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Erskine Sanford
Born 1885-11-19Trinidad, 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!
Screen work
Movies & roles
Too Much JohnsonFrederickThe Company She KeepsPlanetarium Guide (uncredited)SierraJudge PrentissNight Unto NightDr. Gallen AltheimImpactDr. Henry BenderWake of the Red WitchDr. van ArkenKidnappedRankeillorMacbethDuncanTexas, Brooklyn & HeavenDr. Danson (uncredited)Letter from an Unknown WomanPorterYou Were Meant for MeFrank SmithThe Voice of the TurtleStorekeeperThe Lady from ShanghaiJudgeMourning Becomes ElectraJosiah BordenPossessedDr. Max ShermanThe Best Years of Our LivesBullardAngel on My ShoulderMinisterCrack-UpMuseum Director BartonThe StrangerParty Guest (uncredited)Without ReservationsTimothy Helgelander (uncredited)From This Day ForwardHigglerSpellboundDr. Galt (uncredited)Girls of the Big HouseProfessor O'NeillA Tree Grows in BrooklynUndertaker (uncredited)