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!

Known for

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The Company She Keeps

1951 ⭐ 6.2

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Impact

1949 ⭐ 6.1

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Kidnapped

1948 ⭐ 6.7

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Macbeth

1948 ⭐ 7.3

Career timeline

2013

Too Much Johnson

Frederick · 2013

⭐ 5.4

1951

The Company She Keeps

Planetarium Guide (uncredited) · 1951

⭐ 6.2

1950

Sierra

Judge Prentiss · 1950

⭐ 5.4

1949

Night Unto Night

Dr. Gallen Altheim · 1949

⭐ 5.4

Impact

Dr. Henry Bender · 1949

⭐ 6.1

1948

Wake of the Red Witch

Dr. van Arken · 1948

⭐ 5.7

Kidnapped

Rankeillor · 1948

⭐ 6.7

Macbeth Notable

Duncan · 1948

⭐ 7.3

1947

The Voice of the Turtle

Storekeeper · 1947

⭐ 6.8

The Lady from Shanghai Notable

Judge · 1947

⭐ 7.4

Mourning Becomes Electra

Josiah Borden · 1947

⭐ 6.1

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives Notable

Bullard · 1946

⭐ 7.8

Angel on My Shoulder

Minister · 1946

⭐ 6.5

Crack-Up

Museum Director Barton · 1946

⭐ 5.7

1945

Spellbound Notable

Dr. Galt (uncredited) · 1945

⭐ 7.4

Girls of the Big House Notable

Professor O'Neill · 1945

⭐ 7.5

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Notable

Undertaker (uncredited) · 1945

⭐ 7.5

1944

Mr. Skeffington

Dr. Fawcette (uncredited) · 1944

⭐ 6.8

Ministry of Fear

George Rennit · 1944

⭐ 6.9

Uncertain Glory

1944

⭐ 6.7

1943

Jane Eyre

Mr. Briggs (uncredited) · 1943

⭐ 6.9

1942

The Magnificent Ambersons Notable

Roger Bronson · 1942

⭐ 7.3

The Wife Takes a Flyer

Jan · 1942

⭐ 5.2

1941

Appointment for Love

Hastings' Butler (uncredited) · 1941

⭐ 5.8

Citizen Kane Notable

Herbert Carter · 1941

⭐ 8.0

1940

Pop Always Pays Notable

John Hayes · 1940

⭐ 7.0

Frequently appears with

Lizabeth Scott

Joan

Jane Greer

Diane

Dennis O'Keefe

Larry

Fay Baker

Tilly

John Hoyt

Judge Kendall

Brian Donlevy

Walter Williams

Ella Raines

Marsha Peters

Charles Coburn

Lieutenant Quincy

Helen Walker

Irene Williams

Anna May Wong

Su Lin

Full filmography

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Too Much Johnson

2013 ⭐ 5.4

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The Company She Keeps

1951 ⭐ 6.2

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Sierra

1950 ⭐ 5.4

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Night Unto Night

1949 ⭐ 5.4

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Impact

1949 ⭐ 6.1

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Wake of the Red Witch

1948 ⭐ 5.7

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Kidnapped

1948 ⭐ 6.7

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Macbeth

1948 ⭐ 7.3

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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948 ⭐ 5.8

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Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948 ⭐ 7.8

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You Were Meant for Me

1948 ⭐ 6.3

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The Voice of the Turtle

1947 ⭐ 6.8

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The Lady from Shanghai

1947 ⭐ 7.4

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Mourning Becomes Electra

1947 ⭐ 6.1

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Possessed

1947 ⭐ 6.9

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The Best Years of Our Lives

1946 ⭐ 7.8

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Angel on My Shoulder

1946 ⭐ 6.5

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Crack-Up

1946 ⭐ 5.7

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The Stranger

1946 ⭐ 7.2

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Without Reservations

1946 ⭐ 6.2