Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1885-11-19
- Day of Death1969-07-07 (83 years)
- Place of BirthTrinidad, Colorado, USA
- Also Known As-
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!
Acting Career
- 1950
Sierra
As: Judge Prentiss
- 1949
Night Unto Night
As: Dr. Gallen Altheim
- 1949
Impact
As: Dr. Henry Bender
- 1948
Wake of the Red Witch
As: Dr. van Arken
- 1948
Kidnapped
As: Rankeillor
- 1948
Macbeth
As: Duncan
- 1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
As: Dr. Danson (uncredited)
- 1948
Letter from an Unknown Woman
As: Porter
1948You Were Meant for Me
As: Frank Smith
1947The Voice of the Turtle
As: Storekeeper
- 1947
The Lady from Shanghai
As: Judge
1947Mourning Becomes Electra
As: Josiah Borden
1947Possessed
As: Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest
- 1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
As: Bullard
1946Angel on My Shoulder
As: Minister
1946Crack-Up
As: Museum Director Barton
- 1946
The Stranger
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1946Without Reservations
As: Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
1946From This Day Forward
As: Higgler
- 1945
Spellbound
As: Dr. Galt (uncredited)
1945Girls of the Big House
As: Professor O'Neill
1945A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
As: Undertaker (uncredited)
1944Mr. Skeffington
As: Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
1944Ministry of Fear
As: George Rennit, private investigator
1943Jane Eyre
As: Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
1942The Magnificent Ambersons
As: Roger Bronson
1942The Wife Takes a Flyer
As: Jan
1941Appointment for Love
As: Hastings' Butler (uncredited)
- 1941
Citizen Kane
As: Herbert Carter
1940Pop Always Pays
As: John Hayes
1938Too Much Johnson
As: Frederick