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Morris Ankrum‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1896-08-28

Popularity

star4.5

Morris Ankrum

Danville, Illinois, USA

Morris Ankrum

Danville, Illinois, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1896-08-28

Popularity

star4.5

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.

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Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

Fall Guy

Fall Guy‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming‌
star6.8
calendar 1941

The Heavenly Body

The Heavenly Body‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice‌
star7.0
calendar 1946

Young and Wild

Young and Wild‌
star3.5
calendar 1958

Crashout

Crashout‌
star6.6
calendar 1955

High Wall

High Wall‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

Silver Lode

Silver Lode‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

The Giant Claw

The Giant Claw‌
star4.9
calendar 1957

The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry‌
star7.1
calendar 1950

Tomorrow Is Another Day

Tomorrow Is Another Day‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home‌
star7.1
calendar 1944

Apache

Apache‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Tennessee's Partner

Tennessee's Partner‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Flight To Mars

Flight To Mars‌
star5.3
calendar 1951

Kronos

Kronos‌
star5.7
calendar 1957

Courage of Lassie

Courage of Lassie‌
star5.7
calendar 1946

Rocketship X-M

Rocketship X-M‌
star4.9
calendar 1950

Zombies of Mora Tau

Zombies of Mora Tau‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

The Last Command

The Last Command‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon‌
star5.2
calendar 1958

Twilight for the Gods

Twilight for the Gods‌
star4.2
calendar 1958

Most Dangerous Man Alive

Most Dangerous Man Alive‌
star4.9
calendar 1961

Borderline

Borderline‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place‌
star7.6
calendar 1950

Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End‌
star3.7
calendar 1957

Southside 1-1000

Southside 1-1000‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers‌
star6.0
calendar 1956

When Gangland Strikes

When Gangland Strikes‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Time to Kill

Time to Kill‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

We Were Strangers

We Were Strangers‌
star5.9
calendar 1949

Doomed Caravan

Doomed Caravan‌
star3.0
calendar 1941

The Showdown

The Showdown‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

In Old Colorado

In Old Colorado‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

Pirates on Horseback

Pirates on Horseback‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Three Men from Texas

Three Men from Texas‌
star6.3
calendar 1940

Wide Open Town

Wide Open Town‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Hopalong Cassidy Returns‌
star6.3
calendar 1936

North of the Rio Grande

North of the Rio Grande‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Rustlers' Valley

Rustlers' Valley‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Borderland

Borderland‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Duel on the Mississippi

Duel on the Mississippi‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Hills of Old Wyoming

Hills of Old Wyoming‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Trail Dust

Trail Dust‌
star4.0
calendar 1936

Taza, Son of Cochise

Taza, Son of Cochise‌
star5.6
calendar 1954

Giant from the Unknown

Giant from the Unknown‌
star4.0
calendar 1958

No Man's Woman

No Man's Woman‌
star4.7
calendar 1955

Son of Ali Baba

Son of Ali Baba‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come‌
star4.0
calendar 1961

Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

The Man Behind The Gun

The Man Behind The Gun‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

Guns of Diablo

Guns of Diablo‌
star5.3
calendar 1964

The Hidden Eye

The Hidden Eye‌
star7.6
calendar 1945

Chain Lightning

Chain Lightning‌
star6.2
calendar 1950

Sky Commando

Sky Commando‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

The Redhead and The Cowboy

The Redhead and The Cowboy‌
star4.9
calendar 1951

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo‌
star6.6
calendar 1944

Drums Across the River

Drums Across the River‌
star5.4
calendar 1954

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

Quincannon, Frontier Scout‌
star4.4
calendar 1956

Hiawatha

Hiawatha‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Steel Cage

The Steel Cage‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

The Cockeyed Miracle

The Cockeyed Miracle‌
star6.7
calendar 1946

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman‌
star3.2
calendar 1958

How to Make a Monster

How to Make a Monster‌
star5.6
calendar 1958

Hell's Crossroads

Hell's Crossroads‌
star5.3
calendar 1957

The Fabulous Fraud

The Fabulous Fraud‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

Devil's Canyon

Devil's Canyon‌
star4.8
calendar 1953

Swing Fever

Swing Fever‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Rationing

Rationing‌
star3.0
calendar 1944

Desire Me

Desire Me‌
star5.7
calendar 1947

The Lion Hunters

The Lion Hunters‌
star5.3
calendar 1951

Mutiny

Mutiny‌
star4.8
calendar 1952

Because of You

Because of You‌
star5.4
calendar 1952

Adventure

Adventure‌
star6.2
calendar 1945

Cynthia

Cynthia‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

Southwest Passage

Southwest Passage‌
star5.4
calendar 1954

The Eternal Sea

The Eternal Sea‌
star6.4
calendar 1955

Good News

Good News‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam‌
star5.0
calendar 1957

