Morris Ankrum (27 de agosto de 1896 – 2 de septiembre de 1964) fue un actor radiofónico, teatral, cinematográfico y televisivo de nacionalidad estadounidense. Antes de ser contratado por Paramount Pictures en los años 1930, Nussbaum ya había cambiado su apellido por Ankrum. Sin embargo, tras entrar en el estudio eligió utilizar como nombre artístico "Stephen Morris", aunque en 1939 lo cambió a Morris Ankrum. Las facciones severas y sus rasgos marcados le permitieron ser elegido para hacer papeles de reparto con personajes robustos y autoritarios, como científicos, militares (particularmente oficiales), jueces y psiquiatras en más de setenta filmes, la mayor parte de la serie B. Uno de sus papeles sobresalientes tuvo lugar en la película de Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tennessee Johnson (1942), un film biográfico sobre el Presidente Andrew Johnson, en la que encarnaba al Senador Jefferson Davis. La carrera cinematográfica de Ankrum fue extensa y duró tres décadas, dedicándose principalmente al género de la ciencia ficción y al del western. Entre sus westerns figuran Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942), Vera Cruz (con Gary Cooper y Burt Lancaster), Apache (1954), y Cattle Queen of Montana, este último con Barbara Stanwyck y Ronald Reagan. Con respecto a sus películas de ciencia ficción, algunas de ellas son Rocketship X-M (1950), Flight to Mars (1951), Red Planet Mars (1952), la película de culto Invasores de Marte (1953), y Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956). En 1957 interpretó a un psiquiatra en el clásico de ciencia ficción y film de culto Kronos, y encarnó a militares en Beginning of the End y The Giant Claw.
Pelicula | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Pelicula | Las pistolas del diablo | Ray Macklin | 1964-10-04 |
Pelicula | El hombre con rayos X en los ojos | Mr. Bowhead (uncredited) | 1963-07-13 |
Pelicula | La torre de Londres | The Archbishop | 1962-10-24 |
Pelicula | The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come | Gen. Lew Wallace | 1961-06-01 |
Pelicula | El hombre mas peligroso vivo | Capt. Davis | 1961-07-04 |
Pelicula | Cómo hacer un monstruo | Police Capt. Hancock | 1958-07-01 |
Pelicula | Badman's Country | Mayor Coleman | 1958-08-02 |
Pelicula | Young and Wild | Police Capt. Egan | 1958-04-24 |
ver-serie | Sea Hunt | Unknown | 1958-01-04 |
Pelicula | El gigante de la tierra misteriosa | Dr. Frederick Cleveland | 1958-01-03 |
Pelicula | El crepúsculo de los audaces | Sea Captain | 1958-08-04 |
Pelicula | The Power of the Resurrection | Annas | 1958-01-01 |
Pelicula | Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman | Dr. Carl Jordan | 1958-12-01 |
Pelicula | La maldición del hombre sin cara | Narrator (unconfirmed) | 1958-08-14 |
Pelicula | De la Tierra a la Luna | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1958-11-26 |
Pelicula | Tarawa Beachhead | Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited) | 1958-11-02 |
ver-serie | El hombre del rifle | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Pelicula | La saga de Hemp Brown | Bo Slauter | 1958-10-01 |
Pelicula | Frontier Gun | Andrew Barton | 1958-10-31 |
Pelicula | Hell's Crossroads | Wheeler | 1957-03-08 |
Pelicula | Drango | Henry Calder | 1957-01-01 |
Pelicula | Kronos, ¡el conquistador del universo! | Dr. Albert Stern | 1957-03-31 |
Pelicula | Zombies of Mora Tau | Dr. Jonathan Eggert | 1957-03-01 |
Pelicula | La garra gigante | Lt. Gen. Edward Considine | 1957-06-01 |
Pelicula | Omar Khayyam | Sharain's Father | 1957-08-23 |
Pelicula | Beginning of the End | Gen. John Hanson | 1957-06-28 |
Pelicula | When Gangland Strikes | Leo Fantzler | 1956-03-15 |
Pelicula | Fury at Gunsight Pass | Doc Phillips | 1956-02-15 |
Pelicula | La Tierra contra los platillos volantes | Brig. Gen. John Hanley | 1956-07-04 |
Pelicula | Explorador de la frontera | Col. Harry Conover | 1956-05-01 |
Pelicula | La tierra del orgullo | Gen. Wade | 1956-09-01 |
Pelicula | The Desperados Are in Town | Mr. Rutherford | 1956-11-01 |
