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Erskine Sanford
Acting

Erskine Sanford

Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.

Profession

Acting

Birthday

19 Nov 1885

Age

141 Years

Born In

Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Total Projects

33

Years Active

13 Yrs

Avg Rating

6.6 ★

Overview

Erskine Sanford was an American actor on the stage, in radio and motion pictures. As a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre company he appears in several of Welles's films, most notably as the bumbling, perspiring newspaper editor Herbert Carter in Citizen Kane!

Filmography

The Company She Keeps

movie

The Company She Keeps

1951

The Company She Keeps

as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

Sierra

movie

Sierra

1950

Sierra

as Judge Prentiss

Night Unto Night

movie

Night Unto Night

1949

Night Unto Night

as Dr. Gallen Altheim

Impact

movie

Impact

1949

Impact

as Dr. Henry Bender

Wake of the Red Witch

movie

Wake of the Red Witch

1948

Wake of the Red Witch

as Dr. van Arken

Kidnapped

movie

Kidnapped

1948

Kidnapped

as Rankeillor

Macbeth

movie

Macbeth

1948

Macbeth

as Duncan

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

movie

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Dr. Danson (uncredited)

Letter from an Unknown Woman

movie

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

Letter from an Unknown Woman

as Porter

You Were Meant for Me

movie

You Were Meant for Me

1948

You Were Meant for Me

as Frank Smith

The Voice of the Turtle

movie

The Voice of the Turtle

1947

The Voice of the Turtle

as Storekeeper

The Lady from Shanghai

movie

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

The Lady from Shanghai

as Judge

Mourning Becomes Electra

movie

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

Mourning Becomes Electra

as Josiah Borden

Possessed

movie

Possessed

1947

Possessed

as Dr. Max Sherman

The Best Years of Our Lives

movie

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Bullard

Angel on My Shoulder

movie

Angel on My Shoulder

1946

Angel on My Shoulder

as Minister

Crack-Up

movie

Crack-Up

1946

Crack-Up

as Museum Director Barton

The Stranger

movie

The Stranger

1946

The Stranger

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Without Reservations

movie

Without Reservations

1946

Without Reservations

as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

From This Day Forward

movie

From This Day Forward

1946

From This Day Forward

as Higgler

Spellbound

movie

Spellbound

1945

Spellbound

as Dr. Galt (uncredited)

Girls of the Big House

movie

Girls of the Big House

1945

Girls of the Big House

as Professor O'Neill

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

movie

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as Undertaker (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

movie

Mr. Skeffington

1944

Mr. Skeffington

as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

Ministry of Fear

movie

Ministry of Fear

1944

Ministry of Fear

as George Rennit

Uncertain Glory

movie

Uncertain Glory

1944

Uncertain Glory

Jane Eyre

movie

Jane Eyre

1943

Jane Eyre

as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

The Magnificent Ambersons

movie

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

The Magnificent Ambersons

as Roger Bronson

The Wife Takes a Flyer

movie

The Wife Takes a Flyer

1942

The Wife Takes a Flyer

as Jan

Appointment for Love

movie

Appointment for Love

1941

Appointment for Love

as Hastings' Butler (uncredited)

Citizen Kane

movie

Citizen Kane

1941

Citizen Kane

as Herbert Carter

Pop Always Pays

movie

Pop Always Pays

1940

Pop Always Pays

as John Hayes

Too Much Johnson

movie

Too Much Johnson

1938

Too Much Johnson

as Frederick

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