Person
Erskine Sanford
Actor· Trinidad, Colorado, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
Citizen Kane
Herbert Carter · 1941
Spellbound
Dr. Galt (uncredited) · 1945
The Best Years of Our Lives
Bullard · 1946
The Lady from Shanghai
Judge · 1947
The Stranger
Party Guest (uncredited) · 1946
The Magnificent Ambersons
Roger Bronson · 1942
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Porter · 1948
Ministry of Fear
George Rennit · 1944
Filmography
28 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Too Much Johnson | Frederick | Film |
| 1950 | Sierra | Judge Prentiss | Film |
| 1949 | Impact | Dr. Henry Bender | Film |
| 1949 | Night Unto Night | Dr. Gallen Altheim | Film |
| 1948 | Wake of the Red Witch | Dr. van Arken | Film |
| 1948 | Macbeth | Duncan | Film |
| 1948 | Letter from an Unknown Woman | Porter | Film |
| 1948 | Kidnapped | Rankeillor | Film |
| 1948 | You Were Meant for Me | Frank Smith | Film |
| 1947 | The Voice of the Turtle | Storekeeper | Film |
| 1947 | Possessed | Dr. Max Sherman | Film |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Josiah Borden | Film |
| 1947 | The Lady from Shanghai | Judge | Film |
| 1946 | The Stranger | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Timothy Helgelander (uncredited) | Film |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Bullard | Film |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder | Minister | Film |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Museum Director Barton | Film |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Higgler | Film |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Undertaker (uncredited) | Film |
| 1945 | Spellbound | Dr. Galt (uncredited) | Film |
| 1944 | Ministry of Fear | George Rennit | Film |
| 1943 | Jane Eyre | Mr. Briggs (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Roger Bronson | Film |
| 1942 | The Wife Takes a Flyer | Jan | Film |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Herbert Carter | Film |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love | Hastings' Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1940 | Pop Always Pays | John Hayes | Film |
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