Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

32

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-11-19

Day of Death

1969-07-07 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Also Known As

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

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

Macbeth

Macbeth

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

The Stranger

The Stranger

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

Spellbound

Spellbound

Acting

Citizen Kane

1941

Citizen Kane

as

Herbert Carter

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

Letter from an Unknown Woman

as

Porter

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

The Magnificent Ambersons

as

Roger Bronson

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

The Lady from Shanghai

as

Judge

Possessed

1947

Possessed

as

Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest

Ministry of Fear

1944

Ministry of Fear

as

George Rennit, private investigator

Angel on My Shoulder

1946

Angel on My Shoulder

as

Minister

Crack-Up

1946

Crack-Up

as

Museum Director Barton

Macbeth

1948

Macbeth

as

Duncan

Wake of the Red Witch

1948

Wake of the Red Witch

as

Dr. van Arken

Sierra

1950

Sierra

as

Judge Prentiss

From This Day Forward

1946

From This Day Forward

as

Higgler

Uncertain Glory

1944

Uncertain Glory

as

Too Much Johnson

1938

Too Much Johnson

as

Frederick

The Voice of the Turtle

1947

The Voice of the Turtle

as

Storekeeper

Kidnapped

1948

Kidnapped

as

Rankeillor

Jane Eyre

1943

Jane Eyre

as

Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

Girls of the Big House

1945

Girls of the Big House

as

Professor O'Neill

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as

Dr. Danson (uncredited)

Without Reservations

1946

Without Reservations

as

Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as

Undertaker (uncredited)

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

Mourning Becomes Electra

as

Josiah Borden

Mr. Skeffington

1944

Mr. Skeffington

as

Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

Pop Always Pays

1940

Pop Always Pays

as

John Hayes

Impact

1949

Impact

as

Dr. Henry Bender

The Wife Takes a Flyer

1942

The Wife Takes a Flyer

as

Jan

The Stranger

1946

The Stranger

as

Party Guest (uncredited)

You Were Meant for Me

1948

You Were Meant for Me

as

Frank Smith

Night Unto Night

1949

Night Unto Night

as

Dr. Gallen Altheim

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

as

Bullard

Spellbound

1945

Spellbound

as

Dr. Galt (uncredited)

Appointment for Love

1941

Appointment for Love

as

Hastings' Butler (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing