Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/28/1896
Place of Birth
Danville, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Morris Ankrum
Biography
Known For
Return from Nowhere
as Doctor (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Wood
Southwest Passage
as Dr. Stanton
How to Make a Monster
as Police Capt. Hancock
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Ace Anderson
The Last Command
Unknown Role
Vera Cruz
as Gen. Ramírez
The Desperados Are in Town
as Mr. Rutherford
Doomed Caravan
as Stephen Westcott
Joan of Arc
as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain
Trail Dust
as Tex Anderson
The Fountainhead
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Apache
as Dawson
High Wall
as Dr. Stanley Griffin
Sky Commando
as Gen. W.R. Combs
Omar Khayyam
as Sharain's Father
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Willoughby Peavy
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mr. Graham
Flight Nurse
as Interrogation Officer
Rustlers' Valley
as Glen Randall
Career Timeline
1961
1958
From the Earth to the Moon
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Tarawa Beachhead
as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
Frontier Gun
as Andrew Barton
The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Bo Slauter
The Rifleman
Role unknown
Curse of the Faceless Man
as Narrator (unconfirmed)
Twilight for the Gods
as Sea Captain
Badman's Country
as Mayor Coleman
How to Make a Monster
as Police Capt. Hancock
Young and Wild
as Police Capt. Egan
Sea Hunt
Role unknown
Giant from the Unknown
as Dr. Frederick Cleveland
The Power of the Resurrection
as Annas
1957
Maverick
as Joshua Haines
Perry Mason
as Judge
Perry Mason
as Judge Hoyt
M Squad
as Police Inspector Dean
Omar Khayyam
as Sharain's Father
Beginning of the End
as Gen. John Hanson
The Giant Claw
as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Dr. Carl Jordan
Kronos
as Dr. Albert Stern
Hell's Crossroads
as Wheeler
Zombies of Mora Tau
as Dr. Jonathan Eggert
Drango
as Henry Calder
1956
The Desperados Are in Town
as Mr. Rutherford
Naked Gun
as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)
Walk the Proud Land
as Gen. Wade
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
as Brig. Gen. John Hanley
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Col. Harry Conover
When Gangland Strikes
as Leo Fantzler
Fury at Gunsight Pass
as Doc Phillips
1955
No Man's Woman
as Capt. Hostedder
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Henry
Tennessee's Partner
as Judge Parker
Cheyenne
as John Clements
Duel on the Mississippi
as Magistrate (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
as Merle
The Last Command
Role unknown
The Eternal Sea
as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
The Silver Star
as Charlie Childress
Chief Crazy Horse
as Red Cloud
Crashout
as Head Guard
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
as Azar the Shepherd
1954
Vera Cruz
as Gen. Ramírez
The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"
Three Young Texans
as Jeff Blair
Cattle Queen of Montana
as J.I. 'Pop' Jones
Two Guns and a Badge
as Sheriff Jackson
Apache
as Dawson
The Outlaw Stallion
as Sheriff
Silver Lode
as Zachary Evans
Drums Across the River
as Chief Ouray
Southwest Passage
as Dr. Stanton
Taza, Son of Cochise
as Grey Eagle
1953
Flight Nurse
as Interrogation Officer
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Role unknown
The Moonlighter
as Alexander Prince
Mexican Manhunt
as Tip Morgan
Sky Commando
as Gen. W.R. Combs
Devil's Canyon
as Ed
Arena
as Bucky Hillberry
Invaders from Mars
as Col. Fielding
I Beheld His Glory
as Peter
Fort Vengeance
as Chief Crowfoot
The Man Behind The Gun
as Bram Creegan
1952
Hiawatha
as Iagoo
A Star Shall Rise
as King Herod
Because of You
as Dr. Travis
The Raiders
as Thomas Ainsworth
Four Star Playhouse
as Warden
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Raymond
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Mason
Cowboy G-Men
Role unknown
Son of Ali Baba
as Ali Baba
Red Planet Mars
as Secretary of Defense Sparks
Mutiny
as Capt. Radford
Fort Osage
as Arthur Pickett
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
High Wall
as Dr. Stanley Griffin
Good News
as Dean Griswold
Desire Me
as Hector Martin
Merton of the Movies
as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
Cynthia
as Mr. Phillips, Principal
Song of the Thin Man
as Inspector (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
as A.J. Crane
Little Mister Jim
as Col. W.I. Starwell
The Mighty McGurk
as Fowles
1946
1945
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Willoughby Peavy
Dark Shadows
as Lt. Pat McKay
Gentle Annie
as Deputy Gansby
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
Return from Nowhere
as Doctor (uncredited)
Barbary Coast Gent
as Alec Veeder
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Ed Scofield
Meet the People
as Monte Rowland
Main Street Today
as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
Rationing
as Morgan
The Heavenly Body
as Dr. Green
1943
1942
1941
Road Agent
as Big John Morgan
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Ace Anderson
I Wake Up Screaming
as Assistant District Attorney
The Bandit Trail
as Red Haggerty
This Woman Is Mine
as Roussel
Wide Open Town
as Jim Stuart
Pirates on Horseback
as Ace Gibson
Border Vigilantes
as Dan Forbes
The Roundup
as 'Parenthesis'
In Old Colorado
as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman
Doomed Caravan
as Stephen Westcott