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Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Acting Born: November 19, 1885 • 83 years old (deceased) • 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!

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Known For

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

as Herbert Carter

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

as Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)

Without Reservations

Without Reservations

as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)

Spellbound

Spellbound

as Dr. Galt (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Bullard

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

as Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

as Judge

The Stranger

The Stranger

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Macbeth

Macbeth

as Duncan

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as Undertaker (uncredited)

Crack-Up

Crack-Up

as Museum Director Barton

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

as Roger Bronson

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

as Porter

Possessed

Possessed

as Dr. Max Sherman

Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

as George Rennit

Impact

Impact

as Dr. Henry Bender

Uncertain Glory

Uncertain Glory

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

as Dr. van Arken

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

as Josiah Borden

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward

as Higgler