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