Morris Ankrum
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 28, 1896, Danville, Illinois, USA
- Died
- September 2, 1964
- Movies
- 162
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | Guns of Diablo | Ray Macklin |
| 1963 | X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes | Mr. Bowhead (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Tower of London | The Archbishop |
| 1961 | Most Dangerous Man Alive | Capt. Davis |
| 1961 | The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come | Gen. Lew Wallace |
| 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon | President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1958 | Tarawa Beachhead | Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Frontier Gun | Andrew Barton |
| 1958 | The Saga of Hemp Brown | Bo Slauter |
| 1958 | Curse of the Faceless Man | Narrator (unconfirmed) |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Sea Captain |
| 1958 | Badman's Country | Mayor Coleman |
| 1958 | How to Make a Monster | Police Capt. Hancock |
| 1958 | Young and Wild | Police Capt. Egan |
| 1958 | Giant from the Unknown | Dr. Frederick Cleveland |
| 1958 | The Power of the Resurrection | Annas |
| 1957 | Omar Khayyam | Sharain's Father |
| 1957 | Beginning of the End | Gen. John Hanson |
| 1957 | The Giant Claw | Lt. Gen. Edward Considine |
| 1957 | Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman | Dr. Carl Jordan |
| 1957 | Kronos | Dr. Albert Stern |
| 1957 | Hell's Crossroads | Wheeler |
| 1957 | Zombies of Mora Tau | Dr. Jonathan Eggert |
| 1957 | Drango | Henry Calder |
| 1957 | Down Liberty Road | Fred Schroder |
| 1956 | The Desperados Are in Town | Mr. Rutherford |
| 1956 | Naked Gun | Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum) |
| 1956 | Walk the Proud Land | Gen. Wade |
| 1956 | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Brig. Gen. John Hanley |
| 1956 | Quincannon, Frontier Scout | Col. Harry Conover |
| 1956 | When Gangland Strikes | Leo Fantzler |
| 1956 | Fury at Gunsight Pass | Doc Phillips |
| 1955 | No Man's Woman | Capt. Hostedder |
| 1955 | Tennessee's Partner | Judge Parker |
| 1955 | Duel on the Mississippi | Magistrate (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Last Command | |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea | Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble |
| 1955 | The Silver Star | Charlie Childress |
| 1955 | Chief Crazy Horse | Red Cloud |
| 1955 | Crashout | Head Guard |
| 1955 | The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story | Azar the Shepherd |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Gen. Ramírez |
| 1954 | The Steel Cage | Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages" |
| 1954 | Three Young Texans | Jeff Blair |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana | J.I. 'Pop' Jones |
| 1954 | Two Guns and a Badge | Sheriff Jackson |
| 1954 | Apache | Dawson |
| 1954 | The Outlaw Stallion | Sheriff |
| 1954 | Silver Lode | Zachary Evans |
| 1954 | Drums Across the River | Chief Ouray |
| 1954 | Southwest Passage | Dr. Stanton |
| 1954 | Taza, Son of Cochise | Grey Eagle |
| 1953 | Flight Nurse | Interrogation Officer |
| 1953 | The Moonlighter | Alexander Prince |
| 1953 | Mexican Manhunt | Tip Morgan |
| 1953 | Sky Commando | Gen. W.R. Combs |
| 1953 | Devil's Canyon | Ed |
| 1953 | Arena | Bucky Hillberry |
| 1953 | Invaders from Mars | Col. Fielding |
| 1953 | I Beheld His Glory | Peter |
| 1953 | Fort Vengeance | Chief Crowfoot |
| 1953 | The Man Behind The Gun | Bram Creegan |
| 1952 | Hiawatha | Iagoo |
| 1952 | A Star Shall Rise | King Herod |
| 1952 | Because of You | Dr. Travis |
| 1952 | The Raiders | Thomas Ainsworth |
| 1952 | Son of Ali Baba | Ali Baba |
| 1952 | Red Planet Mars | Secretary of Defense Sparks |
| 1952 | Mutiny | Capt. Radford |
| 1952 | Fort Osage | Arthur Pickett |
| 1951 | My Favorite Spy | Gen. Frazer |
| 1951 | Flight to Mars | Ikron |
| 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day | Hugh Wagner |
| 1951 | Along the Great Divide | Ed Roden |
| 1951 | Fighting Coast Guard | Navy Captain |
| 1951 | The Lion Hunters | Tom Forbes |
| 1951 | The Redhead and the Cowboy | Sheriff |
| 1950 | Short Grass | Hal Fenton |
