Acting
Erskine Sanford
Acting · Born 1885-11-19 · 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!
Credits · 33
FilmToo Much Johnson
2013 · Frederick
FilmThe Company She Keeps
1951 · Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
FilmSierra
1950 · Judge Prentiss
FilmNight Unto Night
1949 · Dr. Gallen Altheim
FilmImpact
1949 · Dr. Henry Bender
FilmWake of the Red Witch
1948 · Dr. van Arken
FilmKidnapped
1948 · Rankeillor
FilmMacbeth
1948 · Duncan
FilmTexas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948 · Dr. Danson (uncredited)
FilmLetter from an Unknown Woman
1948 · Porter
FilmYou Were Meant for Me
1948 · Frank Smith
FilmThe Voice of the Turtle
1947 · Storekeeper
FilmThe Lady from Shanghai
1947 · Judge
FilmMourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Josiah Borden
FilmPossessed
1947 · Dr. Max Sherman
FilmThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Bullard
FilmAngel on My Shoulder
1946 · Minister
FilmCrack-Up
1946 · Museum Director Barton
FilmThe Stranger
1946 · Party Guest (uncredited)
FilmWithout Reservations
1946 · Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
FilmFrom This Day Forward
1946 · Higgler
FilmGirls of the Big House
1945 · Professor O'Neill
FilmSpellbound
1945 · Dr. Galt (uncredited)
FilmA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Undertaker (uncredited)
FilmMr. Skeffington
1944 · Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
FilmMinistry of Fear
1944 · George Rennit
FilmUncertain Glory
1944
FilmJane Eyre
1943 · Mr. Briggs (uncredited)
FilmThe Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Roger Bronson
FilmThe Wife Takes a Flyer
1942 · Jan
FilmAppointment for Love
1941 · Hastings' Butler (uncredited)
FilmCitizen Kane
1941 · Herbert Carter
FilmPop Always Pays
1940 · John Hayes