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Guns of Diablo

as Ray Macklin

1964
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)

1963
Most Dangerous Man Alive

as Capt. Davis

1961
From the Earth to the Moon

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1958
Giant from the Unknown

as Dr. Frederick Cleveland

1958
Curse of the Faceless Man

as Narrator (unconfirmed)

1958
How to Make a Monster

as Police Capt. Hancock

1958
The Saga of Hemp Brown

as Bo Slauter

1958
The Giant Claw

as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine

1957
Zombies of Mora Tau

as Dr. Jonathan Eggert

1957
Beginning of the End

as Gen. John Hanson

1957
Drango

as Henry Calder

1957
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

as Brig. Gen. John Hanley

1956
When Gangland Strikes

as Leo Fantzler

1956
Quincannon, Frontier Scout

as Col. Harry Conover

1956
Naked Gun

as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)

1956
Chief Crazy Horse

as Red Cloud

1955
Tennessee's Partner

as Judge Parker

1955
The Eternal Sea

as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble

1955
Apache

as Dawson

1954
Taza, Son of Cochise

as Grey Eagle

1954
Drums Across the River

as Chief Ouray

1954
Cattle Queen of Montana

as J.I. 'Pop' Jones

1954
Southwest Passage

as Dr. Stanton

1954
Invaders from Mars

as Col. Fielding

1953
The Man Behind The Gun

as Bram Creegan

1953
Sky Commando

as Gen. W.R. Combs

1953
The Moonlighter

as Alexander Prince

1953
Devil's Canyon

as Ed

1953
Morris Ankrum Morris Ankrum

Birthday

1896-08-28

Place of Birth

Danville, Illinois, USA

Biography

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.
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