Morris Ankrum
1896-08-28 ( 128 years old ) in Danville, Illinois, USA

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.

Movies

The Movie Orgy 1968-01-01
Guns of Diablo 1964-10-04
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963-07-13
Tower of London 1962-10-24
Most Dangerous Man Alive 1961-07-04
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come 1961-06-01
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman 1958-12-01
From the Earth to the Moon 1958-11-26
Tarawa Beachhead 1958-11-02
Frontier Gun 1958-10-31
The Saga of Hemp Brown 1958-10-01
Curse of the Faceless Man 1958-08-14
Twilight for the Gods 1958-08-04
Badman's Country 1958-08-02
How to Make a Monster 1958-07-01
Young and Wild 1958-04-24
Giant from the Unknown 1958-01-03
The Power of the Resurrection 1958-01-01
Omar Khayyam 1957-08-23
Beginning of the End 1957-06-28
The Giant Claw 1957-06-01
Kronos 1957-03-31
Hell's Crossroads 1957-03-08
Zombies of Mora Tau 1957-03-01
Drango 1957-01-01
The Desperados Are in Town 1956-11-01
Naked Gun 1956-11-01
Walk the Proud Land 1956-09-01
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956-07-04
Quincannon, Frontier Scout 1956-05-01
When Gangland Strikes 1956-03-15
Fury at Gunsight Pass 1956-02-15
No Man's Woman 1955-10-27
Tennessee's Partner 1955-09-21
Duel on the Mississippi 1955-09-16
The Last Command 1955-08-03
The Eternal Sea 1955-04-19
The Silver Star 1955-04-07
Chief Crazy Horse 1955-04-01
Crashout 1955-03-01
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story 1955-01-01
Vera Cruz 1954-12-25
The Steel Cage 1954-12-01
Three Young Texans 1954-11-25
Cattle Queen of Montana 1954-11-18
Two Guns and a Badge 1954-09-11
Silver Lode 1954-07-23
Apache 1954-07-09
The Outlaw Stallion 1954-07-03
Drums Across the River 1954-06-01
Southwest Passage 1954-04-01
Taza, Son of Cochise 1954-02-18
Flight Nurse 1953-11-15
The Moonlighter 1953-09-19
Mexican Manhunt 1953-09-13
Sky Commando 1953-08-21
Devil's Canyon 1953-08-13
Arena 1953-06-24
Invaders from Mars 1953-04-22
I Beheld His Glory 1953-03-31
Fort Vengeance 1953-03-28
The Man Behind The Gun 1953-01-31
Hiawatha 1952-12-28
A Star Shall Rise 1952-12-25
Because of You 1952-12-04
The Raiders 1952-11-20
Son of Ali Baba 1952-08-15
Red Planet Mars 1952-05-15
Mutiny 1952-03-05
Fort Osage 1952-02-10
My Favorite Spy 1951-12-25
Flight to Mars 1951-11-11
Tomorrow Is Another Day 1951-08-08
Along the Great Divide 1951-06-02
Fighting Coast Guard 1951-05-31
The Lion Hunters 1951-03-25
The Redhead and The Cowboy 1951-03-15
Short Grass 1950-12-24
Southside 1-1000 1950-11-16
Rocketship X-M 1950-06-02
In a Lonely Place 1950-05-17
The Damned Don't Cry 1950-05-13
Borderline 1950-03-01
Chain Lightning 1950-02-18
The Fountainhead 1949-06-25
Colorado Territory 1949-06-11
We Were Strangers 1949-04-27
Bad Men of Tombstone 1949-01-21
Joan of Arc 1948-12-22
For the Love of Mary 1948-09-01
The Fabulous Fraud 1948-08-28
Fighting Back 1948-07-30
Souvenirs of Death 1948-06-19
High Wall 1947-12-17
Good News 1947-12-04
Desire Me 1947-10-31
Merton of the Movies 1947-10-11
Cynthia 1947-08-29
Song of the Thin Man 1947-08-28
The Sea of Grass 1947-04-25
Little Mister Jim 1947-04-01
The Mighty McGurk 1947-01-02
Lady in the Lake 1946-12-19
Courage of Lassie 1946-11-08
The Cockeyed Miracle 1946-10-26
The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946-05-02
The Harvey Girls 1946-01-18
Adventure 1945-12-28
Purity Squad 1945-11-03
The Hidden Eye 1945-08-31
Phantoms, Inc. 1945-06-09
Fall Guy 1945-04-14
The Thin Man Goes Home 1944-12-24
Dark Shadows 1944-12-16
Gentle Annie 1944-12-05
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944-11-15
Return from Nowhere 1944-10-28
Barbary Coast Gent 1944-09-01
Marriage Is a Private Affair 1944-08-23
Meet the People 1944-06-01
Main Street Today 1944-03-25
Rationing 1944-03-24
The Heavenly Body 1944-03-23
Swing Fever 1943-11-01
Best Foot Forward 1943-10-08
Dixie Dugan 1943-03-12
Reunion in France 1942-12-25
Time to Kill 1942-12-24
Tennessee Johnson 1942-12-01
The Omaha Trail 1942-09-01
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe 1942-08-28
Tales of Manhattan 1942-08-05
Tales of Manhattan 1942-08-05
Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942-06-26
Roxie Hart 1942-02-20
Ride 'Em Cowboy 1942-02-13
Road Agent 1941-12-19
I Wake Up Screaming 1941-10-31
The Bandit Trail 1941-10-10
This Woman Is Mine 1941-08-22
Wide Open Town 1941-08-08
Pirates on Horseback 1941-05-23
Border Vigilantes 1941-04-18
The Roundup 1941-04-03
In Old Colorado 1941-03-14
Doomed Caravan 1941-01-10
Three Men from Texas 1940-11-15
Cherokee Strip 1940-10-10
Buck Benny Rides Again 1940-05-31
Light of Western Stars 1940-04-17
The Showdown 1940-03-08
Knights of the Range 1940-02-23
Rustlers' Valley 1937-07-23
North of the Rio Grande 1937-06-28
Hills of Old Wyoming 1937-04-16
Borderland 1937-02-26
Trail Dust 1936-12-11
Hopalong Cassidy Returns 1936-10-16
Stand Up and Cheer! 1934-05-04

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