| 1950 | Southside 1-1000 | Eugene Deane |
| 1950 | Rocketship X-M | Dr. Ralph Fleming |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place | Lloyd Barnes |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Jim Whitehead |
| 1950 | Borderline | Bill Whittaker |
| 1950 | Chain Lightning | Ed Bostwick |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory | United States Marshal |
| 1949 | We Were Strangers | M. Seymour |
| 1949 | Bad Men of Tombstone | Mr. Jones |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain |
| 1948 | For the Love of Mary | Adm. Walton |
| 1948 | The Fabulous Fraud | Blind Girl's Father |
| 1948 | Fighting Back | Robert J. Higby |
| 1948 | Souvenirs of Death | Gangster (uncredited) |
| 1947 | High Wall | Dr. Stanley Griffin |
| 1947 | Good News | Dean Griswold |
| 1947 | Desire Me | Hector Martin |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies | Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Cynthia | Mr. Phillips, Principal |
| 1947 | Song of the Thin Man | Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | A.J. Crane |
| 1947 | Little Mister Jim | Col. W.I. Starwell |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Fowles |
| 1946 | Lady in the Lake | Eugene Grayson |
| 1946 | Courage of Lassie | Farmer Crews |
| 1946 | The Cockeyed Miracle | Dr. Wilson |
| 1946 | The Green Years | Dr. Galbraith |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls | Reverend Claggett |
| 1945 | Adventure | Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Purity Squad | Dr. Adams (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Hidden Eye | Ferris (henchman) |
| 1945 | Phantoms, Inc. | Narrator (voice) |
| 1945 | Fall Guy | District Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Willoughby Peavy |
| 1944 | Dark Shadows | Lt. Pat McKay |
| 1944 | Gentle Annie | Deputy Gansby |
| 1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Return from Nowhere | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Barbary Coast Gent | Alec Veeder |
| 1944 | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Ed Scofield |
| 1944 | Meet the People | Monte Rowland |
| 1944 | Main Street Today | Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Rationing | Morgan |
| 1944 | The Heavenly Body | Dr. Green |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Col. Demas (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Swing Fever | Dan Conlon |
| 1943 | Best Foot Forward | Col. Harkrider |
| 1943 | Let's Face It | Man in Sun Shell Cafe |
| 1943 | Dixie Dugan | Editor |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Martin |
| 1942 | Time to Kill | Alexander Morny |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Jefferson Davis |
| 1942 | The Omaha Trail | Henchman Job |
| 1942 | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Mr. Graham |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Judge |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Wood |
| 1942 | Roxie Hart | Martin S. Harrison |
| 1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Ace Anderson |
| 1941 | Road Agent | Big John Morgan |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming | Assistant District Attorney |
| 1941 | The Bandit Trail | Red Haggerty |
| 1941 | This Woman Is Mine | Roussel |
| 1941 | Wide Open Town | Jim Stuart |
| 1941 | Pirates on Horseback | Ace Gibson |
| 1941 | Border Vigilantes | Dan Forbes |
| 1941 | The Roundup | 'Parenthesis' |
| 1941 | In Old Colorado | Weiler, Davidson's Foreman |
| 1941 | Doomed Caravan | Stephen Westcott |
| 1940 | Three Men from Texas | Bruce Morgan |
| 1940 | Cherokee Strip | Hawk Barrett |
| 1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Second Outlaw |
| 1940 | The Light of Western Stars | Nat Hayworth |
| 1940 | The Showdown | Baron Rendor |
| 1940 | Knights of the Range | Gamecock |
| 1937 | Rustlers' Valley | Glen Randall |
| 1937 | North of the Rio Grande | Henry Stoneham |
| 1937 | Hills of Old Wyoming | Andrews |
| 1937 | Borderland | Loco |
| 1936 | Trail Dust | Tex Anderson |
| 1936 | Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Blackie Felton |
| 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! | Washington Press Correspondent |
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