Morris Ankrum

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1896-08-28
Place of Birth: Danville, Illinois, USA
Also Known As: Morris Nussbaum, Morris Winslow Ankrum, Morrie Ankrum, Morri Ankrum, Stephen Morris

Movies List of Morris Ankrum

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Lady in the Lake

1946 Movie
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The Movie Orgy

1968 Movie
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Invaders from Mars

1953 Movie
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Fall Guy

1945 Movie
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I Wake Up Screaming

1941 Movie
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The Heavenly Body

1944 Movie
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Young and Wild

1958 Movie
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Crashout

1955 Movie
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High Wall

1947 Movie
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Silver Lode

1954 Movie
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Colorado Territory

1949 Movie
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The Giant Claw

1957 Movie
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The Damned Don't Cry

1950 Movie
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Tennessee's Partner

1955 Movie
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Apache

1954 Movie
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Flight To Mars

1951 Movie
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Kronos

1957 Movie
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Courage of Lassie

1946 Movie
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Rocketship X-M

1950 Movie
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Zombies of Mora Tau

1957 Movie
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The Last Command

1955 Movie
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Twilight for the Gods

1958 Movie
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Borderline

1950 Movie
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In a Lonely Place

1950 Movie
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Beginning of the End

1957 Movie
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Southside 1-1000

1950 Movie
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When Gangland Strikes

1956 Movie
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Time to Kill

1942 Movie
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We Were Strangers

1949 Movie
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Doomed Caravan

1941 Movie
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Pirates on Horseback

1941 Movie
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In Old Colorado

1941 Movie
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The Showdown

1940 Movie
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Wide Open Town

1941 Movie
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Three Men from Texas

1940 Movie
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Borderland

1937 Movie
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Rustlers' Valley

1937 Movie
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Hills of Old Wyoming

1937 Movie
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Trail Dust

1936 Movie
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Taza, Son of Cochise

1954 Movie
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No Man's Woman

1955 Movie
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Son of Ali Baba

1952 Movie
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Roxie Hart

1942 Movie
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Guns of Diablo

1964 Movie
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The Hidden Eye

1945 Movie
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Chain Lightning

1950 Movie
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Sky Commando

1953 Movie
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My Favorite Spy

1951 Movie
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Hiawatha

1952 Movie
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The Steel Cage

1954 Movie
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The Cockeyed Miracle

1946 Movie
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How to Make a Monster

1958 Movie
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Hell's Crossroads

1957 Movie
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The Fabulous Fraud

1948 Movie
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Devil's Canyon

1953 Movie
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Swing Fever

1943 Movie
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Rationing

1944 Movie
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Desire Me

1947 Movie
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The Lion Hunters

1951 Movie
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Mutiny

1952 Movie
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Because of You

1952 Movie
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Adventure

1945 Movie
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Cynthia

1947 Movie
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Southwest Passage

1954 Movie
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The Eternal Sea

1955 Movie
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Good News

1947 Movie
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Omar Khayyam

1957 Movie
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Fury at Gunsight Pass

1956 Movie
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For the Love of Mary

1948 Movie
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Fort Vengeance

1953 Movie
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Barbary Coast Gent

1944 Movie
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The Raiders

1952 Movie
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A Star Shall Rise

1952 Movie
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Fighting Back

1948 Movie
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Gentle Annie

1944 Movie
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Fort Osage

1952 Movie
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Dixie Dugan

1943 Movie
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Ride 'Em Cowboy

1942 Movie
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Flight Nurse

1953 Movie
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Dark Shadows

1944 Movie
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Best Foot Forward

1943 Movie
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Two Guns and a Badge

1954 Movie
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Cherokee Strip

1940 Movie
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Purity Squad

1945 Movie
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Drango

1957 Movie
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Meet the People

1944 Movie
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The Moonlighter

1953 Movie
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Merton of the Movies

1947 Movie
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The Bandit Trail

1941 Movie
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The Omaha Trail

1942 Movie
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Mexican Manhunt

1953 Movie
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Tower of London

1962 Movie
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Knights of the Range

1940 Movie
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Vera Cruz

1954 Movie
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Phantoms, Inc.

1945 Movie
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Short Grass

1950 Movie
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Tales of Manhattan

1942 Movie
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I Beheld His Glory

1953 Movie
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This Woman Is Mine

1941 Movie
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Border Vigilantes

1941 Movie
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The Roundup

1941 Movie
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Bad Men of Tombstone

1949 Movie
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Arena

1953 Movie
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The Silver Star

1955 Movie
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The Outlaw Stallion

1954 Movie
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Badman's Country

1958 Movie
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Three Young Texans

1954 Movie
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Frontier Gun

1958 Movie
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Naked Gun

1956 Movie
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Little Mister Jim

1947 Movie
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The Mighty McGurk

1947 Movie
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Fighting Coast Guard

1951 Movie
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Return from Nowhere

1944 Movie
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Song of the Thin Man

1947 Movie
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Chief Crazy Horse

1955 Movie
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Main Street Today

1944 Movie
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Souvenirs of Death

1948 Movie
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The Fountainhead

1949 Movie
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Walk the Proud Land

1956 Movie
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Reunion in France

1942 Movie
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Red Planet Mars

1952 Movie
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Tarawa Beachhead

1958 Movie
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Joan of Arc

1948 Movie
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Tennessee Johnson

1942 Movie
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Tales of Manhattan

1942 Movie
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The Harvey Girls

1946 Movie
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The Sea of Grass

1947 Movie
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Road Agent

1941 Movie
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Stand Up and Cheer!

1934 Movie