Pelicula | Naked Gun | Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum) | 1956-11-01 |
Pelicula | The Silver Star | Charlie Childress | 1955-04-07 |
Pelicula | El gran jefe | Red Cloud | 1955-04-01 |
Pelicula | Mar eterno | Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble | 1955-04-19 |
Pelicula | The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story | Azar the Shepherd | 1955-01-01 |
Pelicula | Fuga sangrienta | Head Guard | 1955-03-01 |
Pelicula | La última orden | 1955-08-03 | |
Pelicula | El jugador | Judge Parker | 1955-09-21 |
Pelicula | Duelo en el Mississippi | Magistrate (uncredited) | 1955-09-16 |
Pelicula | No Man's Woman | Capt. Hostedder | 1955-10-27 |
ver-serie | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Pelicula | The Outlaw Stallion | Sheriff | 1954-07-03 |
Pelicula | Tambores fraternos | Chief Ouray | 1954-06-01 |
Pelicula | Raza de violencia | Grey Eagle | 1954-02-18 |
Pelicula | Apache | Dawson | 1954-07-09 |
Pelicula | La travesía del desierto | Dr. Stanton | 1954-04-01 |
Pelicula | Filón de plata | Zachary Evans | 1954-07-23 |
Pelicula | Vera Cruz | Gen. RamÃrez | 1954-12-25 |
Pelicula | tres jóvenes de Texas | Jeff Blair | 1954-11-25 |
Pelicula | The Steel Cage | Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages" | 1954-12-01 |
Pelicula | La reina de Montana | J.I. 'Pop' Jones | 1954-11-18 |
Pelicula | Two Guns and a Badge | Sheriff Jackson | 1954-09-11 |
Pelicula | Los invasores de Marte | Col. Fielding | 1953-04-22 |
Pelicula | I Beheld His Glory | Peter | 1953-03-31 |
Pelicula | Era el comandante Callicut | Bram Creegan | 1953-01-31 |
Pelicula | Arena | Bucky Hillberry | 1953-06-24 |
Pelicula | Fort Vengeance | Chief Crowfoot | 1953-03-28 |
Pelicula | Sky Commando | Gen. W.R. Combs | 1953-08-21 |
Pelicula | Noche salvaje | Ed | 1953-08-13 |
Pelicula | Mexican Manhunt | Tip Morgan | 1953-09-13 |
Pelicula | The Moonlighter | Alexander Prince | 1953-09-19 |
Pelicula | Flight Nurse | Interrogation Officer | 1953-11-15 |
Pelicula | Red Planet Mars (Marte, el planeta rojo) | Secretary of Defense Sparks | 1952-05-15 |
Pelicula | Motín | Capt. Radford | 1952-03-05 |
Pelicula | Fort Osage | Arthur Pickett | 1952-02-10 |
Pelicula | El hijo de Alí Babá | Ali Baba | 1952-08-15 |
Pelicula | The Raiders | Thomas Ainsworth | 1952-11-20 |
ver-serie | Cowboy G-Men | 1952-09-13 | |
Pelicula | A Star Shall Rise | King Herod | 1952-12-25 |
Pelicula | Hiawatha | Iagoo | 1952-12-28 |
Pelicula | Entre dos amores | Dr. Travis | 1952-12-04 |
Pelicula | Fighting Coast Guard | Navy Captain | 1951-05-31 |
Pelicula | Camino de la horca | Ed Roden | 1951-06-02 |
Pelicula | The Lion Hunters | Tom Forbes | 1951-03-25 |
Pelicula | La pelirroja y el vaquero | Sheriff | 1951-03-15 |
Pelicula | Unidos por el crimen (Mañana es otro día) | Hugh Wagner | 1951-08-08 |
Pelicula | Mi espía favorita | Gen. Frazer | 1951-12-25 |
Pelicula | Vuelo a Marte | Ikron | 1951-11-11 |
Pelicula | Alarma en la frontera | Bill Whittaker | 1950-03-01 |
Pelicula | Un rayo en el cielo | Ed Bostwick | 1950-02-18 |
Pelicula | Los condenados no lloran | Jim Whitehead | 1950-05-13 |
Pelicula | Cohete K-1 | Dr. Ralph Fleming | 1950-06-02 |
Pelicula | Short Grass | Hal Fenton | 1950-12-24 |
Pelicula | En un lugar solitario | Lloyd Barnes | 1950-05-17 |
Pelicula | Southside 1-1000 | Eugene Deane | 1950-11-16 |
Pelicula | El aparecido | Mr. Jones | 1949-01-21 |
Pelicula | Éramos desconocidos | M. Seymour | 1949-04-27 |
Pelicula | Juntos Hasta La Muerte | United States Marshal | 1949-06-11 |
Pelicula | El manantial | Prosecutor (uncredited) | 1949-06-25 |
Pelicula | Fighting Back | Robert J. Higby | 1948-07-30 |
Pelicula | The Fabulous Fraud | Blind Girl's Father | 1948-08-28 |
Pelicula | Souvenirs of Death | Gangster (uncredited) | 1948-06-19 |
Pelicula | For the Love of Mary | Adm. Walton | 1948-09-01 |
Pelicula | Juana de Arco | Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain | 1948-12-22 |
Pelicula | Mar de hierba | A.J. Crane | 1947-04-25 |
Pelicula | Little Mister Jim | Col. W.I. Starwell | 1947-04-01 |
