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Erskine Sanford

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Erskine Sanford

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Born: November 19, 1885
Died: July 7, 1969
From: Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Biography

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!

Known for

Citizen Kane

The Lady from Shanghai

The Magnificent Ambersons

Letter from an Unknown Woman

The Best Years of Our Lives

Ministry of Fear

Filmography

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2013

Too Much Johnson

Acting (Frederick (uncredited))

1951

The Company She Keeps

Acting (Planetarium Guide (uncredited))

1950

Acting (Judge Prentiss)

1949

Night Unto Night

Acting (Dr. Gallen Altheim)

Acting (Dr. Henry Bender)

1948

Wake of the Red Witch

Acting (Dr. van Arken)

Acting (Rankeillor)

Acting (Duncan)

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Acting (Dr. Danson (uncredited))

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Acting (Porter)

You Were Meant for Me

Acting (Frank Smith)

1947

The Voice of the Turtle

Acting (Storekeeper)

The Lady from Shanghai

Acting (Judge)

Mourning Becomes Electra

Acting (Josiah Borden)

Acting (Dr. Max Sherman)

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

Acting (Bullard)

Angel on My Shoulder

Acting (Minister)

Acting (Museum Director Barton)

The Stranger

Acting (Party Guest (uncredited))

Without Reservations

Acting (Timothy Helgelander (uncredited))

From This Day Forward

Acting (Higgler)

1945

Girls of the Big House

Acting (Professor O'Neill)

Acting (Dr. Galt (uncredited))

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Acting (Undertaker (uncredited))

1944

Mr. Skeffington

Acting (Dr. Fawcette (uncredited))

Ministry of Fear

Acting (George Rennit)

Uncertain Glory

1943

Acting (Mr. Briggs (uncredited))

1942

The Magnificent Ambersons

Acting (Roger Bronson)

The Wife Takes a Flyer

Acting (Jan)

1941

Appointment for Love

Acting (Hastings' Butler (uncredited))

Citizen Kane

Acting (Herbert Carter)