
Erskine Sanford
Known for Acting · 33 credits
- Born
- 1885-11-19
- Died
- 1969-07-07
- Place of birth
- Trinidad, Colorado, USA
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
Movies (33)

Citizen Kane
1941
as Herbert Carter

Spellbound
1945
as Dr. Galt (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Bullard

Jane Eyre
1943
as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

Sierra
1950
as Judge Prentiss

The Lady from Shanghai
1947
as Judge

Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948
as Porter

Impact
1949
as Dr. Henry Bender

Without Reservations
1946
as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
as Undertaker (uncredited)

The Stranger
1946
as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
as Roger Bronson

Angel on My Shoulder
1946
as Minister

Possessed
1947
as Dr. Max Sherman

Macbeth
1948
as Duncan

Appointment for Love
1941
as Hastings' Butler (uncredited)

Kidnapped
1948
as Rankeillor

Crack-Up
1946
as Museum Director Barton

Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Dr. van Arken

Ministry of Fear
1944
as George Rennit

The Voice of the Turtle
1947
as Storekeeper

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
as Dr. Danson (uncredited)

The Company She Keeps
1951
as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

Uncertain Glory
1944

From This Day Forward
1946
as Higgler

Night Unto Night
1949
as Dr. Gallen Altheim

Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Josiah Borden

Pop Always Pays
1940
as John Hayes

Too Much Johnson
1938
as Frederick

The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
as Jan

Girls of the Big House
1945
as Professor O'Neill

You Were Meant for Me
1948
as Frank Smith
About Erskine Sanford
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! With 33 credits spanning from 1938 to 1951, Erskine Sanford has appeared in 33 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Erskine Sanford Movies
- Citizen Kane (1941) — as Herbert Carter
- Spellbound (1945) — as Dr. Galt (uncredited)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — as Bullard
- Jane Eyre (1943) — as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
- Mr. Skeffington (1944) — as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
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