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Erskine Sanford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1885-11-19

Day of Death

1969-07-07

Place of Birth

Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Erskine Sanford

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!

Filmography (33)

⭐ 6.2 Role: Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

The Company She Keeps

1951
⭐ 5.4 Role: Judge Prentiss

Sierra

1950
⭐ 5.4 Role: Dr. Gallen Altheim

Night Unto Night

1949
⭐ 6.1 Role: Dr. Henry Bender

Impact

1949
⭐ 5.7 Role: Dr. van Arken

Wake of the Red Witch

1948
⭐ 6.7 Role: Rankeillor

Kidnapped

1948
⭐ 7.3 Role: Duncan

Macbeth

1948
⭐ 5.8 Role: Dr. Danson (uncredited)

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948
⭐ 7.8 Role: Porter

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948
⭐ 6.2 Role: Frank Smith

You Were Meant for Me

1948
⭐ 6.8 Role: Storekeeper

The Voice of the Turtle

1947
⭐ 7.4 Role: Judge

The Lady from Shanghai

1947
⭐ 6.1 Role: Josiah Borden

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947
⭐ 6.9 Role: Dr. Max Sherman

Possessed

1947
⭐ 7.8 Role: Bullard

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946