Erskine Sanford
Known for
Acting
Life
1885 – 1969 (aged 83)
Born in
Trinidad, Colorado, USA
Credits
View on IMDb33 acting credits
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!
Known For
Citizen Kane
17 Apr 1941
Spellbound
08 Nov 1945
The Best Years of Our Lives
22 Nov 1946
The Lady from Shanghai
24 Dec 1947
The Stranger
02 Jun 1946
The Magnificent Ambersons
10 Jul 1942
Letter from an Unknown Woman
28 Apr 1948
Ministry of Fear
19 May 1944
Filmography
2013
- Too Much Johnsonas Frederick
1951
- The Company She Keepsas Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
1950
- Sierraas Judge Prentiss
1949
- Night Unto Nightas Dr. Gallen Altheim
- Impactas Dr. Henry Bender
1948
- Wake of the Red Witchas Dr. van Arken
- Kidnappedas Rankeillor
- Macbethas Duncan
- Texas, Brooklyn & Heavenas Dr. Danson (uncredited)
- Letter from an Unknown Womanas Porter
- You Were Meant for Meas Frank Smith
1947
- The Voice of the Turtleas Storekeeper
- The Lady from Shanghaias Judge
- Mourning Becomes Electraas Josiah Borden
- Possessedas Dr. Max Sherman
1946
- The Best Years of Our Livesas Bullard
- Angel on My Shoulderas Minister
- Crack-Upas Museum Director Barton
- The Strangeras Party Guest (uncredited)
- Without Reservationsas Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
- From This Day Forwardas Higgler
1945
- Spellboundas Dr. Galt (uncredited)
- Girls of the Big Houseas Professor O'Neill
- A Tree Grows in Brooklynas Undertaker (uncredited)
1944
- Mr. Skeffingtonas Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
- Ministry of Fearas George Rennit
- Uncertain Glory
1943
- Jane Eyreas Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
1942
- The Magnificent Ambersonsas Roger Bronson
- The Wife Takes a Flyeras Jan
1941
- Appointment for Loveas Hastings' Butler (uncredited)
- Citizen Kaneas Herbert Carter
1940
- Pop Always Paysas John Hayes