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

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1943

as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944

as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

as Bullard

Macbeth

Macbeth

1948

as Duncan

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

as Judge

Spellbound

Spellbound

1945

as Dr. Galt (uncredited)

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

as Roger Bronson

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

as Porter

The Stranger

The Stranger

1946

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Without Reservations

Without Reservations

1946

as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

Appointment for Love

Appointment for Love

1941

as Hastings' Butler (uncredited)

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

1948

as Dr. van Arken

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

as Undertaker (uncredited)

Impact

Impact

1949

as Dr. Henry Bender

The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps

1951

as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

Crack-Up

Crack-Up

1946

as Museum Director Barton

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1946

as Minister

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

as Josiah Borden

Night Unto Night

Night Unto Night

1949

as Dr. Gallen Altheim