Erskine Sanford

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Erskine Sanford

Acting November 19, 1885

Trinidad, Colorado, USA

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, mo…

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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

8.0 1941 Movie
Spellbound

Spellbound

7.4 1945 Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

7.7 1946 Movie
The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

7.3 1947 Movie
The Stranger

The Stranger

7.2 1946 Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

7.3 1942 Movie
Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

7.8 1948 Movie
Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

6.9 1944 Movie
Macbeth

Macbeth

7.3 1948 Movie
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

6.9 1943 Movie
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

7.5 1945 Movie
Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

6.8 1944 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2013
    Too Much Johnson

    Movie Frederick (uncredited)

  2. 1951
    The Company She Keeps

    Movie Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

  3. 1950
    Sierra

    Movie Judge Prentiss

  4. 1949
    Night Unto Night

    Movie Dr. Gallen Altheim

  5. 1949
    Impact

    Movie Dr. Henry Bender

  6. 1948
    Wake of the Red Witch

    Movie Dr. van Arken

  7. 1948
    Kidnapped

    Movie Rankeillor

  8. 1948
    Macbeth

    Movie Duncan

  9. 1948
    Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

    Movie Dr. Danson (uncredited)

  10. 1948
    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    Movie Porter

  11. 1948
    You Were Meant for Me

    Movie Frank Smith

  12. 1947
    The Voice of the Turtle

    Movie Storekeeper

  13. 1947
    The Lady from Shanghai

    Movie Judge

  14. 1947
    Mourning Becomes Electra

    Movie Josiah Borden

  15. 1947
    Possessed

    Movie Dr. Max Sherman

  16. 1946
    The Best Years of Our Lives

    Movie Bullard

More credits
  1. 1946
    Angel on My Shoulder

    Movie Minister

  2. 1946
    Crack-Up

    Movie Museum Director Barton

  3. 1946
    The Stranger

    Movie Party Guest (uncredited)

  4. 1946
    Without Reservations

    Movie Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

  5. 1946
    From This Day Forward

    Movie Higgler

  6. 1945
    Girls of the Big House

    Movie Professor O'Neill

  7. 1945
    Spellbound

    Movie Dr. Galt (uncredited)

  8. 1945
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    Movie Undertaker (uncredited)

  9. 1944
    Mr. Skeffington

    Movie Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

  10. 1944
    Ministry of Fear

    Movie George Rennit

  11. 1944
    Uncertain Glory

    Movie

  12. 1943
    Jane Eyre

    Movie Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

  13. 1942
    The Magnificent Ambersons

    Movie Roger Bronson

  14. 1942
    The Wife Takes a Flyer

    Movie Jan

  15. 1941
    Appointment for Love

    Movie Hastings' Butler (uncredited)

  16. 1941
    Citizen Kane

    Movie Herbert Carter

  17. 1940
    Pop Always Pays

    Movie John Hayes