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Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Known for: Acting

Born: November 19, 1885

Died: July 7, 1969

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 Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
Angel on My Shoulder
Angel on My Shoulder
1946
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
Macbeth
Macbeth
1948
The Voice of the Turtle
The Voice of the Turtle
1947
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
1948
Ministry of Fear
Ministry of Fear
1944
Crack-Up
Crack-Up
1946
You Were Meant for Me
You Were Meant for Me
1948
Night Unto Night
Night Unto Night
1949
Spellbound
Spellbound
1945
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
1941
Possessed
Possessed
1947
Pop Always Pays
Pop Always Pays
1940
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948
The Wife Takes a Flyer
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
From This Day Forward
From This Day Forward
1946
Girls of the Big House
Girls of the Big House
1945
Wake of the Red Witch
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
Sierra
Sierra
1950
Too Much Johnson
Too Much Johnson
2013
Appointment for Love
Appointment for Love
1941
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
1943
Without Reservations
Without Reservations
1946
Impact
Impact
1949
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
The Stranger
The Stranger
1946
Uncertain Glory
Uncertain Glory
1944
Mr. Skeffington
Mr. Skeffington
1944
The Company She Keeps
The Company She Keeps
1951
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