Acting

Erskine Sanford

Born November 19, 1885Died July 7, 1969 (83)United StatesTrinidad, Colorado, USA33 creditsIMDb

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!

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Citizen Kane1941 · as Herbert Carter
The Lady from Shanghai1947 · as Judge
The Magnificent Ambersons1942 · as Roger Bronson
Letter from an Unknown Woman1948 · as Porter
Ministry of Fear1944 · as George Rennit
Macbeth1948 · as Duncan
The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as Bullard
Angel on My Shoulder1946 · as Minister
Possessed1947 · as Dr. Max Sherman
Crack-Up1946 · as Museum Director Barton
Impact1949 · as Dr. Henry Bender
Wake of the Red Witch1948 · as Dr. van Arken
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Citizen Kane1941 · as Herbert Carter
The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as Bullard
The Lady from Shanghai1947 · as Judge
Spellbound1945 · as Dr. Galt (uncredited)
Macbeth1948 · as Duncan
Jane Eyre1943 · as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch1948 · as Dr. van Arken
The Magnificent Ambersons1942 · as Roger Bronson
Mr. Skeffington1944 · as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Without Reservations1946 · as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
Letter from an Unknown Woman1948 · as Porter
The Stranger1946 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945 · as Undertaker (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear1944 · as George Rennit
Angel on My Shoulder1946 · as Minister
From This Day Forward1946 · as Higgler
The Company She Keeps1951 · as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
The Voice of the Turtle1947 · as Storekeeper
Sierra1950 · as Judge Prentiss
Mourning Becomes Electra1947 · as Josiah Borden
The Wife Takes a Flyer1942 · as Jan
Night Unto Night1949 · as Dr. Gallen Altheim
Impact1949 · as Dr. Henry Bender
You Were Meant for Me1948 · as Frank Smith
Girls of the Big House1945 · as Professor O'Neill
Appointment for Love1941 · as Hastings' Butler (uncredited)
Possessed1947 · as Dr. Max Sherman
Uncertain Glory1944 · Cast
Too Much Johnson2013 · as Frederick (uncredited)
Crack-Up1946 · as Museum Director Barton
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven1948 · as Dr. Danson (uncredited)
Pop Always Pays1940 · as John Hayes
Kidnapped1948 · as Rankeillor