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Morris Ankrum
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Morris Ankrum

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1896 – 1964 · Danville, Illinois, USA · Active 1934–1968

Morris Ankrum, born in 1896, was a character actor known for his authoritative roles in B movies. His performance in The Giant Claw (1957) exemplifies his ability to embody stern figures, a hallmark of his extensive career. Ankrum's transition from radio to film allowed him to bring depth to characters often portrayed as military officers or scientists. With a filmography spanning over three decades, his contributions to the genre of cult cinema remain noteworthy.

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Red Planet Mars

Red Planet Mars

1952 ★ 4.7
as Secretary of Defense Sparks

An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.

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Flight To Mars (1951) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Flight To Mars
1951 · ★5.3
Kronos (1957) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Kronos
1957 · ★5.7
Beginning of the End (1957) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Beginning of the End
1957 · ★3.8
How to Make a Monster (1958) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
How to Make a Monster
1958 · ★5.6
Giant from the Unknown (1958) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Giant from the Unknown
1958 · ★4.1
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963 · ★6.5
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956 · ★6.1
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Zombies of Mora Tau
1957 · ★5.6
Guns of Diablo (1965) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Guns of Diablo
1965 · ★5.1
Invaders from Mars (1953) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Invaders from Mars
1953 · ★6.1
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Curse of the Faceless Man
1958 · ★4.9
The Giant Claw (1957) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Giant Claw
1957 · ★4.6
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
In a Lonely Place (1950)
In a Lonely Place
1950
Bonanza (1959)
Bonanza
1959
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
Vera Cruz (1954)
Vera Cruz
1954
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Invaders from Mars
1953