Fury at Gunsight Pass

Fury at Gunsight Pass‌
star6.0
calendar 1956

For the Love of Mary

For the Love of Mary‌
star5.8
calendar 1948

Fort Vengeance

Fort Vengeance‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Barbary Coast Gent

Barbary Coast Gent‌
star4.6
calendar 1944

The Raiders

The Raiders‌
star6.2
calendar 1952

A Star Shall Rise

A Star Shall Rise‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story

The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Fighting Back

Fighting Back‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Gentle Annie

Gentle Annie‌
star5.2
calendar 1944

Fort Osage

Fort Osage‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Ride 'Em Cowboy‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

Flight Nurse

Flight Nurse‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes‌
star6.6
calendar 1963

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows‌
star9.2
calendar 1944

Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Two Guns and a Badge

Two Guns and a Badge‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Cherokee Strip

Cherokee Strip‌
star4.5
calendar 1940

Purity Squad

Purity Squad‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Drango

Drango‌
star5.4
calendar 1957

Meet the People

Meet the People‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

The Moonlighter

The Moonlighter‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

Along the Great Divide

Along the Great Divide‌
star7.2
calendar 1951

Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

The Bandit Trail

The Bandit Trail‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

The Omaha Trail

The Omaha Trail‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Curse of the Faceless Man

Curse of the Faceless Man‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

Mexican Manhunt

Mexican Manhunt‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Light of Western Stars

Light of Western Stars‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Tower of London

Tower of London‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Knights of the Range

Knights of the Range‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz‌
star6.6
calendar 1954

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe‌
star5.7
calendar 1942

Phantoms, Inc.

Phantoms, Inc.‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

Short Grass

Short Grass‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

I Beheld His Glory

I Beheld His Glory‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

The Power of the Resurrection

The Power of the Resurrection‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

This Woman Is Mine

This Woman Is Mine‌
star3.2
calendar 1941

Border Vigilantes

Border Vigilantes‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

The Roundup

The Roundup‌
star8.0
calendar 1941

Bad Men of Tombstone

Bad Men of Tombstone‌
star6.3
calendar 1949

Arena

Arena‌
star4.7
calendar 1953

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Ten Gentlemen from West Point‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

The Silver Star

The Silver Star‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Cattle Queen of Montana

Cattle Queen of Montana‌
star5.6
calendar 1954

The Outlaw Stallion

The Outlaw Stallion‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Badman's Country

Badman's Country‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

The Desperados Are in Town

The Desperados Are in Town‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Three Young Texans

Three Young Texans‌
star5.2
calendar 1954

The Saga of Hemp Brown

The Saga of Hemp Brown‌
star5.6
calendar 1958

Frontier Gun

Frontier Gun‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Naked Gun

Naked Gun‌
star6.8
calendar 1956

Little Mister Jim

Little Mister Jim‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

The Mighty McGurk

The Mighty McGurk‌
star6.4
calendar 1947

Marriage Is a Private Affair

Marriage Is a Private Affair‌
star5.2
calendar 1944

Fighting Coast Guard

Fighting Coast Guard‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Return from Nowhere

Return from Nowhere‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

Chief Crazy Horse

Chief Crazy Horse‌
star5.6
calendar 1955

Main Street Today

Main Street Today‌
star6.7
calendar 1944

Souvenirs of Death

Souvenirs of Death‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

Walk the Proud Land

Walk the Proud Land‌
star6.1
calendar 1956

Reunion in France

Reunion in France‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

Red Planet Mars

Red Planet Mars‌
star4.7
calendar 1952

Tarawa Beachhead

Tarawa Beachhead‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass‌
star6.2
calendar 1947

Road Agent

Road Agent‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

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Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Cowboy G-Men

Cowboy G-Men‌
star5.3
calendar 1952

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

M Squad

M Squad‌
star5.2
calendar 1957

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Sea Hunt

Sea Hunt‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957