Adrian Morris

Biography

Adrian Michael Morris (January 12, 1907 – November 30, 1941) was an American actor of stage and film, and a younger brother of Chester Morris. As a child, Morris performed with his family in a vaudeville act. In his short 10-year career as a Hollywood character actor, he appeared in over 70 films, including Dirigible (1931), Me and My Gal (1932), Bureau of Missing Persons (1933), The Big Shakedown (1934), The Fighting Marines (1935), The Petrified Forest (1936), There Goes the Groom (1937), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and Blood and Sand (1941).

Known For

The Grapes of Wrath

Angels with Dirty Faces

The Petrified Forest

The Mayor of Hell

Gone with the Wind

Acting

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as

Agent

1940

Christmas in July

as

Tom

1938

Angels with Dirty Faces

as

Blackie

1936

Poppy

as

Constable Bowman

1935

One Frightened Night

as

Deputy Abner

1936

The Petrified Forest

as

Ruby

1933

The Mayor of Hell

as

Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)

1938

If I Were King

as

Colin de Cayeulx

1940

Pier 13

as

Al Higgins

1938

You and Me

as

Knucks

1935

The Fighting Marines

as

Sgt. Mack McGowan

1936

My American Wife

as

Vincent Cantillon

1935

Age of Indiscretion

as

Gus

1935

Dr. Socrates

as

Beanie - a Gangster

1937

Her Husband Lies

as

Carwig

1940

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

as

Al

1931

The Age for Love

as

Jeff Aldrich

1937

The Woman I Love

as

Marbot

1934

The Big Shakedown

as

Trigger

1939

6,000 Enemies

as

Bull Snyder

1941

Blood and Sand

as

La Pulga

1939

Wall Street Cowboy

as

Big Joe Gillespie

1937

Radio Patrol

as

Officer Sam Maloney

1935

West Point of the Air

as

Randolph Air Field Instructor

1933

King for a Night

as

Crap Shooter

1939

Tail Spin

as

Repo Man (Uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific

as

Railwayman (uncredited)

1939

The Return of the Cisco Kid

as

Deputy Johnson

1939

Rose of Washington Square

as

Jim

1939

Gone with the Wind

as

Carpetbagger Orator (uncredited)

1939

Coast Guard

as

First Expressman (uncredited)

1939

Chicken Wagon Family

as

Tough Guy

1939

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

as

Saloon Brawler

1940

Lucky Cisco Kid

as

Smoketree Charlie

1942

Fly By Night

as

Officer John Prescott

1932

Me and My Gal

as

Al

1940

The Return of Frank James

as

Denver Detective (uncredited)

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as

Prisoner (uncredited)

1940

Florian

as

Cpl. Ernst

1940

Girl in 313

as

First Detective

1934

Let’s Be Ritzy

as

Henry Robert

1937

There Goes the Groom

as

Eddie - Interne

1941

Belle Starr

as

Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)

1935

Powdersmoke Range

as

Deputy Brose Glascow

1933

Bureau of Missing Persons

as

Detective Irish Conlin

1937

Every Day's a Holiday

as

Henchman

1936

Rose Bowl

as

Doc

1934

The Pursuit of Happiness

as

Thad Jennings

1940

Tear Gas Squad

as

Crusty

1935

Stranded

as

Rivet Boss (uncredited)

1933

Wild Boys of the Road

as

Buggie Maylin (uncredited)

1939

$1,000 a Touchdown

as

Two Ton Terry (uncredited)

1940

Public Deb No. 1

as

Guard

1935

3 Kids and a Queen

as

Federal Man

1935

'G' Men

as

Accomplice (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing