Erskine Sanford

Acting·Nov 19, 1885·Trinidad, Colorado, USA

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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!

Film	Credit
Too Much Johnson2013 · Frederick	Frederick
The Company She Keeps1951 · Planetarium Guide (uncredited)	Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
Sierra1950 · Judge Prentiss	Judge Prentiss
Night Unto Night1949 · Dr. Gallen Altheim	Dr. Gallen Altheim
Impact1949 · Dr. Henry Bender	Dr. Henry Bender
Wake of the Red Witch1948 · Dr. van Arken	Dr. van Arken
Kidnapped1948 · Rankeillor	Rankeillor
Macbeth1948 · Duncan	Duncan
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven1948 · Dr. Danson (uncredited)	Dr. Danson (uncredited)
Letter from an Unknown Woman1948 · Porter	Porter
You Were Meant for Me1948 · Frank Smith	Frank Smith
The Voice of the Turtle1947 · Storekeeper	Storekeeper
The Lady from Shanghai1947 · Judge	Judge
Mourning Becomes Electra1947 · Josiah Borden	Josiah Borden
Possessed1947 · Dr. Max Sherman	Dr. Max Sherman
The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · Bullard	Bullard
Angel on My Shoulder1946 · Minister	Minister
Crack-Up1946 · Museum Director Barton	Museum Director Barton
The Stranger1946 · Party Guest (uncredited)	Party Guest (uncredited)
Without Reservations1946 · Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)	Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
From This Day Forward1946 · Higgler	Higgler
Spellbound1945 · Dr. Galt (uncredited)	Dr. Galt (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House1945 · Professor O'Neill	Professor O'Neill
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945 · Undertaker (uncredited)	Undertaker (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington1944 · Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)	Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear1944 · George Rennit	George Rennit
Uncertain Glory1944 · Actor	Actor
Jane Eyre1943 · Mr. Briggs (uncredited)	Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
The Magnificent Ambersons1942 · Roger Bronson	Roger Bronson
The Wife Takes a Flyer1942 · Jan	Jan
Appointment for Love1941 · Hastings' Butler (uncredited)	Hastings' Butler (uncredited)
Citizen Kane1941 · Herbert Carter	Herbert Carter
Pop Always Pays1940 · John Hayes	John Hayes