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Home/People/Erskine Sanford
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Born
Nov 19, 1885Died: Jul 7, 1969
Lived 83 years
Place of Birth
Trinidad, Colorado, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

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IMDb Profile

Erskine Sanford

Acting

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!
The Company She Keeps poster

The Company She Keeps

as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
1951
Sierra poster

Sierra

as Judge Prentiss
1950
Night Unto Night poster

Night Unto Night

as Dr. Gallen Altheim
1949
Impact poster

Impact

as Dr. Henry Bender
1949
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Wake of the Red Witch

as Dr. van Arken
1948
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Kidnapped

as Rankeillor
1948
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Macbeth

as Duncan
1948
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Dr. Danson (uncredited)
1948
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Letter from an Unknown Woman

as Porter
1948
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You Were Meant for Me

as Frank Smith
1948
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The Voice of the Turtle

as Storekeeper
1947
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The Lady from Shanghai

as Judge
1947
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Mourning Becomes Electra

as Josiah Borden
1947
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Possessed

as Dr. Max Sherman
1947
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The Best Years of Our Lives

as Bullard
1946
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Angel on My Shoulder

as Minister
1946
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Crack-Up

as Museum Director Barton
1946
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The Stranger

as Party Guest (uncredited)
1946
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Without Reservations

as Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)
1946
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From This Day Forward

as Higgler
1946