
Cast
Acting
Cast
Known for
Acting
Born
1896-08-28
From
Danville, Illinois, USA
Died
1964-09-02
Also known as Morris Nussbaum, Morris Winslow Ankrum, Morrie Ankrum
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.

as Ed Bostwick

as Lloyd Barnes

as Self (archive footage)

as Hector Martin

as Dan Conlon

as Iagoo

as District Attorney (uncredited)

as A.J. Crane

as Farmer Crews

as Dr. Carl Jordan

as Brig. Gen. John Hanley

as Sheriff

as Martin S. Harrison

as Narrator (voice)

as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)

as Ali Baba

as Judge (uncredited)

as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

as Dr. Adams (uncredited)

as Robert J. Higby

as Big John Morgan

as Gen. Frazer

as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain

as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)

as M. Seymour

as Ed Roden

as Dawson

as Dr. Galbraith

as Bram Creegan

as Washington Press Correspondent

as Reverend Claggett

as Col. Demas (uncredited)

as Red Cloud

as United States Marshal

as Navy Captain

as Zachary Evans

as Dr. Ralph Fleming

as Alexander Morny

as Narrator (unconfirmed)

as Martin

as Eugene Grayson

as Grey Eagle

as Ray Macklin

as Jim Whitehead

as J.I. 'Pop' Jones

as Willoughby Peavy


as Police Capt. Hancock

as Judge

as Col. Fielding

as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"

as Magistrate (uncredited)

as Fred Schroder

as Dr. Wilson

as Capt. Davis

as Secretary of Defense Sparks

as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine

as Assistant District Attorney

as Charlie Childress

as Ace Anderson

as Chief Ouray

as Col. W.I. Starwell

as Sea Captain

as Gen. Wade

as Gen. John Hanson

as Dr. Frederick Cleveland

as Jefferson Davis

as Second Outlaw

as Mr. Jones

as Bucky Hillberry

as Dr. Stanley Griffin

as Gen. Ramírez

as Blackie Felton

as Bill Whittaker

as Dean Griswold

as Col. Harry Conover

as Ed

as Adm. Walton

as Dr. Green

as Gen. W.R. Combs

as Inspector (uncredited)

as Mayor Coleman

as Ed Scofield

as Nat Hayworth

as Judge Parker

as Henry Calder

as Ferris (henchman)

as Andrews

as Sharain's Father

as Dr. Travis

as Col. Harkrider

as Peter

as Hal Fenton

as Henry Stoneham

as Doc Phillips

as Lt. Pat McKay

as Hugh Wagner

as Leo Fantzler

as Tom Forbes

as Bo Slauter

as Fowles

as Ace Gibson

as Monte Rowland

as Alexander Prince

as Eugene Deane

as Sheriff Jackson

as Bruce Morgan

as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble

as Mr. Graham

as Wood

as Head Guard

as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)

as Roussel

as Capt. Hostedder

as Police Capt. Egan

as Dr. Albert Stern

as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman

as Jim Stuart

as Henchman Job

as Loco

as Capt. Radford

as Stephen Westcott

as Annas

as The Archbishop

as Interrogation Officer

as Gangster (uncredited)

as Jeff Blair

as Tex Anderson

as Wheeler

as Glen Randall

as Ikron

as Arthur Pickett

as Baron Rendor

as Red Haggerty

as Gamecock

as Mr. Rutherford

as Dr. Stanton

as Alec Veeder

as Dan Forbes

as President Ulysses S. Grant

as Morgan

as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)

as Sheriff

as Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited)

as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)

as Man in Sun Shell Cafe

as Chief Crowfoot

as Dr. Jonathan Eggert

as Hawk Barrett

as King Herod

as Tip Morgan

as Andrew Barton

as Editor

as Gen. Lew Wallace

as Thomas Ainsworth

as Doctor (uncredited)

as Mr. Phillips, Principal

as Deputy Gansby

as 'Parenthesis'

as Azar the Shepherd

as Blind Girl's Father