Erskine Sanford

1885-11-19 – 1969-07-07 (age 83) Trinidad, Colorado, USA

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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!

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Erskine Sanford

Known For

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941

as Herbert Carter

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

as Judge

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

as Bullard

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

as Roger Bronson

Spellbound

Spellbound

1945

as Dr. Galt (uncredited)

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

1948

as Dr. van Arken

The Stranger

The Stranger

1946

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944

as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

as Porter

Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

1944

as George Rennit

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1943

as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

as Undertaker (uncredited)

Macbeth

Macbeth

1948

as Duncan

Uncertain Glory

Uncertain Glory

1944

The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps

1951

as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1946

as Minister

Without Reservations

Without Reservations

1946

as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

as Josiah Borden

The Voice of the Turtle

The Voice of the Turtle

1947

as Storekeeper

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward

1946

as Higgler