
Erskine Sanford
Born
November 19, 1885
Died
July 7, 1969 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Trinidad, Colorado, USA
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

Sierra
Judge Prentiss
1950

Night Unto Night
Dr. Gallen Altheim
1949

Impact
Dr. Henry Bender
1949

Wake of the Red Witch
Dr. van Arken
1948

Kidnapped
Rankeillor
1948

Macbeth
Duncan
1948

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

Letter from an Unknown Woman
Porter
1948

You Were Meant for Me
Frank Smith
1948

The Voice of the Turtle
Storekeeper
1947

The Lady from Shanghai
Judge
1947

Mourning Becomes Electra
Josiah Borden
1947

Possessed
Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest
1947

The Best Years of Our Lives
Bullard
1946

Angel on My Shoulder
Minister
1946

Crack-Up
Museum Director Barton
1946

The Stranger
Party Guest (uncredited)
1946

Without Reservations
Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
1946

From This Day Forward
Higgler
1946

Spellbound
Dr. Galt (uncredited)
1945

Girls of the Big House
Professor O'Neill
1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Undertaker (uncredited)
1945

Mr. Skeffington
Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
1944

Ministry of Fear
George Rennit, private investigator
1944

Uncertain Glory
1944

Jane Eyre
Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
1943

The Magnificent Ambersons
Roger Bronson
1942

The Wife Takes a Flyer
Jan
1942

Appointment for Love
Hastings' Butler (uncredited)
1941

Citizen Kane
Herbert Carter
1941

Pop Always Pays
John Hayes
1940

Too Much Johnson
Frederick
1938