Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Acting

1885-11-19

Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Died: 1969-07-07

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!

Appears In

Kidnapped
⭐ 5.5
Kidnapped
1948

as Rankeillor

Citizen Kane
⭐ 8.0
Citizen Kane
1941

as Herbert Carter

Ministry of Fear
⭐ 6.9
Ministry of Fear
1944

as George Rennit

Without Reservations
⭐ 6.2
Without Reservations
1946

as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington
⭐ 6.8
Mr. Skeffington
1944

as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

Sierra
⭐ 5.3
Sierra
1950

as Judge Prentiss

Night Unto Night
⭐ 5.1
Night Unto Night
1949

as Dr. Gallen Altheim

Macbeth
⭐ 7.2
Macbeth
1948

as Duncan

Appointment for Love
⭐ 5.4
Appointment for Love
1941

as Hastings' Butler (uncredited)

Girls of the Big House
⭐ 6.0
Girls of the Big House
1945

as Professor O'Neill

Spellbound
⭐ 7.4
Spellbound
1945

as Dr. Galt (uncredited)

The Stranger
⭐ 7.2
The Stranger
1946

as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
⭐ 7.8
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946

as Bullard

Jane Eyre
⭐ 6.9
Jane Eyre
1943

as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

The Lady from Shanghai
⭐ 7.3
The Lady from Shanghai
1947

as Judge

The Magnificent Ambersons
⭐ 7.3
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942

as Roger Bronson

Letter from an Unknown Woman
⭐ 7.8
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948

as Porter

Possessed
⭐ 6.9
Possessed
1947

as Dr. Max Sherman

Impact
⭐ 6.0
Impact
1949

as Dr. Henry Bender

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
⭐ 7.5
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945

as Undertaker (uncredited)

Uncertain Glory
⭐ 6.7
Uncertain Glory
1944
Wake of the Red Witch
⭐ 5.6
Wake of the Red Witch
1948

as Dr. van Arken

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
⭐ 5.3
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948

as Dr. Danson (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder
⭐ 6.5
Angel on My Shoulder
1946

as Minister

From This Day Forward
⭐ 5.2
From This Day Forward
1946

as Higgler

Crack-Up
⭐ 5.6
Crack-Up
1946

as Museum Director Barton

The Company She Keeps
⭐ 5.9
The Company She Keeps
1951

as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

Too Much Johnson
⭐ 5.3
Too Much Johnson
1938

as Frederick

Mourning Becomes Electra
⭐ 6.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947

as Josiah Borden

The Wife Takes a Flyer
⭐ 4.5
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942

as Jan

You Were Meant for Me
⭐ 6.0
You Were Meant for Me
1948

as Frank Smith

The Voice of the Turtle
⭐ 6.6
The Voice of the Turtle
1947

as Storekeeper

Pop Always Pays
⭐ 0.0
Pop Always Pays
1940

as John Hayes

Citizen Kane Trailer
⭐ 0.0
Citizen Kane Trailer
1940

as himself/Herbert Carter