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Erskine Sanford
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 83
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn19/11/1885Born inTrinidad, Colorado, USADied07/07/1969 (aged 83)Died inLos AngelesWikidataQ3057498 ↗TMDb#14364 ↗

Erskine Sanford was an American actor on the stage, radio and motion pictures. Long associated with the Theatre Guild, he later joined Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre company and appeared in several of Welles's films, including Citizen Kane (1941), in which he played Herbert Carter, the bumbling, perspiring newspaper editor.

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Filmography22 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1951The Company She KeepsMoviePlanetarium Guide (uncredited)66
1950SierraMovieJudge Prentiss65
1949ImpactMovieDr. Henry Bender64
1948MacbethMovieDuncan63
1948Wake of the Red WitchMovieDr. van Arken63
1948KidnappedMovieRankeillor63
1948Letter from an Unknown WomanMoviePorter63
1948You Were Meant for MeMovieFrank Smith63
1947Mourning Becomes ElectraMovieJosiah Borden62
1947The Lady from ShanghaiMovieJudge62
1946The Best Years of Our LivesMovieBullard61
1946Angel on My ShoulderMovieMinister61
1946Without ReservationsMovieTimothy Helgelander (uncredited)61
1946The StrangerMovieParty Guest (uncredited)61
1945A Tree Grows in BrooklynMovieUndertaker (uncredited)60
1945SpellboundMovieDr. Galt (uncredited)60
1945Girls of the Big HouseMovieProfessor O'Neill60
1944Uncertain GloryMovie—59
1944Mr. SkeffingtonMovieDr. Fawcette (uncredited)59
1943Jane EyreMovieMr. Briggs (uncredited)58
1942The Wife Takes a FlyerMovieJan57
1941Citizen KaneMovieHerbert Carter56