Morris 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.
179 acting credits
Acting · 179
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Maverick
1957
Cheyenne
1955
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Studio One
1948
Gunsmoke
1955
Sea Hunt
1958
M Squad
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
Cowboy G-Men
1952
The Fountainhead
1949
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
On Trial
1956
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
Dr. Fu Manchu
1956
The Movie Orgy
1968
In a Lonely Place
1950
Joan of Arc
1948
Vera Cruz
1954
Apache
1954
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
The Sea of Grass
1947
Lady in the Lake
1946
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
Chief Crazy Horse
1955
Colorado Territory
1949
Guns of Diablo
1964
Along the Great Divide
1951
The Harvey Girls
1946
Invaders from Mars
1953
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Song of the Thin Man
1947
Reunion in France
1942
High Wall
1947
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
Roxie Hart
1942
The Giant Claw
1957
The Last Command
1955
Tennessee Johnson
1942
Southwest Passage
1954
Courage of Lassie
1946
The Man Behind The Gun
1953
Mutiny
1952
Son of Ali Baba
1952
Frontier Gun
1958
We Were Strangers
1949
Borderline
1950
Duel on the Mississippi
1955
Crashout
1955
Adventure
1945
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Drango
1957
Curse of the Faceless Man
1958
Desire Me
1947
The Moonlighter
1953
For the Love of Mary
1948
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
Zombies of Mora Tau
1957
Walk the Proud Land
1956
Kronos
1957
Arena
1953
This Woman Is Mine
1941
Tower of London
1962
The Heavenly Body
1944
Wide Open Town
1941
The Saga of Hemp Brown
1958
Rocketship X-M
1950
Fort Osage
1952
My Favorite Spy
1951
Giant from the Unknown
1958
Doomed Caravan
1941
Naked Gun
1956
Beginning of the End
1957
Red Planet Mars
1952
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
Gentle Annie
1944
How to Make a Monster
1958
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
Because of You
1952
Silver Lode
1954
The Green Years
1946
Good News
1947
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Time to Kill
1942
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954
The Silver Star
1955
Tennessee's Partner
1955
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
Cynthia
1947
Dark Shadows
1944
The Showdown
1940
Flight to Mars
1951
Sky Commando
1953
Chain Lightning
1950
Road Agent
1941
Meet the People
1944
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
Fort Vengeance
1953
Dixie Dugan
1943
The Redhead and the Cowboy
1951
The Mighty McGurk
1947
Cherokee Strip
1940
The Desperados Are in Town
1956
The Light of Western Stars
1940
The Eternal Sea
1955
Borderland
1937
Drums Across the River
1954
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1961
Mexican Manhunt
1953
The Power of the Resurrection
1958
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956
Best Foot Forward
1943
Rationing
1944
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
When Gangland Strikes
1956
Border Vigilantes
1941
The Lion Hunters
1951
Short Grass
1950
The Steel Cage
1954
Omar Khayyam
1957
In Old Colorado
1941
Twilight for the Gods
1958
North of the Rio Grande
1937
Three Men from Texas
1940
Southside 1-1000
1950
Swing Fever
1943
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949
Main Street Today
1944
Devil's Canyon
1953
Fighting Back
1948
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
The Roundup
1941
Hell's Crossroads
1957
Flight Nurse
1953
Tarawa Beachhead
1958
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
Young and Wild
1958
Pirates on Horseback
1941
Trail Dust
1936
Badman's Country
1958
The Raiders
1952
Purity Squad
1945
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
Knights of the Range
1940
Fury at Gunsight Pass
1956
Let's Face It
1943
The Omaha Trail
1942
The Hidden Eye
1945
The Bandit Trail
1941
Merton of the Movies
1947
Souvenirs of Death
1948
Hiawatha
1952
Rustlers' Valley
1937
No Man's Woman
1955
Most Dangerous Man Alive
1961
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937
Fall Guy
1945
The Outlaw Stallion
1954
I Beheld His Glory
1953
A Star Shall Rise
1952
The Cockeyed Miracle
1946
Two Guns and a Badge
1954
Return from Nowhere
1944
Three Young Texans
1954
The Fabulous Fraud
1948
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
1955
Little Mister Jim
1947
Down Liberty Road
1957