Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

🎂 19th November 1885 (140 yrs) 📍 Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Known For

Biography

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!

Erskine Sanford

Movies Featuring Erskine Sanford

The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps (1951)

as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

Sierra

Sierra (1950)

as Judge Prentiss

Night Unto Night

Night Unto Night (1949)

as Dr. Gallen Altheim

Impact

Impact (1949)

as Dr. Henry Bender

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

as Dr. van Arken

Kidnapped

Kidnapped (1948)

as Rankeillor

Macbeth

Macbeth (1948)

as Duncan

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)

as Dr. Danson (uncredited)

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

as Porter

You Were Meant for Me

You Were Meant for Me (1948)

as Frank Smith

The Voice of the Turtle

The Voice of the Turtle (1947)

as Storekeeper

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

as Judge

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

as Josiah Borden

Possessed

Possessed (1947)

as Dr. Max Sherman

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

as Bullard

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

as Minister

Crack-Up

Crack-Up (1946)

as Museum Director Barton

The Stranger

The Stranger (1946)

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Without Reservations

Without Reservations (1946)

as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward (1946)

as Higgler

Spellbound

Spellbound (1945)

as Dr. Galt (uncredited)

Girls of the Big House

Girls of the Big House (1945)

as Professor O'Neill

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

as Undertaker (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear (1944)

as George Rennit

Uncertain Glory

Uncertain Glory (1944)

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre (1943)

as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

as Roger Bronson

The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)

as Jan

Appointment for Love

Appointment for Love (1941)

as Hastings' Butler (uncredited)

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane (1941)

as Herbert Carter

Pop Always Pays

Pop Always Pays (1940)

as John Hayes

Citizen Kane Trailer

Citizen Kane Trailer (1940)

as himself/Herbert Carter

Too Much Johnson

Too Much Johnson (1938)

as Frederick