Erskine Sanford

Acting

Erskine Sanford

Born 19 November 1885 · Trinidad, Colorado, USA · Died 7 July 1969 at 83

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

Highlights

Citizen Kane1941 · Film · Herbert Carter
Spellbound1945 · Film · Dr. Galt (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · Film · Bullard
The Lady from Shanghai1947 · Film · Judge
The Stranger1946 · Film · Party Guest (uncredited)
Letter from an Unknown Woman1948 · Film · Porter

Filmography

Movies

33 films

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