Morris Ankrum

Acting · 1.3 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

Joan of Arc

19486.2

Vera Cruz

19546.7

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

19566.1

The Postman Always Rings Twice

19467.1

The Fountainhead

19496.8

Desire Me

19476.5

In a Lonely Place

19507.6

The Movie Orgy

19686.7

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

19446.7

Apache

19546.0

Invaders from Mars

19535.9

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

19636.6

Chief Crazy Horse

19555.6

Chain Lightning

19506.4

Stand Up and Cheer!

19345.3

Courage of Lassie

19465.9

Along the Great Divide

19517.4

The Harvey Girls

19466.6

I Wake Up Screaming

19416.9

Cattle Queen of Montana

19545.7

Road Agent

19417.0

Son of Ali Baba

19525.6

Roxie Hart

19427.0

Curse of the Faceless Man

19585.7

Good News

19476.5

Swing Fever

19436.0

Silver Lode

19546.2

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

19573.5

Tarawa Beachhead

19586.6

Rocketship X-M

19504.9

Colorado Territory

19496.9

Fighting Back

19486.7

The Redhead and the Cowboy

19515.4

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

19426.4

Time to Kill

19426.1

The Cockeyed Miracle

19467.5

Fighting Coast Guard

19516.7

How to Make a Monster

19585.7

Because of You

19526.6

The Man Behind The Gun

19536.0

Purity Squad

19457.7

The Giant Claw

19574.8

Lady in the Lake

19466.1

The Last Command

19556.7

Phantoms, Inc.

19456.0

We Were Strangers

19496.3

Guns of Diablo

19645.3

My Favorite Spy

19516.0

The Damned Don't Cry

19507.0

Beginning of the End

19574.0

High Wall

19476.4

Taza, Son of Cochise

19545.6

The Silver Star

19555.5

Tower of London

19625.9

Most Dangerous Man Alive

19615.5

Drums Across the River

19545.8

Adventure

19456.4

Duel on the Mississippi

19556.8

Borderline

19505.6

Fall Guy

19458.0

Song of the Thin Man

19476.7

The Green Years

19466.4

Ride 'Em Cowboy

19416.0

Two Guns and a Badge

195410.0

The Sea of Grass

19476.1

The Thin Man Goes Home

19447.1

Hiawatha

19529.0

Fort Osage

19526.5

Marriage Is a Private Affair

19447.1

Reunion in France

19426.4

Kronos

19575.7

Cynthia

19476.2

Red Planet Mars

19524.9

The Saga of Hemp Brown

19586.4

The Steel Cage

19547.0

Tales of Manhattan

19426.4

Mutiny

19525.2

Hell's Crossroads

19575.6

Flight to Mars

19515.2

Omar Khayyam

19575.8

Little Mister Jim

19475.5

Tomorrow Is Another Day

19516.5

From the Earth to the Moon

19585.3

The Heavenly Body

19445.6

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

19426.1

Walk the Proud Land

19565.9

North of the Rio Grande

19376.7

The Moonlighter

19536.0

When Gangland Strikes

19566.0

Crashout

19556.7

The Raiders

19526.3

Tennessee's Partner

19556.5

For the Love of Mary

19486.2

Badman's Country

19585.6

The Power of the Resurrection

19587.0

Twilight for the Gods

19584.7

I Beheld His Glory

1953

Best Foot Forward

19436.8

Tennessee Johnson

19426.4

Meet the People

19445.8

The Eternal Sea

19556.6

Zombies of Mora Tau

19575.5

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

19565.2

Gentle Annie

19445.7

Down Liberty Road

19579.0

Doomed Caravan

19415.3

No Man's Woman

19555.0

Devil's Canyon

19535.0

Barbary Coast Gent

19445.5

Souvenirs of Death

19487.3

Bad Men of Tombstone

19496.5

Knights of the Range

19407.0

Fury at Gunsight Pass

19566.2

Let's Face It

19435.4

Southwest Passage

19546.3

Three Young Texans

19545.6

Wide Open Town

19416.5

Main Street Today

19446.3

Buck Benny Rides Again

19405.0

Arena

19535.0

Drango

19575.6

The Light of Western Stars

19405.0

The Omaha Trail

19427.0

In Old Colorado

19416.4

Short Grass

19506.5

Rationing

19444.0

The Cross of Lorraine

19436.5

The Lion Hunters

19516.3

Dixie Dugan

19436.5

Giant from the Unknown

19584.4

Fort Vengeance

19536.4

Pirates on Horseback

19416.0

The Mighty McGurk

19476.7

The Hidden Eye

19457.9

Southside 1-1000

19506.0

Frontier Gun

19586.8

Young and Wild

19584.6

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

19366.8

Rustlers' Valley

19375.8

Flight Nurse

19536.0

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

19614.3

Mexican Manhunt

19536.2

The Showdown

19406.0

The Outlaw Stallion

19547.3

Hills of Old Wyoming

19375.0

The Bandit Trail

19416.6

Naked Gun

19566.4

The Roundup

19419.0

Cherokee Strip

19405.5

This Woman Is Mine

19414.5

The Desperados Are in Town

19568.0

Border Vigilantes

19416.3

Three Men from Texas

19406.6

A Star Shall Rise

19528.0

Sky Commando

19536.7

Borderland

19377.5

Trail Dust

19365.3

Dark Shadows

19448.9

Merton of the Movies

19476.3

The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story

19553.5

Return from Nowhere

19446.0

The Fabulous Fraud

19486.3