Acting
Erskine Sanford
Born 1885-11-19
Trinidad, Colorado, USA
Department: Acting
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
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Citizen Kane
1941
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Spellbound
1945
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
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The Lady from Shanghai
1947
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The Stranger
1946
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The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
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Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948
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Ministry of Fear
1944
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Macbeth
1948
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Jane Eyre
1943
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (33 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Too Much Johnson | Frederick (uncredited) | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Company She Keeps | Planetarium Guide (uncredited) | Movie | 1951 |
 | Sierra | Judge Prentiss | Movie | 1950 |
 | Night Unto Night | Dr. Gallen Altheim | Movie | 1949 |
 | Impact | Dr. Henry Bender | Movie | 1949 |
 | Wake of the Red Witch | Dr. van Arken | Movie | 1948 |
 | Kidnapped | Rankeillor | Movie | 1948 |
 | Macbeth | Duncan | Movie | 1948 |
 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Dr. Danson (uncredited) | Movie | 1948 |
 | Letter from an Unknown Woman | Porter | Movie | 1948 |
 | You Were Meant for Me | Frank Smith | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Voice of the Turtle | Storekeeper | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Lady from Shanghai | Judge | Movie | 1947 |
 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Josiah Borden | Movie | 1947 |
 | Possessed | Dr. Max Sherman | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Bullard | Movie | 1946 |
 | Angel on My Shoulder | Minister | Movie | 1946 |
 | Crack-Up | Museum Director Barton | Movie | 1946 |
 | The Stranger | Party Guest (uncredited) | Movie | 1946 |
 | Without Reservations | Timothy Helgelander (uncredited) | Movie | 1946 |
 | From This Day Forward | Higgler | Movie | 1946 |
 | Girls of the Big House | Professor O'Neill | Movie | 1945 |
 | Spellbound | Dr. Galt (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Undertaker (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | Mr. Skeffington | Dr. Fawcette (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | Ministry of Fear | George Rennit | Movie | 1944 |
 | Uncertain Glory | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1944 |
 | Jane Eyre | Mr. Briggs (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Roger Bronson | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Wife Takes a Flyer | Jan | Movie | 1942 |
 | Appointment for Love | Hastings' Butler (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Citizen Kane | Herbert Carter | Movie | 1941 |
 | Pop Always Pays | John Hayes | Movie | 1940 |