
Erskine Sanford
Nov 19, 1885 - Jul 07, 1969 (83 years old) in Trinidad, 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!
Known For

Citizen Kane
Herbert Carter

Spellbound
Dr. Galt (uncredited)

The Stranger
Party Guest (uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Undertaker (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
Bullard

The Lady from Shanghai
Judge

The Magnificent Ambersons
Roger Bronson

Letter from an Unknown Woman
Porter

Jane Eyre
Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington
Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)
Credits
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Sierra 1950Judge Prentiss★ 5.3
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Night Unto Night 1949Dr. Gallen Altheim★ 5.1
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Impact 1949Dr. Henry Bender★ 6.1
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Dr. van Arken★ 5.6
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Kidnapped 1948Rankeillor★ 5.5
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Macbeth 1948Duncan★ 7.3
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Dr. Danson (uncredited)★ 6
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Porter★ 7.8
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Frank Smith★ 6
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Storekeeper★ 6.6
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Judge★ 7.3
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Josiah Borden★ 6.3
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Possessed 1947Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest★ 6.8
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Bullard★ 7.8
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Angel on My Shoulder 1946Minister★ 6.4
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Crack-Up 1946Museum Director Barton★ 5.6
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The Stranger 1946Party Guest (uncredited)★ 7.2
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Without Reservations 1946Timothy Helgelander (uncredited)★ 6.2
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Higgler★ 5.2
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Spellbound 1945Dr. Galt (uncredited)★ 7.4
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Professor O'Neill★ 6
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Undertaker (uncredited)★ 7.6
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Mr. Skeffington 1944Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)★ 6.7
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Ministry of Fear 1944George Rennit, private investigator★ 6.9
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Uncertain Glory 1944★ 6.6
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Jane Eyre 1943Mr. Briggs (uncredited)★ 6.9
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Roger Bronson★ 7.3
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Jan★ 4.5
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Appointment for Love 1941Hastings' Butler (uncredited)★ 5.7
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Citizen Kane 1941Herbert Carter★ 8
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Pop Always Pays 1940John Hayes★ NR
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Too Much Johnson 1938Frederick★ 5.3