Pelicula | The Mighty McGurk | Fowles | 1947-01-02 |
Pelicula | La ruleta de la muerte | Inspector (uncredited) | 1947-08-28 |
Pelicula | Undercover Maisie | Parker | 1947-03-01 |
Pelicula | Desire Me | Hector Martin | 1947-10-31 |
Pelicula | Cynthia | Mr. Phillips, Principal | 1947-08-29 |
Pelicula | ¡Viva el amor! | Dean Griswold | 1947-12-04 |
Pelicula | Muro de tinieblas | Dr. Stanley Griffin | 1947-12-17 |
Pelicula | Merton of the Movies | Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited) | 1947-10-11 |
Pelicula | Las chicas de Harvey | Rev. Claggett | 1946-01-18 |
Pelicula | El cartero siempre llama dos veces | Judge (uncredited) | 1946-05-02 |
Pelicula | El coraje de Lassie | Farmer Crews | 1946-11-08 |
Pelicula | La Dama en el lago | Eugene Grayson | 1946-12-19 |
Pelicula | The Cockeyed Miracle | Dr. Wilson | 1946-10-26 |
Pelicula | Fall Guy | District Attorney (uncredited) | 1945-04-14 |
Pelicula | Phantoms, Inc. | Narrator (voice) | 1945-06-09 |
Pelicula | Aventura | Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited) | 1945-12-28 |
Pelicula | The Hidden Eye | Ferris (henchman) | 1945-08-31 |
Pelicula | Purity Squad | Dr. Adams (uncredited) | 1945-11-03 |
Pelicula | Main Street Today | Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited) | 1944-03-25 |
Pelicula | Meet the People | Monte Rowland | 1944-06-01 |
Pelicula | Rationing | Morgan | 1944-03-24 |
Pelicula | Mundo celestial | Dr. Green | 1944-03-23 |
Pelicula | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Ed Scofield | 1944-08-23 |
Pelicula | Gentle Annie | Deputy Gansby | 1944-12-05 |
Pelicula | El regreso de aquel hombre | Willoughby Peavy | 1944-12-24 |
Pelicula | Barbary Coast Gent | Alec Veeder | 1944-09-01 |
Pelicula | Dark Shadows | Lt. Pat McKay | 1944-12-16 |
Pelicula | Treinta segundos sobre Tokio | Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited) | 1944-11-15 |
Pelicula | Return from Nowhere | Doctor (uncredited) | 1944-10-28 |
Pelicula | Dixie Dugan | Editor | 1943-03-12 |
Pelicula | Swing Fever | Dan Conlon | 1943-11-01 |
Pelicula | La reina de corazones (Best Foot Forward) | Col. Harkrider | 1943-10-08 |
Pelicula | Diez héroes de West Point | Wood | 1942-06-26 |
Pelicula | Roxie Hart | Martin S. Harrison | 1942-02-20 |
Pelicula | Galopa, muchacho | Ace Anderson | 1942-02-13 |
Pelicula | Seis destinos | Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence) | 1942-08-05 |
Pelicula | Tennessee Johnson | Jefferson Davis | 1942-12-01 |
Pelicula | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Mr. Graham | 1942-08-28 |
Pelicula | Time to Kill | Alexander Morny | 1942-12-24 |
Pelicula | Reunión en Francia | Martin | 1942-12-25 |
Pelicula | The Omaha Trail | Henchman Job | 1942-09-01 |
Pelicula | The Roundup | 'Parenthesis' | 1941-04-03 |
Pelicula | Border Vigilantes | Dan Forbes | 1941-04-18 |
Pelicula | Doomed Caravan | Stephen Westcott | 1941-01-10 |
Pelicula | Pirates on Horseback | Ace Gibson | 1941-05-23 |
Pelicula | In Old Colorado | Weiler, Davidson's Foreman | 1941-03-14 |
Pelicula | The Bandit Trail | Red Haggerty | 1941-10-10 |
Pelicula | Road Agent | Big John Morgan | 1941-12-19 |
Pelicula | Wide Open Town | Jim Stuart | 1941-08-08 |
Pelicula | ¿Quién mató a Vicky? | Assistant District Attorney | 1941-10-31 |
Pelicula | This Woman Is Mine | Roussel | 1941-08-22 |
Pelicula | The Showdown | Baron Rendor | 1940-03-08 |
Pelicula | Knights of the Range | Gamecock | 1940-02-23 |
Pelicula | The Light of Western Stars | Nat Hayworth | 1940-04-17 |
Pelicula | Buck Benny Rides Again | Second Outlaw | 1940-05-31 |
Pelicula | Tres hombres de Texas | Bruce Morgan | 1940-11-15 |
Pelicula | Cherokee Strip | Hawk Barrett | 1940-10-10 |
Pelicula | Borderland | Loco | 1937-02-26 |
Pelicula | Hills of Old Wyoming | Andrews | 1937-04-16 |
Pelicula | North of the Rio Grande | Henry Stoneham | 1937-06-28 |
Pelicula | Rustlers' Valley | Glen Randall | 1937-07-23 |
Pelicula | Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Blackie Felton | 1936-10-16 |
Pelicula | Trail Dust | Tex Anderson | 1936-12-11 |