Filmography

182 credits
1960s 7 credits
1968
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.6
1964
Guns of Diablo● as Ray Macklin
Movie ★ 5.3
1963
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes● as Mr. Bowhead (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1962
Tower of London as The Archbishop
Movie ★ 6.0
1961
Most Dangerous Man Alive as Capt. Davis
Movie ★ 5.4
1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come as Gen. Lew Wallace
Movie ★ 4.3
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Walter Harwood
TV ★ 6.4
1950s 97 credits
1959
Bonanza as Mr. Mason
TV ★ 7.5
1958
Young and Wild as Police Capt. Egan
Movie ★ 4.3
1958
From the Earth to the Moon as President Ulysses S. Grant
Movie ★ 5.3
1958
Twilight for the Gods as Sea Captain
Movie ★ 4.7
1958
Giant from the Unknown● as Dr. Frederick Cleveland
Movie ★ 4.4
1958
How to Make a Monster● as Police Capt. Hancock
Movie ★ 5.7
1958
Curse of the Faceless Man● as Narrator (unconfirmed)
Movie ★ 5.6
1958
The Power of the Resurrection as Annas
Movie ★ 7.0
1958
Badman's Country as Mayor Coleman
Movie ★ 5.6
1958
Frontier Gun as Andrew Barton
Movie ★ 6.8
1958
The Saga of Hemp Brown as Bo Slauter
Movie ★ 6.4
1958
Tarawa Beachhead as Chief of Staff, Pearl Harbor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1958
The Rifleman
TV ★ 7.1
1958
Sea Hunt
TV ★ 6.7
1957
The Giant Claw● as Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
Movie ★ 4.8
1957
Kronos● as Dr. Albert Stern
Movie ★ 5.7
1957
Zombies of Mora Tau● as Dr. Jonathan Eggert
Movie ★ 5.5
1957
Beginning of the End● as Gen. John Hanson
Movie ★ 3.9
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as Dr. Carl Jordan
Movie ★ 3.5
1957
Hell's Crossroads as Wheeler
Movie ★ 5.6
1957
Omar Khayyam as Sharain's Father
Movie ★ 5.8
1957
Drango as Henry Calder
Movie ★ 5.6
1957
Down Liberty Road as Fred Schroder
Movie ★ 9.0
1957
M Squad as Police Inspector Dean
TV ★ 5.4
1957
Maverick as Joshua Haines
TV ★ 6.9
1957
Perry Mason as Judge
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Judge Hoyt
TV ★ 7.7
1956
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers● as Brig. Gen. John Hanley
Movie ★ 6.1
1956
When Gangland Strikes as Leo Fantzler
Movie ★ 6.0
1956
Quincannon, Frontier Scout as Col. Harry Conover
Movie ★ 5.2
1956
Fury at Gunsight Pass as Doc Phillips
Movie ★ 6.3
1956
The Desperados Are in Town as Mr. Rutherford
Movie ★ 8.0
1956
Naked Gun as Sheriff Jim Jackson (as Morrie Ankrum)
Movie ★ 6.4
1956
Walk the Proud Land as Gen. Wade
Movie ★ 6.1
1956
Dr. Fu Manchu as Professor Rutledge
TV ★ 7.3
1956
On Trial as Judge
TV ★ 5.0
1955
Crashout as Head Guard
Movie ★ 6.7
1955
Tennessee's Partner as Judge Parker
Movie ★ 6.5
1955
The Last Command
Movie ★ 6.7
1955
Duel on the Mississippi as Magistrate (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1955
No Man's Woman as Capt. Hostedder
Movie ★ 5.0
1955
The Eternal Sea as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
Movie ★ 6.6
1955
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story as Azar the Shepherd
Movie ★ 2.0
1955
The Silver Star as Charlie Childress
Movie ★ 5.5
1955
Chief Crazy Horse as Red Cloud
Movie ★ 5.6
1955
Gunsmoke as Merle
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Cheyenne as John Clements
TV ★ 6.1
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Henry
TV ★ 6.0
1954
Silver Lode as Zachary Evans
Movie ★ 6.2
1954
Apache as Dawson
Movie ★ 6.1
1954
Taza, Son of Cochise as Grey Eagle
Movie ★ 5.7
1954
Drums Across the River as Chief Ouray
Movie ★ 5.8
1954
The Steel Cage as Prison Board Member Garvey, segment "The Hostages"
Movie ★ 7.0
1954
Southwest Passage as Dr. Stanton
Movie ★ 6.3
1954
Two Guns and a Badge as Sheriff Jackson
Movie ★ 10.0
1954
Vera Cruz as Gen. Ramírez
Movie ★ 6.7
1954
Cattle Queen of Montana as J.I. 'Pop' Jones
Movie ★ 5.9
1954
The Outlaw Stallion as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.3
1954
Three Young Texans as Jeff Blair
Movie ★ 5.6
1953
Invaders from Mars● as Col. Fielding
Movie ★ 5.9
1953
The Man Behind The Gun as Bram Creegan
Movie ★ 6.0
1953
Sky Commando as Gen. W.R. Combs
Movie ★ 6.7
1953
Devil's Canyon as Ed
Movie ★ 5.0
1953
Fort Vengeance as Chief Crowfoot
Movie ★ 6.4
1953
Flight Nurse as Interrogation Officer
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
The Moonlighter as Alexander Prince
Movie ★ 6.0
1953
Mexican Manhunt as Tip Morgan
Movie ★ 6.2
1953
I Beheld His Glory as Peter
Movie
1953
Arena as Bucky Hillberry
Movie ★ 5.0
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV ★ 8.5
1952
Son of Ali Baba as Ali Baba
Movie ★ 5.6
1952
Hiawatha as Iagoo
Movie ★ 9.0
1952
Mutiny as Capt. Radford
Movie ★ 5.2
1952
Because of You as Dr. Travis
Movie ★ 6.6
1952
The Raiders as Thomas Ainsworth
Movie ★ 6.3
1952
A Star Shall Rise as King Herod
Movie ★ 8.0
1952
Fort Osage as Arthur Pickett
Movie ★ 6.5
1952
Red Planet Mars● as Secretary of Defense Sparks
Movie ★ 4.9
1952
Cowboy G-Men
TV ★ 5.8
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Warden
TV ★ 6.8
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Mr. Raymond
TV ★ 6.8
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Mr. Mason
TV ★ 6.8
1951
Tomorrow Is Another Day as Hugh Wagner
Movie ★ 6.5
1951
Flight to Mars● as Ikron
Movie ★ 5.2
1951
My Favorite Spy as Gen. Frazer
Movie ★ 6.0
1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy as Sheriff
Movie ★ 5.4
1951
The Lion Hunters as Tom Forbes
Movie ★ 6.3
