Morris Ankrum

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    Morris Nussbaum, Morris Winslow Ankrum, Morrie Ankrum, Morri Ankrum, Stephen Morris

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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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1896-08-28
  • event Death Date 1964-09-02
  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Danville, Illinois, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Morris Ankrum

6.1

Lady in the Lake

1946-12-19

6.5

The Movie Orgy

1968-01-01

5.9

Invaders from Mars

1953-04-22

8

Fall Guy

1945-04-14

6.9

I Wake Up Screaming

1941-10-31

5.7

The Heavenly Body

1944-03-23

7.1

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946-05-02

3.5

Young and Wild

1958-04-24

6.5

Crashout

1955-03-01

6.2

High Wall

1947-12-17

6.2

Silver Lode

1954-07-23

7

Colorado Territory

1949-06-11

4.8

The Giant Claw

1957-06-01

7.1

The Damned Don't Cry

1950-05-13

6.5

Tomorrow Is Another Day

1951-08-08

7.1

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944-12-24

6.1

Apache

1954-07-09

6.5

Tennessee's Partner

1955-09-21

5.3

Flight to Mars

1951-11-11

5.6

Kronos

1957-03-31

5.7

Courage of Lassie

1946-11-08

4.8

Rocketship X-M

1950-06-02

5.5

Zombies of Mora Tau

1957-03-01

6.4

The Last Command

1955-08-03

5.2

From the Earth to the Moon

1958-11-26

4.2

Twilight for the Gods

1958-08-04

4.9

Most Dangerous Man Alive

1961-07-04

5.4

Borderline

1950-03-01

7.6

In a Lonely Place

1950-05-17

3.8

Beginning of the End

1957-06-28

5.7

Southside 1-1000

1950-11-16

6

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

1956-07-04

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When Gangland Strikes

1956-03-15

5.5

Time to Kill

1942-12-24

5.9

We Were Strangers

1949-04-27

6

The Showdown

1940-03-08

3

Doomed Caravan

1941-01-10

0

Pirates on Horseback

1941-05-23

6.7

In Old Colorado

1941-03-14

6.3

Three Men from Texas

1940-11-15

0

Wide Open Town

1941-08-08

6

North of the Rio Grande

1937-06-28

6.3

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

1936-10-16

6

Rustlers' Valley

1937-07-23

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Borderland

1937-02-26

6.5

Duel on the Mississippi

1955-09-16

0

Hills of Old Wyoming

1937-04-16

4

Trail Dust

1936-12-11

5.5

Taza, Son of Cochise

1954-02-18

4

Giant from the Unknown

1958-01-03

5

No Man's Woman

1955-10-27

5.8

Son of Ali Baba

1952-08-15

4

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

1961-06-01

6.8

Roxie Hart

1942-02-20

5.7

The Man Behind The Gun

1953-01-31

5.3

Guns of Diablo

1964-10-04

7.6

The Hidden Eye

1945-08-31

6.2

Chain Lightning

1950-02-18

5.5

Sky Commando

1953-08-21

6

My Favorite Spy

1951-12-25

4.9

The Redhead and The Cowboy

1951-03-15

6.6

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944-11-15

5.7

Drums Across the River

1954-06-01

4.4

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

1956-05-01

0

Hiawatha

1952-12-28

0

The Steel Cage

1954-12-01

6.7

The Cockeyed Miracle

1946-10-26

3

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

1958-12-01

5.6

How to Make a Monster

1958-07-01

5.5

Hell's Crossroads

1957-03-08

5

The Fabulous Fraud

1948-08-28

4.8

Devil's Canyon

1953-08-13

5

Swing Fever

1943-11-01

3

Rationing

1944-03-24

5.7

Desire Me

1947-10-31

5.3

The Lion Hunters

1951-03-25

4.8

Mutiny

1952-03-05

5.7

Because of You

1952-12-04

6.2

Adventure

