942
6.3
Tales of Manhattan
as Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence)
1942
6.3
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Wood
1942
5.8
Roxie Hart
as Martin S. Harrison
1942
6.8
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Ace Anderson
1942
5.8
Road Agent
as Big John Morgan
1941
0.0
I Wake Up Screaming
as Assistant District Attorney
1941
6.9
The Bandit Trail
as Red Haggerty
1941
6.5
This Woman Is Mine
as Roussel
1941
3.7
Wide Open Town
as Jim Stuart
1941
0.0
Pirates on Horseback
as Ace Gibson
1941
0.0
Border Vigilantes
as Dan Forbes
1941
6.0
The Roundup
as 'Parenthesis'
1941
8.0
In Old Colorado
as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman
1941
6.7
Doomed Caravan
as Stephen Westcott
1941
3.0
Three Men from Texas
as Bruce Morgan
1940
6.3
Cherokee Strip
as Hawk Barrett
1940
4.5
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Second Outlaw
1940
0.0
Light of Western Stars
as Nat Hayworth
1940
2.5
The Showdown
as Baron Rendor
1940
6.0
Knights of the Range
as Gamecock
1940
0.0
Rustlers' Valley
as Glen Randall
1937
6.0
North of the Rio Grande
as Henry Stoneham
1937
6.0
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Andrews
1937
0.0
Borderland
as Loco
1937
0.0
Trail Dust
as Tex Anderson
1936
4.0
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Blackie Felton
1936
6.3
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Washington Press Correspondent
1934
4.9