1951
Along the Great Divide as Ed Roden
Movie ★ 7.4
1951
Fighting Coast Guard as Navy Captain
Movie ★ 6.7
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV ★ 7.2
1950
The Damned Don't Cry as Jim Whitehead
Movie ★ 7.0
1950
Rocketship X-M as Dr. Ralph Fleming
Movie ★ 4.9
1950
Borderline as Bill Whittaker
Movie ★ 5.6
1950
In a Lonely Place as Lloyd Barnes
Movie ★ 7.6
1950
Southside 1-1000 as Eugene Deane
Movie ★ 6.0
1950
Chain Lightning as Ed Bostwick
Movie ★ 6.3
1950
Short Grass as Hal Fenton
Movie ★ 6.5
1940s 71 credits
1949
Colorado Territory as United States Marshal
Movie ★ 7.0
1949
We Were Strangers as M. Seymour
Movie ★ 6.3
1949
Bad Men of Tombstone as Mr. Jones
Movie ★ 6.5
1949
The Fountainhead as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1948
The Fabulous Fraud as Blind Girl's Father
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
For the Love of Mary as Adm. Walton
Movie ★ 6.2
1948
Fighting Back as Robert J. Higby
Movie ★ 6.7
1948
Souvenirs of Death as Gangster (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.7
1948
Joan of Arc as Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain
Movie ★ 6.1
1948
Studio One as Considine
TV ★ 5.4
1947
High Wall as Dr. Stanley Griffin
Movie ★ 6.4
1947
Desire Me as Hector Martin
Movie ★ 6.4
1947
Cynthia as Mr. Phillips, Principal
Movie ★ 6.2
1947
Good News as Dean Griswold
Movie ★ 6.4
1947
Merton of the Movies as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1947
Little Mister Jim as Col. W.I. Starwell
Movie ★ 5.5
1947
The Mighty McGurk as Fowles
Movie ★ 6.7
1947
Song of the Thin Man as Inspector (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1947
The Sea of Grass as A.J. Crane
Movie ★ 6.1
1946
Lady in the Lake as Eugene Grayson
Movie ★ 6.1
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice as Judge (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1946
Courage of Lassie as Farmer Crews
Movie ★ 5.9
1946
The Cockeyed Miracle as Dr. Wilson
Movie ★ 7.5
1946
The Harvey Girls as Rev. Claggett
Movie ★ 6.6
1946
The Green Years as Dr. Galbraith
Movie ★ 6.4
1945
Fall Guy as District Attorney (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1945
The Hidden Eye as Ferris (henchman)
Movie ★ 7.9
1945
Adventure as Mr. Ludlow - Farmer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1945
Purity Squad as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.5
1945
Phantoms, Inc. as Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
The Heavenly Body as Dr. Green
Movie ★ 5.6
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home as Willoughby Peavy
Movie ★ 7.1
1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1944
Rationing as Morgan
Movie ★ 4.0
1944
Barbary Coast Gent as Alec Veeder
Movie ★ 5.5
1944
Gentle Annie as Deputy Gansby
Movie ★ 5.7
1944
Dark Shadows as Lt. Pat McKay
Movie ★ 9.2
1944
Meet the People as Monte Rowland
Movie ★ 5.8
1944
Marriage Is a Private Affair as Ed Scofield
Movie ★ 6.4
1944
Return from Nowhere as Doctor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1944
Main Street Today as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1943
Swing Fever as Dan Conlon
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
Dixie Dugan as Editor
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
Best Foot Forward as Col. Harkrider
Movie ★ 6.8
1943
Let's Face It as Man in Sun Shell Cafe
Movie ★ 5.4
1943
The Cross of Lorraine as Col. Demas (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Time to Kill as Alexander Morny
Movie ★ 6.1
1942
Roxie Hart as Martin S. Harrison
Movie ★ 7.0
1942
The Omaha Trail as Henchman Job
Movie ★ 7.0
1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Mr. Graham
Movie ★ 6.1
1942
Tales of Manhattan as Judge
Movie ★ 6.5
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Wood
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Reunion in France as Martin
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Tennessee Johnson as Jefferson Davis
Movie ★ 6.4
1941
I Wake Up Screaming as Assistant District Attorney
Movie ★ 6.9
1941
Doomed Caravan as Stephen Westcott
Movie ★ 5.3
1941
Pirates on Horseback as Ace Gibson
Movie ★ 6.0
1941
In Old Colorado as Weiler, Davidson's Foreman
Movie ★ 6.4
1941
Wide Open Town as Jim Stuart
Movie ★ 6.5
1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy as Ace Anderson
Movie ★ 6.0
1941
The Bandit Trail as Red Haggerty
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
This Woman Is Mine as Roussel
Movie ★ 4.5
1941
Border Vigilantes as Dan Forbes
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
The Roundup as 'Parenthesis'
Movie ★ 9.0
1941
Road Agent as Big John Morgan
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
The Showdown as Baron Rendor
Movie ★ 6.0
1940
Three Men from Texas as Bruce Morgan
Movie ★ 6.6
1940
Cherokee Strip as Hawk Barrett
Movie ★ 5.5
1940
The Light of Western Stars as Nat Hayworth
Movie ★ 5.0
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again as Second Outlaw
Movie ★ 5.0
1940
Knights of the Range as Gamecock
Movie ★ 7.0
1930s 7 credits
1937
North of the Rio Grande as Henry Stoneham
Movie ★ 6.7
1937
Borderland as Loco
Movie ★ 7.5
1937
Rustlers' Valley as Glen Randall
Movie ★ 5.8
1937
Hills of Old Wyoming as Andrews
Movie ★ 5.0
1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns as Blackie Felton
Movie ★ 6.8
1936
Trail Dust as Tex Anderson
Movie ★ 5.3
1934
Stand Up and Cheer! as Washington Press Correspondent
Movie ★ 5.3