1945-12-28

5.9

Cynthia

1947-08-29

5.4

Southwest Passage

1954-04-01

6.4

The Eternal Sea

1955-04-19

6.2

Good News

1947-12-04

5

Omar Khayyam

1957-08-23

6

Fury at Gunsight Pass

1956-02-15

5.8

For the Love of Mary

1948-09-01

6.2

Fort Vengeance

1953-03-28

4.6

Barbary Coast Gent

1944-09-01

6.2

The Raiders

1952-11-20

0

A Star Shall Rise

1952-12-25

2

The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story

1955-01-01

6

Fighting Back

1948-07-30

5.2

Gentle Annie

1944-12-05

6

Fort Osage

1952-02-10

5

Dixie Dugan

1943-03-12

5.8

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1942-02-13

5.5

Flight Nurse

1953-11-15

6.7

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

1963-07-13

9.1

Dark Shadows

1944-12-16

6

Best Foot Forward

1943-10-08

4.5

Cherokee Strip

1940-10-10

0

Two Guns and a Badge

1954-09-11

7

Purity Squad

1945-11-03

5.4

Drango

1957-01-01

5

Meet the People

1944-06-01

5.7

The Moonlighter

1953-09-19

7.4

Along the Great Divide

1951-06-02

6.8

Merton of the Movies

1947-10-11

7

The Omaha Trail

1942-09-01

6.5

The Bandit Trail

1941-10-10

5.4

Curse of the Faceless Man

1958-08-14

5.8

Mexican Manhunt

1953-09-13

2.5

Light of Western Stars

1940-04-17

0

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940-05-31

6

Tower of London

1962-10-24

0

Knights of the Range

1940-02-23

6.7

Vera Cruz

1954-12-25

5.7

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942-08-28

5.5

Phantoms, Inc.

1945-06-09

6

Short Grass

1950-12-24

6.3

Tales of Manhattan

1942-08-05

0

The Power of the Resurrection

1958-01-01

0

I Beheld His Glory

1953-03-31

3.7

This Woman Is Mine

1941-08-22

6

Border Vigilantes

1941-04-18

8

The Roundup

1941-04-03

6.3

Bad Men of Tombstone

1949-01-21

4.7

Arena

1953-06-24

5

The Silver Star

1955-04-07

5.9

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942-06-26

5.6

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954-11-18

5

The Outlaw Stallion

1954-07-03

0

The Desperados Are in Town

1956-11-01

5.4

Badman's Country

1958-08-02

5.2

Three Young Texans

1954-11-25

5.7

The Saga of Hemp Brown

1958-10-01

6

Frontier Gun

1958-10-31

6.8

Naked Gun

1956-11-01

4

Little Mister Jim

1947-04-01

6.4

The Mighty McGurk

1947-01-02

5.2

Marriage Is a Private Affair

1944-08-23

6.5

Fighting Coast Guard

1951-05-31

5

Return from Nowhere

1944-10-28

6.8

Song of the Thin Man

1947-08-28

5.7

Chief Crazy Horse

1955-04-01

6.2

Main Street Today

1944-03-25

6.5

Souvenirs of Death

1948-06-19

6.9

The Fountainhead

1949-06-25

6.1

Walk the Proud Land

1956-09-01

6.4

Reunion in France

1942-12-25

4.7

Red Planet Mars

1952-05-15

6

Tarawa Beachhead

1958-11-02

6.1

Joan of Arc

1948-12-22

6.1

Tennessee Johnson

1942-12-01

6.3

Tales of Manhattan

1942-08-05

6.5

The Harvey Girls

1946-01-18

6.3

The Sea of Grass

1947-04-25

0

Road Agent

1941-12-19

4.9

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934-05-04

6.5

The Green Years

1946-07-04

4.5

Let's Face It

1943-08-04

6.6

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

5.3

Cowboy G-Men

1952-09-13

7

The Rifleman

1958-09-30

5.2

M Squad

1957-09-20

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960-09-19

6.8

Maverick

1957-09-22

7.7

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

6.6

Sea Hunt

1958-01-04

6.4

Four Star Playhouse

1952-09-25

6.4

Four Star Playhouse

1952-09-25

6.4

Four Star Playhouse

1952-09-25

7.7

Perry Mason

1957-09-21