Morris Ankrum

Acting · 1.4 popularity

Age

129

Movies

162

Born: August 28, 1896 – September 2, 1964
From: Danville, Illinois, USA

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.

Works

162 films

Vera Cruz

19546.7

Joan of Arc

19486.2

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

19566.1

The Movie Orgy

19686.7

The Postman Always Rings Twice

19467.1

Desire Me

19476.5

In a Lonely Place

19507.6

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

19446.7

Apache

19546.0

The Fountainhead

19496.8

Invaders from Mars

19535.9

Chain Lightning

19506.4

Chief Crazy Horse

19555.6

Stand Up and Cheer!

19345.3

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

19636.6

Silver Lode

19546.2

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

19573.5

Courage of Lassie

19465.9

We Were Strangers

19496.3

Guns of Diablo

19645.3

Curse of the Faceless Man

19585.7

Along the Great Divide

19517.4

The Harvey Girls

19466.6

Fighting Coast Guard

19516.7

The Cockeyed Miracle

19467.5

Roxie Hart

19427.0

Road Agent

19417.0

Fighting Back

19486.7

The Redhead and the Cowboy

19515.4

Swing Fever

19436.0

Duel on the Mississippi

19556.8

Taza, Son of Cochise

19545.6

Lady in the Lake

19466.1

The Man Behind The Gun

19536.0

I Wake Up Screaming

19416.9

Cattle Queen of Montana

19545.7

The Last Command

19556.7

Tarawa Beachhead

19586.6

Rocketship X-M

19504.9

Fort Osage

19526.5

Because of You

19526.6

Colorado Territory

19496.9

Tower of London

19625.9

The Thin Man Goes Home

19447.1

Drums Across the River

19545.8

How to Make a Monster

19585.7

The Giant Claw

19574.8

The Damned Don't Cry

19507.0

High Wall

19476.4

Time to Kill

19426.1

My Favorite Spy

19516.0

Son of Ali Baba

19525.6

Two Guns and a Badge

195410.0

Borderline

19505.6

Tales of Manhattan

19426.4

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

19426.4

Phantoms, Inc.

19456.0

Good News

19476.5

The Steel Cage

19547.0

The Sea of Grass

19476.1

Adventure

19456.4

Song of the Thin Man

19476.7

Beginning of the End

19574.0

From the Earth to the Moon

19585.3

Red Planet Mars

19524.9

Hiawatha

19529.0

Reunion in France

19426.4

Ride 'Em Cowboy

19416.0

The Silver Star

19555.5

Flight to Mars

19515.2

Souvenirs of Death

19487.3

Kronos

19575.7

Devil's Canyon

19535.0

Mutiny

19525.2

Fall Guy

19458.0

Buck Benny Rides Again

19405.0

Purity Squad

19457.7

Tomorrow Is Another Day

19516.5

North of the Rio Grande

19376.7

Crashout

19556.7

The Omaha Trail

19427.0

The Hidden Eye

19457.9

Marriage Is a Private Affair

19447.1

Most Dangerous Man Alive

19615.5

Three Young Texans

19545.6

Pirates on Horseback

19416.0

The Heavenly Body

19445.6

The Raiders

19526.3

Short Grass

19506.5

Hell's Crossroads

19575.6

The Saga of Hemp Brown

19586.4

Cynthia

19476.2

The Eternal Sea

19556.6

The Green Years

19466.4

The Moonlighter

19536.0

The Roundup

19419.0

When Gangland Strikes

19566.0

Fort Vengeance

19536.4

Meet the People

19445.8

The Mighty McGurk

19476.7

The Cross of Lorraine

19436.5

Drango

19575.6

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

19426.1

Let's Face It

19435.4

Little Mister Jim

19475.5

Walk the Proud Land

19565.9

The Fabulous Fraud

19486.3

Best Foot Forward

19436.8

Gentle Annie

19445.7

Twilight for the Gods

19584.7

Doomed Caravan

19415.3

Three Men from Texas

19406.6

Tennessee Johnson

19426.4

Rustlers' Valley

19375.8

Main Street Today

19446.3

Down Liberty Road

19579.0

Badman's Country

19585.6

Frontier Gun

19586.8

Southwest Passage

19546.3

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

19565.2

Border Vigilantes

19416.3

Hills of Old Wyoming

19375.0

For the Love of Mary

19486.2

Zombies of Mora Tau

19575.5

Tennessee's Partner

19556.5

Barbary Coast Gent

19445.5

Omar Khayyam

19575.8

The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story

19553.5

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

19614.3

Fury at Gunsight Pass

19566.2

The Showdown

19406.0

In Old Colorado

19416.4

The Desperados Are in Town

19568.0

This Woman Is Mine

19414.5

Giant from the Unknown

19584.4

Flight Nurse

19536.0

Bad Men of Tombstone

19496.5

Young and Wild

19584.6

No Man's Woman

19555.0

The Light of Western Stars

19405.0

The Power of the Resurrection

19587.0

Southside 1-1000

19506.0

Mexican Manhunt

19536.2

Wide Open Town

19416.5

The Outlaw Stallion

19547.3

The Lion Hunters

19516.3

I Beheld His Glory

1953

Cherokee Strip

19405.5

Naked Gun

19566.4

The Bandit Trail

19416.6

Knights of the Range

19407.0

Sky Commando

19536.7

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

19366.8

Dixie Dugan

19436.5

Return from Nowhere

19446.0

Trail Dust

19365.3

Arena

19535.0

A Star Shall Rise

19528.0

Borderland

19377.5

Rationing

19444.0

Merton of the Movies

19476.3

Dark Shadows

19448.9